Iona, in cementing their status as MAAC favorite, dispatched Quinnipiac with an 81-73 victory on Tuesday night. The win avenges their worst loss in MAAC play in a long time and sends the Bobcats reeling, looking for answers as they start 0-4 in league play. Here are some thoughts on the only MAAC game of the night. Continue reading “Five Thoughts: Iona 81, Quinnipiac 73”
In each team’s final non-conference matchup of 2014, Quinnipiac defeated Maine 81-64. The final margin may be indicative of the quality gap between these two squads, but the Black Bears showed toughness as they nearly erased a 17-point first half deficit. Here are three thoughts from Quinnipiac’s victory. Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Quinnipiac 81, Maine 64”
Boston University and Quinnipiac may not seem like natural basketball rivals, but their non-conference series has been plenty entertaining. Their prior four meetings all went down to the wire, and in each of the last two, a late three-pointer propelled the Terriers to victory. So in the waning seconds of Sunday’s tie game, when John Papale rose from the top of the arc — the same spot as his overtime-forcing trey two years ago and D.J. Irving’s game-winning shot last year — it was no surprise that the ball hit nothing but nylon, giving the BU another dramatic 71-68 win. Continue reading “Papale’s Three-Pointer Foils Quinnipiac Again”
Siena opened MAAC play Friday evening with a resounding 88-67 victory over Quinnipiac to start 1-0 in the conference. After dropping a difficult two-point road loss at Fordham earlier in the week, the Saints looked to be headed to another close game as they entered halftime leading the Bobcats by just two – 40-38. However, Siena blew the doors open early in the second half and never let Quinnipiac get close. Here are three thoughts from Friday evening’s victory:
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Ousmane Drame entered Sunday with 967 career points and ended the day with 1,000. The senior forward poured in a career-high 33 points to reach the milestone and power Quinnipiac to a commanding 89-73 win over Vermont. Continue reading “Career Nights Power Quinnipiac Past Vermont”
Dimitri Floras had yet to score a collegiate point as Quinnipiac entered the final 12 minutes of regulation trailing Albany 44-38, but a breakout performance from the freshman helped propel the Bobcats past the Great Danes 76-73 in overtime. Continue reading “Breakout Night from Floras Lifts Quinnipiac Over Albany”
In a rematch of their CollegeInsider.com meeting in March, Quinnipiac got revenge on local rival Yale by downing the Bulldogs 88-85 in double overtime. Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Quinnipiac 88, Yale 85 (2OT)”
After their third 20-win season in the last five years, Tom Moore’s Quinnipiac Bobcats are ready to learn from their first year in the MAAC and use those lessons to achieve greater success in 2015. Continue reading “Quinnipiac Eager to Build on Success in the MAAC”
The chaos of conference realignment seems so far away, but it was just over nine months ago when 45 Division I programs played a massive game of musical chairs. Quinnipiac was one of those programs, making the jump from the NEC to the MAAC last July. Continue reading “Quinnipiac Season Recap”
No one heard whether or not Justin Sears called his shot, so it’s a good thing they don’t play by playground rules at Yale. Continue reading “Yale 69, Quinnipiac 68 (CIT)”
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