It was more of a tightrope walk than a basketball game, and Quinnipiac was walking with no safety net. There was no room for error. Playing with a lineup of just seven players, any foul trouble could spell disaster.
Fortunately, Quinnipiac was able to force the early foul trouble squarely on Fairfield’s shoulders and pull away to an 80-72 victory Thursday night at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport. Continue reading “Quinnipiac 80, Fairfield 72”
Welcome to another week of tempo-free MAAC. Not surprisingly the Iona Gaels have solidified their chances of winning the MAAC. Tim Cluess’ team won both games in Buffalo over the weekend and now has a 94% chance of at least being tied for first at the end of conference season. (Up 31 percentage points from last week!) Continue reading “Tempo-Free MAAC: Predicting the 5th Seed”
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The Red Foxes had their best three-point shooting performance of the year, but it was not enough to power them past the Bobcats as Marist fell to Quinnipiac 83-78 Monday night at the TD Bank Sports Center.
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Quinnipiac used a 10-0 run at the end of the first half to pull away from Rider and defeat the Broncs 82-61 Saturday afternoon at the TD Bank Sports Center.
The Bobcats were led by 21 points and 12 rebounds from Ike Azotam for the senior forward’s 40th career double-double. Continue reading “Quinnipiac 82, Rider 61”
Columbia, Manhattan and Iona all captured important victories on Friday night. Here are some thoughts from each. Continue reading “Quick Thoughts on Three Wins”
When he first arrived and met with players individually, first-year head coach Chris Casey knew to task junior Antoine Mason with being a leader on this year’s team. Continue reading “Niagara Chris Casey Challenged Antoine Mason To Lead”
Junior Antoine Mason is no longer known just for his strong basketball lineage. He has been making national headlines by leading the country with 26.6 points per game. Continue reading “Niagara’s Antoine Mason Changing the Game by Getting to the Line”
Due to the fact that almost nothing has changed from last week’s rankings I wanted to highlight a few specific teams and their play on certain sides of the ball. Continue reading “Tempo-Free MAAC: The Broncs Lock In”
Intra-city rivalries took center stage this week. The NEC was quite circular – St. Francis beat Wagner, Wagner beat LIU Brooklyn, while Iona grabbed the upper hand in its rivalry against Manhattan. It’s another team from the Big East though that had turned things around and wins our team of the week. Continue reading “Big Apple Buckets Weekly Awards: Feb. 3”
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Siena’s game plan was to be the more physical team Saturday night. They executed that plan from start to finish, and it was exactly what doomed them in their 103-95 loss to Quinnipiac in overtime at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. Continue reading “Quinnipiac 103, Siena 95 (OT)”
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