Bobcats Fall in Opening Round of 2024 CBI

Sunday, March 24

Ocean Center | Daytona Beach, Florida

5:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

24-10,15-5MAAC

Evansville

17-17,6-14MVC

Quinnipiac

Evansville

Photo by: Morgan Tencza

3/24/2024 8:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Benchmark 2023-24 Campaign Finishes w/ 24 Total Wins

By: QU Athletic Communications

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida – Quinnipiac Men's Basketball's record-breaking season came to an end on Sunday evening at the Ocean Center, as the Bobcats fell vs. Evansville by the final score of 64-63 in the first round of the 2024 Ro College Basketball Invitational.

The Bobcats finished off the benchmark campaign with 24 total wins (new program record). Quinnipiac won its first-ever MAAC regular season title under first-year Head Coach Tom Pecora.

QU also set a new program mark for total points in a single season (2,630).

QU's 19-4 start over their first 23 games marked the program's best start to a year since the 1965-66 campaign. Quinnipiac won 10 consecutive games from Jan. 5 – Feb. 8, the third-longest active streak in all of Division I basketball. The Bobcats finished the month of January with a 7-0 record, marking the first perfect month in the university's Division I history.

FINAL SCORE
Evansville 64, Quinnipiac 63

LOCATION
Ocean Center | Daytona Beach, Florida

DATE
Sunday, March 24, 2024

NOTES

Paul Otieno led QU with 16 points and eight rebounds, going 7-of-11 from the floor. The Bobcats' big man shot a MAAC-best 63.8% from the floor in 2023-24.
Doug Young chipped in with 12 points off the bench, while Alexis Reyes added 10 points and nine rebounds.
The game was tied seven times, and there were four total lead changes.
QU outrebounded Evansville 40-33.
2023-24 MAAC Player of the Year Matt Balanc finishes second in QU's Division I history in total scoring (1,721). He also grabbed 428 career rebounds. Balanc finishes off his five year QU career with 12.0 PPG on 42.1% shooting. He completes his time with the Bobcats with 144 games played (second in program history).
All-MAAC Second Team selection Amarri Tice grabbed three steals in the CBI contest to set a new D1 program record for a single season (62 steals).
All-MAAC Second Teamer Savion Lewis wraps up the campaign with 248 total assists (new QU program record).
The Bobcats have appeared in five other postseason tournaments since 2010: National Invitation Tournament in 2010, CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament in 2011, College Basketball Invitational in 2012, CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament in 2014, and CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament in 2019.