Bobcats Set for Rematch Against No. 12 Indiana on Sunday

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Bobcats Set for Rematch Against No. 12 Indiana on Sunday

11/19/2022 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac Bobcats (2-1) vs. No. 12 Indiana Hoosiers (4-0)
Sunday, November 20, 2022 | 1:00 PM
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall | Bloomington, Ind.
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Last Meeting vs. Indiana: L, 67-59 (Nov. 20, 2021)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Following a five-day hiatus, the Quinnipiac women's basketball team returns to action on Sunday, as the Bobcats travel to Bloomington to take on national powerhouse No. 12 Indiana. Tip-off from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall is set for 1 p.m. on B1G+.

THE MATCHUP: vs. #12 INDIANA

The No. 12 Hoosiers enter the contest at 4-0 on the new campaign
After taking down Vermont (86-49) and UMass Lowell (93-37) to open the season, Indiana experienced its first test with No. 11 Tennessee on the road this past Monday
The Hoosiers ended up downing the Lady Vols in Knoxville, 79-67, with Mackenzie Holmes and Sara Scalia leading the offensive attack with 16 points apiece
Through four games, the Hoosiers are outscoring opponents by 35.0 points per game, with only one opponent coming within 30 points in a contest
Indiana has five players averaging double-figures in scoring this season led by Mackenzie Holmes' 16.3 points per game. Holmes also leads the team in rebounds (7.0) and blocks (1.5) per game
Grace Berger ranks third on the team in scoring (11.8 ppg), second in rebounding (6.5 rpg) and first in assists (5.8 apg)
Graduate student guard Grace Berger and senior forward Mackenzie Holmes were named to the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's Watch List, announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club prior to the start of the 2022-23 season
Sunday's contest will mark the second contest between the two programs in their Div. I history
Indiana holds the win in the only contest between the two teams
The No. 4 Hoosiers made the trip to Hamden for the Bobcats' 2021-22 home-opener and narrowly escaped with a 67-59 win over Quinnipiac on Nov. 20, 2021
Quinnipiac led for nearly 30 minutes of the contest
Mackenzie DeWees led the Bobcats with 15 points and added seven rebounds and three steals
Mikala Morris added 13 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double

Makenzie Helms drives past an Indiana defender

LAST TIME OUT

It was a total team effort as the Quinnipiac women's basketball team set a new program Div. I program-record for margin of victory, downing Hartford by 55 points in an 85-30 home victory on Nov. 18 inside of M&T Bank Arena.
Quinnipiac received a balanced scoring attack as it had five student-athletes finish in double-figures, as Cur'Tiera Haywood and Jackie Grisdale led all scorers with 13 points apiece
Mary Baskerville added 11 points off the bench, while Ella O'Donnell and Rose Caso totaled 10 points apiece as reserves as well
The 55-point win marked the largest margin of victory in Quinnipiac's Div. I history
Quinnipiac held Hartford to 30 points in the contest, the least amount of points the Bobcats have allowed in a game in its Div. I history

QUEEN OF THE RINGS

Head coach Tricia Fabbri is in her 28th season at the helm of the Bobcats in 2022-23
A five-time Coach of the Year (three in nine MAAC seasons) and all-time winningest coach in program history, Fabbri has totaled 484 career victories, thus far
Of her 484 wins, 469 have come in Quinnipiac's Div. I era
With a 21-12 record last season, Fabbri secured the program's 11th-straight winning season under her guidance
Fabbri's Bobcats have reached the 20-win plateau in 11 seasons, including a run of eight straight seasons from 2011-2019
With five NCAA Tournament appearances along with five WNIT berths, Fabbri has led QU to 10 postseason national tournaments in her tenure
She has led Quinnipiac to five conference titles in the last 10 seasons and earned five consecutive MAAC Regular Season titles from 2015-2019
With the win over Fordham in 2020, Fabbri became the 111th coach in DI women's basketball history to reach 450 career wins and the 26th to do it at one program

MACK ATTACK

Graduate student Mackenzie DeWees opted to return to Quinnipiac for a fifth season over the summer
Entering the 2022-23 campaign, DeWees was named to the preseason watch list for the 2023 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award presented by Her Hoop Stats
DeWees was also a unanimous preseason All-MAAC First Team selection
Last season DeWees garnered All-MAAC First Team honors for the second time in her career, becoming the second player in program-history to do so behind Aryn McClure ('19)
Averaged 13.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 3.1 assists per game in 2021-22
Was one of only two players in the country to average at least 13.0 points, 7.0 rebounds. 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game last season
DeWees' 105 total steals and 3.4 steals per game places her fourth in the nation in both categories, respectively
She's tallied five or more steals in nine of Quinnipiac's games, most recently tallying five thefts against Marist on Feb. 24
Tallied 106 steals and averaged 3.31 steals per game, which ranked fourth and fifth in the nation
DeWees was just the second player in Quinnipiac's Div. I history to tally 100+ steals in a season, becoming the first to do so since Felicia Barron ('13) totaled 119 thefts during the 2012-13 campaign
DeWees has totaled 237 career steals, ranking third in the program's Div. I history
DeWees became the 16th player in Quinnipiac's Div. I history to reach 1,000 career points on March 9, 2022 and currently sits in 16th with 1,039 points

ROSE KNOWS

Graduate student Rose Caverly opted to return to Quinnipiac for a fifth season over the summer
Caverly's 14 assists and 4.7 assists per game both ranks third in the MAAC
Her 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks second in the MAAC
Entering the 2022-23 campaign, Caverly was named to the preseason All-MAAC Third Team
She averaged 8.8 points, 3.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game in 2021-22 and shot 35.8% from beyond the arc and 79.7% from the charity stripe
Caverly's 1.9 assist-to-turnover ratio ranked second in the MAAC last season
She totaled 126 assists in 2021-22, becoming the first player in program-history to tally at least 100 assists in back-to-back seasons since Gillian "Boo" Abshire did so for four consecutive seasons from 2011-2015
Caverly averaged 22.0 points per game, while shooting 48.0% from the field and 56.3% from beyond the arc in two games during the 2022 WNIT
She scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds in win over URI in WNIT opening round on March 18, 2022
Caverly Scored career-high 26 points and tied program-record for most made three-pointers in a game (6) against URI in the second round of the WNIT on March 21, 2022

MAGNIFICENT MORRIS

Entering the 2022-23 campaign, Mikala Morris was named to the preseason All-MAAC First Team
Morris is averaging 8.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game through three contests
Her 7.3 rebounds per game is tied for fifth in the conference
In the home-opener against CCSU on Nov. 12, Morris totaled 16 points, four rebounds, three steals and a block in the victory
With 118 career blocks, Morris ranks seventh on the program's Div. I blocks list
Last season she averaged 11.7 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.6 blocks per game en route to earning All-MAAC Second Team honors
The league's leader in double-doubles (13), Morris also finished the season ranked 9th in the MAAC in total points (386), first in blocked shots (53), and second in rebounds (315)
With 315 rebounds, Morris became just the fourth player in the program's Div. I history to grab 300+ rebounds in a season
With 315 rebounds and 53 blocks in 2021-22, Morris is the only player in Quinnipiac's Div. I history to grab 300+ rebounds and tally 50+ blocks in a season

HAYWOOD IS ALL GOOD

Through the first three games of the season, Cur'Tiera Haywood leads the Bobcats in scoring at 13.7 ppg
She led the Bobcats with 13 points and added five rebounds in the win over Hartford (11/14)
Haywood tallied 20 points, six rebounds, and four assists in a win over CCSU (11/12)
Last season Haywood appeared in 27 games and averaged a career-high 8.1 points per game
Last season Haywood shot 48.7% from the field and 35.3% from three, which ranked third and sixth in the MAAC
She scored a career-high 31 points in a win over St. Peter's on Jan. 13, 2022
Haywood is the first Bobcat to score 30+ points in a game since Jen Fay tallied 32 against Manhattan on Dec. 31, 2017

CurTiera Haywood surveys the court against Indiana

JACK(IE) OF ALL TRADES

Jackie Grisdale returns for her sophomore campaign after averaging 4.7 points and 1.6 rebounds per game en route to earning MAAC All-Rookie Team honors in 2021-22
Grisdale is averaging 9.0 points per game, while shooting 45.8% from the floor
She led the Bobcats with 13 points in the win over Hartford (11/14)
Earning MAAC All-Rookie Team honors, Jackie Grisdale became the first player in program history to earn all-conference honors as a walk-on
Grisdale emerged as a consistent threat for the Bobcats, as she averaged 7.1 points per game, while shooting 45.8% from the field, 41.3% from three and 92.3% from the charity stripe over her last 16 regular season games played in 2021-22
Grisdale scored a career-high 26 points off the bench in QU's 26-point comeback victory over Niagara on Jan. 29
Grisdale scored 23 of her 26 points in the second half
She knocked down six three-pointers in the contest, tying the single-game program record

MARVELOUS MARY

Graduate student Mary Baskerville announced that she would be transferring from Providence to Quinnipiac this past summer
Baskerville is averaging 9.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game through three games with Quinnipiac
She is shooting an efficient 92.9% (13-for-14) from the floor
Baskerville totaled 11 points on 5-for-6 shooting and added six rebounds in 12 minutes against Hartford on Nov. 14
She notched 12 points on 6-for-6 shooting and contributed seven rebounds in just 14 minutes of action off the bench in a win over CCSU on Nov. 12
In her Quinnipiac debut at No. 10 NC State, she totaled four points and three blocks
Baskerville graduated from Providence in 2022 with 1,077 points, 723 rebounds and 183 blocked shots
Baskerville earned All-BIG EAST Second Team honors as a junior in 2020-21
That season she led the team in scoring (12.7 ppg), rebounding (6.5 rpg), blocked shots (1.8 bpg), steals (1.4 spg) and field-goal percentage (.538)
Her 1.8 blocks per game that season was tops in the conference for the second-straight year
As a sophomore in 2020-21, she ranked first on the team in scoring (11.8 ppg), rebounding (7.6 rpg), blocked shots (1.8 bpg) and field-goal percentage (.516) as a sophomore in 2019-20
Baskerville ranked first in the BIG EAST and 49th in the nation in blocked shots per game (1.82) and third in the BIG EAST in overall blocks (51)
Baskerville was named the 2019 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year at the conclusion of the 2018-19 campaign
That season she led the Friars in rebounding (7.3 rpg), blocked shots (1.5 bpg), double-doubles (six) and field-goal percentage (.580)
Her .580 field-goal percentage was the second-highest field-goal percentage in program history for a single-season
Baskerville set the Providence College record for blocked shots in a season by a freshman, with 53

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

Head coach Tricia Fabbri added first-year guard/forward Ella O'Donnell to the roster prior to the 2022-23 season
A native of Shankill, Ireland, O'Donnell is a member of the Irish women's basketball national team
In three games, O'Donnell is averaging 7.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game off the bench
She tallied 10 points and added four rebounds and a career-high three steals in a win over Hartford on Nov. 14
O'Donnell scored a career-high 10 points off the bench in a victory over CCSU on Nov. 12
She made her Irish senior women's national team debut at 18 in 2022
O'Donnell served as vice captain with Ireland u18 team at European championships in Czech Republic
She played with Ireland u20 team at European championships in Hungary
O'Donnell led Rathdown to three Dublin school league winners titles (2017, 2018, 2019)

MID-MAJOR POLL UPDATE

The Quinnipiac women's basketball team came in at No. 12 this week in the Women's Mid-Major Top 25 rankings, earning 431 points, as announced by the College Insider committee
The only team in the MAAC ranked in the poll, Quinnipiac's schedule has the Bobcats set to face five schools who are ranked or receiving votes in the College Insider preseason mid-major poll
The Bobcats will take on Kent State and Lehigh in the Christmas City Classic (Nov. 26-27), before playing host to Yale (Dec. 7), as well as taking on Fairfield and Manhattan twice in conference play

PRESEASON ACCLAIM

Quinnipiac women's basketball was picked to finish first in the MAAC as announced by the conference office on Oct. 18, during the 2022-23 Basketball Preseason Awards Show on ESPN3
The Bobcats were tabbed No. 1 in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, earning 117 total points and eight first place votes
Trailing Quinnipiac in second was Manhattan with 112 points (3), followed by Niagara at 94 votes and reigning MAAC Tournament champions Fairfield with 74 points
Three Bobcats earned All-MAAC preseason honors in Mackenzie DeWees (First Team, *unanimous), Mikala Morris (First Team) and Rose Caverly (Third Team)
Manhattan's Dee Dee Davis was tabbed as the conference's Preseason Player of the Year

2021-22 SEASON IN REVIEW

Head coach Tricia Fabbri helped guide the Bobcats to a 21-12 record, securing the program's 11th straight winning season under her helm
Three Bobcats earned All-MAAC honors in Mackenzie DeWees (First Team), Mikala Morris (Second Team) and Jackie Grisdale (Rookie Team)
The Bobcats went on to earn the No. 2 seed in the MAAC Tournament before earning an automatic bid in the WNIT
Fabbri's Bobcats defeated URI on the road in the opener to earn the program's fifth ever win in a national postseason tournament and first since the 2018 season
The Bobcats return 12 players from last season's 21-win campaign, including preseason All-MAAC honorees Mackenzie DeWees (First Team), Mikala Morris (First Team) and Rose Caverly (Third Team)

JUST WIN BABY, WIN!

M&T Bank Arena, home of the Quinnipiac Bobcats, has long been one of the most difficult arenas to play at in the country. Since the 2012-13 season, Quinnipiac owns a record of 115-24 (.827) in games played at home
In that same span, the Bobcats own a mark of 83-13 (.865) in conference play (NEC & MAAC) at home
Quinnipiac owns a 104-45 (.697) mark since November 22, 2017
The Bobcats stand with a mark of 74-13 (.850) at home in league games since joining the MAAC in 2013-14
The Bobcats are 67-10 (.870) at M&T Bank Arena in conference games since the start of the 2014-15 campaign

THAT 70's SHOW

Since the start of the 2014-15 campaign the Bobcats are 112-36 (.756) in games where they score at least 70 points
During 2017-18 (20-0), 2016-17 (16-0), 2012-13 (18-0) and 2010-11 (8-0), the Bobcats compiled undefeated records in each respective season when reaching the 70-point scoring plateau

CLOSING TIME

Quinnipiac has enjoyed a great deal of success over the past four seasons when building a first half lead. After starting 2016-17 with a mark of 2-0 when owning a halftime lead, the Bobcats saw one of their most impressive streaks in program history come to an end in a 71-68 loss at Temple
The undefeated streak, which lasted over the course of three seasons, came to an end at 46 straight wins for the Bobcats when holding a halftime lead.
Quinnipiac went undefeated in both 2014-15 (24-0) and 2015-16 (19-0) and for the first two games of 2016-17 before suffering the defeat.
Overall, the Bobcats own a mark of 140-12 (.921) since the start of 2014-15 in games in which Quinnipiac leads at the half

NEXT TIME OUT

Quinnipiac will be back in action on Saturday, Nov. 26, when the Bobcats travel to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to open the Christmas City Classic against Kent State
Tip-off from Stabler Arena, home of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks, is set for 2:30 PM

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