Women's Basketball Ready for Home Opener Against Harvard

Sunday, November 10

Hamden, Conn.

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Harvard

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Women's Basketball Ready for Home Opener Against Harvard

11/9/2024 5:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Game #2: Quinnipiac Bobcats (1-0, 0-0 MAAC) vs Harvard Crimson (2-0, 0-0 Ivy League)
Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 | 2:00 PM
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, Conn.
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All-Time vs. Harvard: Harvard leads series, 4-3
Last Meeting vs. Harvard: L, 85-41, Nov. 12, 2023

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's basketball team opens their 2024-25 home slate as they take on the Harvard Crimson on Nov. 10th. Tipoff from M&T Bank Arena is set for 2 PM and can be seen on ESPN+.

LAST TIME OUT

The Quinnipiac Women's Basketball team opened their season with a thrilling come from behind victory over Holy Cross on opening night.
Karson Martin led the Bobcats in scoring with 25 points and shot 62.5% (10-16) from the field and 50% (4-8) from behind the arc.
In her collegiate debut, Gal Raviv dropped 22 points, grabbing five rebounds and dishing out four assists.

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON

Harvard is led by head coach, Carrie Moore, who holds a 38-24 record in her third season.
The Crimson began their season with a 71-58 victory over the UMass Minutemen on opening night (11/4).
Harvard is coming off a four-point victory over No. 25 Indiana, 72-68. Harvard outscored the Hoosiers 9-5 in the overtime period.
As a team, Harvard is averaging 71.5 points per game while shooting 38.1% from the field.
The Crimson average 32.5 rebounds per game with their opponents averaging 43.0 rebounds per game this season.
Harmoni Turner leads the Crimson in scoring with an average of 18.5 points per game. Turner is shooting 40.5% from the floor while averaging 36.5 minutes per game.
Harvard was picked to finish third in the Preseason Ivy League Poll. They received 101 total points with one first-place vote.

DIV. I HISTORY VS. HARVARD

Sunday's contest marks the 8^th matchup between the two programs in their Div. I history.
Quinnipiac is 3-4 all-time against Harvard and is averaging 68.6 points per game in those contests.
The last time the two sides squared off, Harvard came away with an 85-41 victory on Nov. 12, 2023.
Quinnipiac has dropped two straight contests to the Crimson.
Jackie Grisdale led the team with 12 points while shooting 4-for-9 from the floor.
Five Harvard players scored in double-digits to lead them to the win in Cambridge, Mass.

LEADER OF THE PACK

Head coach Tricia Fabbri is in her 30th season at the helm of the Bobcats in 2024-25.
A five-time Coach of the Year and all-time winningest coach in program history, Fabbri has totaled 516 career victories, thus far.
With the win over Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 16, 2023, Fabbri became the 90th coach in Div. I women's basketball history to reach 500 career wins and the 22nd to accomplish the feat at one institution without coaching at another.
Of her 516 wins, 501 have come in Quinnipiac's Div. I era.
With 20 wins in 2022-23, Fabbri secured the program's 12th straight winning season under her guidance.
Fabbri's Bobcats have reached the 20-win plateau in 12 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 11 seasons and earned five consecutive MAAC Regular Season titles from 2015-2019.

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 132-33 (.800) in games played at home.
In that same span, the Bobcats own a mark of 97-20 (.829) in conference play (NEC & MAAC) at home.
Quinnipiac owns a 136-71 (.657) mark since November 22, 2017.
The Bobcats stand with a mark of 87-20 (.813) at home in league games since joining the MAAC in 2013-14.
The Bobcats are 80-17 (.824) at M&T Bank Arena in conference games since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.

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 throughout 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 167-18 (.903) since the start of 2014-15 in games in which Quinnipiac leads at the half.

FIRST YEAR OF FOLEY

Anna Foley did not disappoint in her first season in Hamden as she was named to the All-MAAC Second Team and All-MAAC Rookie Team last season.
Foley was the only member of the team last season to start in all 31 games.
She averaged 13.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game as a first year.
Foley led the team in total rebounds (220), rebounds per game (7.1), field goals made (160), and total points (406).
Anna scored a season high 28 points against Manhattan on 57.9% shooting (2/17).

MORE FROM MARTIN

Karson Martin closed out her first season in a Bobcat uniform as she earned MAAC All-Rookie honors at the end of the regular season.
Martin appeared in 24 games, starting in 21 of those games.
She averaged 11.9 points, 3.1 rebounds per game over 31.7 minutes per game.
Martin ranked third on the team with 25 made three-pointers.
Martin scored a career-high 23 points against Canisius (1/18).
The Woodstock, Georgia native recorded her first collegiate double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds in the win against Marist (3/9).

LEADERSHIP GROUP

Head Coach Tricia Fabbri announced seniors Jackie Grisdale and Grace LaBarge as team captains for the 2024-25 season.
"We are thrilled to have these two young women be the bridge between coaches and players for this season," said head coach Tricia Fabbri.

BRAND NEW BOBCATS

Quinnipiac Head Coach Tricia Fabbri built on her returning foundation, bringing in five newcomers, including a class of four rookies.

CP IS IN CT

Caranda Perea comes to Quinnipiac after a season at the University of Tulsa.
Perea averaged 2.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game in 34 games last season.
Prior to her time at the University of Tulsa, Perea spent two seasons at Temple (2021-23) and one season at George Washington (2020-21).
The Altoona, PA native scored over 1,000 points in her high school career and was named to the First Team All-District and All-Region Teams as a junior and senior.

GOT OUR GAL

Gal Raviv comes to Hamden after having played at Bella Vista College Prep in Arizona.
Raviv represented Team Israel at the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket and led the team with 17.3 points and 4.7 assists per game.
Raviv ranked fourth in the entire tournament in PPG (17.3) and ranked sixth in APG (4.7).
The Kadima, Israel native represented her country at the U16 FIBA Euro Championship while she was only 14 years old.
Named to the tournament's First 5 in the 2021 Girls U16 FIBA Euro Championship.

SHARPSHOOTING SIPLA

Reagan Sipla arrived at Quinnipiac after having played four seasons at St. Charles North High School in Illinois.
Sipla is the all-time leader in scorer for juniors in St. Charles North High School history.
Sipla also holds the St. Charles North High School record for most three-pointers made in a single season by juniors.
The St. Charles, Illinois native was a unanimous selection to the All-Conference team as a junior.

GO, GO GRACIE

After a high school career at Waupun Area High School in Wisconsin, Gracie Gopalan has made her way to Hamden.
Gopalan is a true guard that broke Waupun's season assists record as a sophomore.
Gopalan is a two-time First Team All-Conference selection and a one-time Second Team All-Conference selection.
The Waupun, Wisconsin native brings the championship pedigree to Hamden after being a three-time ECC Conference Champion.

THE MAIN(E) DEFENDER

The Saco, Maine native Emma Lizotte has made her way to Quinnipiac after four years at Thornton Academy.
Lizotte averaged 17.5 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.0 blocks, 1.0 steals, and 1.0 assists per game in high school.
Lizotte is a two-time First Team All-Conference selection and a one-time All-Defensive team selection.
The 2022 Tournament MVP led her team to a 2022 State Championship at Thornton Academy.

CT IS HOME

Head Coach Tricia Fabbri announced the addition of Cur'Tiera Haywood '23 to the coaching staff as an assistant coach ahead of the 2024-25 season.
Haywood had a four-year career in Hamden as she earned multiple All-MAAC honors during her time as a Bobcat.
Haywood was named to the All-MAAC Rookie Team after averaging 4.1 points per game in 18.6 minutes per game in her first season.
In her senior season in Hamden, Haywood earned All-MAAC Third-Team Honors after averaging career highs of points (10.0 PPG), rebounds (5.2 RPG), and assists (1.2 APG) in 30 starts.
After a four-year stint in Hamden, Haywood transferred to Austin Peay in Clarksville, TN for her graduate season.
CT started all 33 games for the Governors while averaging 8.2 points per game, 3.6 rebounds per game, and 1.0 assists per game.
Haywood led the team in free-throw percentage (.794) and three-pointers made (38) while being one of two players to start every game.

PRESEASON NEWS

Quinnipiac women's basketball was tabbed tied for 3rd in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, as announced by the league office as part of the inaugural MAAC Basketball Tip-off held at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
The Bobcats received 132 points in the preseason coaches' poll – finishing behind Fairfield (169) and Siena (136) and tying with Niagara.
Quinnipiac sophomore Anna Foley was named to the All-MAAC Second team after averaging 13.1 PPG, 7.1 RPG, and 3.1 APG last season.
Jackie Grisdale and Karson Martin were both named to the All-MAAC Third Team.

NEXT TIME OUT

The Bobcats will be back in action on Saturday, Nov. 16, when they welcome the Princeton Tigers to Hamden.
Tip-off from M&T Bank Arena is set for 2 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN+.

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