MMen’sen’s BBasketballasketball QQuickuick FactsFacts Location ....................................................................................... Hamden, Conn. Quinnipiac University Enrollment ......................................................................................................9,000 Conference ....................................................................................................MAAC Afiliation ..................................................................................NCAA Division I Arena .............................................................TD Bank Sports Center (3,570) Men’s Basketball Nickname .................................................................................................. Bobcats President .........................................................................................John L. Lahey February 15, 2016 Quinnipiac at Iona Athletic Director ............................................................................Greg Amodio Head Coach ..........................Tom Moore (9th season), Boston Univ. ‘87 Record at Quinnipiac ..............................................................151-124 (.549) Quinnipiac Bobcats (8-16, 5-10 MAAC) vs. Iona Gaels (14-10, 11-4 MAAC) 22015-16015-16 MMen’sen’s BBasketballasketball Hynes Athletic Center • New Rochelle, N.Y. SSchedulechedule aandnd ResultsResults Monday, Feb. 15 • 7 PM All-Time Series vs. Iona: Iona leads 4-2 DDateate OOpponentpponent TTime/Resultime/Result RRecordecord Earlier Meeting at QU: Iona 78-66 November 2-2 Live Video: ESPN3 Fri. 13 vs. Sacred Heart (at CCSU) L 64-76 0-1 Live Audio: WQUN 1220 AM Wed. 18 at Vermont L 70-83 0-2 Sun. 22 Holy Cross W 62-56 1-2 (PxP: Bill Schweizer | Color: Bill Mecca, Bob Tipson) Tue. 24 N.C. Central W 69-59 2-2 Live Stats: ICGaels.com December 2-5 Tue. 1 Albany (SNY TV) L 54-58 2-3 THE OPENING TIPS Fri. 4 at Niagara* L 72-76 2-4 (0-1) Sat. 5 at Canisius* (ESPN3) W 78-76 3-4 (1-1) • Quinnipiac is playing its fourth game in a one-week span beginning on Monday, Feb. 8, and is com- Wed. 9 at Hartford W 68-66 4-4 ing off of a tough double-overtime defeat to Fairield on Saturday (84-80). Sun. 13 Boston Univ. L 57-64 4-5 • Quinnipiac currently leads the nation by a wide margin in both total rebounds (45.1 rpg) and Mon. 21 at Oregon St. L 61-82 4-6 offensive rebounds (17.8 per game). The Bobcats have led the nation in total rebounds for three Tue. 29 at Maine L 95-98 (ot) 4-7 years in a row, and had a streak of four straight years leading in offensive rebounds snapped by West Virginia last year. West Virginia is currently second in offensive rebounds this season at 16.2, January 2-6 giving the Bobcats a lead of 1.6 per game, while they hold an 0.8 lead over Texas-Arlington (44.3) in total rebounds. Sat. 2 Iona* (SNY TV) L 66-78 4-8 (1-2) Mon. 4 Rider* W 64-60 5-8 (2-2) • Junior guard Daniel Harris had a 5-for-5 effort from beyond the arc in Thursday’s loss to Manhat- Sat. 9 at Monmouth* (ESPN3) L 74-88 5-9 (2-3) tan, which ties for the second-best in Quinnipiac’s DI era behind a 6-6 from Rashaun Banjo in 2002 Fri. 15 Siena* (ESPN3) L 52-64 5-10 (2-4) (current Iona assistant Jared Grasso also had a 5-5 game in 2000). Harris now ranks ifth in the Sun. 17 Canisius* L 53-63 5-11 (2-5) MAAC in three-point percentage (40.6) and ninth in three-pointers made per game (2.4). Sun. 24 at Rider* L 52-75 5-12 (2-6) • Sophomore forward Chaise Daniels is coming off a career-high 28 points in Saturday’s double- Thu. 28 Monmouth* L 51-66 5-13 (2-7) overtime loss to Fairield (25 in regulation). Daniels had his old career-high of 20 against Holy Cross Sat. 30 Niagara* W 82-68 6-13 (3-7) on Nov. 22, but then was injured against Niagara on Dec. 4 and missed eight games before returning in January. His previous best after his return from injury had been only 12. February 2-3 • Freshman forward Abdulai Bundu has moved up to ifth in the MAAC in rebounding at 7.0 per Mon. 1 at Fairield* (SNY TV) W 64-59 7-13 (4-7) game, despite only averaging 23.3 minutes per game. Bundu ranks irst in the MAAC and 22nd na- Thu. 4 Marist* (ESPN3) W 79-53 8-13 (5-7) tionally in offensive rebounds per game (3.6), as he has pulled down over half of his rebounds for Mon. 8 at Saint Peter’s * L 52-68 8-14 (5-8) the season on the offensive end of the loor (86 of 167). Bundu (Jan. 4) and Andrew Robinson (Feb. Thu. 11 at Manhattan* (ESPN3) L 77-84 8-15 (5-9) 9) have each won the MAAC Rookie of the Week Award for the Bobcats this season. Sat. 13 Fairϐield* (SNY TV) L 80-84 (2ot) 8-16 (5-10) • Over Head Coach Tom Moore’s tenure (nine seasons), the Bobcats have outrebounded opponents Mon. 15 at Iona* 7:00 PM by a combined 2,482 boards (9.1 per game) and have had the rebounding advantage in 238 of his Thu. 18 Saint Peter’s* (ESPN3) 8:00 PM career 275 games, including a +29 margin (60-31) in Saturday’s game against Fairield (the largest Sun. 21 Manhattan* 2:00 PM margin for the Bobcats this season). Fri. 26 at Marist* (ESPN3) 7:00 PM Sun. 28 at Siena* 2:00 PM • Since the start of 2012-13 (117 games), Quinnipiac has lost the battle of the boards only six times (107-6-4), including four times this season, once against Iona on Jan. 2 (57-42) which is the largest margin that the Bobcats have suffered under Head Coach Tom Moore. Amazingly, Quinnipiac has March had a +10 or better rebounding margin 107 times in the nine years under Moore, and -10 or worse Thu. 3 - Mon. 7 MAAC Championships TBA only twice (Virginia Tech in the 2010 Postseason NIT was the other one). Home games in Bold to be played at the TD Bank Sports Center • Over the past seven seasons since 2009-2010, Quinnipiac is an impressive 40-13 (.755) in Febru- * - Denotes MAAC Game ary games, as it has traditionally closed out the season strong. Home games not on ESPN3 will be aired on QuinnipiacBobcats.com 22015-16015 -16 MAACMAA C StandingsStandings (thru(thru Saturday’sSaturday’s games)games) QQUINNIPIACUINNIPIAC PPROBABLEROBABLE STARTERS/RESERVESSTARTERS/RESERVES SUBJECTSUBJECT TOTO CHANGECHANGE TTeameam MMAACAAC GBGB Pct.Pct. OverallOverall Pct.Pct. StreakStreak 22015-16015-16 SeasonSeason StatisticsStatistics MMonmouthonmouth 13-213-2 ---- ..867867 221-51-5 ..808808 WW77 SStarterstarters Ht.Ht. Wt.Wt. Cl.Cl. HometownHometown mminin pppgpg rrpgpg otherother IIonaona 11-411-4 2 ..733733 114-104-10 ..583583 LL11 G 4 Giovanni McLean 6-1 195 Sr. Bronx, N.Y. 30.8 13.9 4.7 3.1 apg SSienaiena 11-511-5 22.5.5 ..688688 118-98-9 ..667667 WW22 G 23 Daniel Harris 6-4 190 Jr. Tampa, Fla. 26.8 10.6 4.3 2.1 apg MManhattananhattan 8-68-6 4.54.5 .571.571 11-1211-12 ..478478 WW22 G 30 James Ford, Jr. 6-4 203 Sr. Hopewell, Va. 27.8 6.6 4.0 1.5 apg SSaintaint Peter’sPeter’s 88-6-6 44.5.5 ..571571 110-130-13 ..435435 WW22 F 13 Chaise Daniels 6-9 240 So. Meriden, Conn. 24.5 9.1 6.4 2.0 bpg FFairieldairield 88-7-7 5 ..533533 114-114-11 ..560560 WW22 F 34 Abdulai Bundu 6-6 210 Fr. Upper Marlboro, Md. 23.3 6.9 7.0 0.5 bpg CCanisiusanisius 66-9-9 7 ..400400 111-151-15 ..423423 LL11 RReserveseserves HHt.t. WWt.t. Cl.Cl. HometownHometown mminin pppgpg rrpgpg ootherther RRiderider 66-9-9 7 ..400400 110-160-16 ..385385 LL22 G 0 Aaron Robinson 6-6 205 Fr. Takoma Park, Md. 1.0 0.6 ---- ---- QQuinnipiacuinnipiac 5-105-10 8 ..333333 88-16-16 ..333333 LL33 G 3 Dimitri Floras 6-1 180 So. Nashua, N.H. 13.2 3.7 1.5 1.6 apg NNiagaraiagara 4-114-11 9 ..267267 66-20-20 ..231231 LL44 G 5 Ayron Hutton 6-3 180 So. Virginia Beach, Va. 18.8 5.0 2.7 1.8 apg MMaristarist 2-132-13 1111 ..133133 55-19-19 ..208208 LL22 G 10 Jemaa Yuori 6-3 190 So. Accra, Ghana 1.0 ---- ---- ---- G 14 Andrew Robinson 6-6 210 Fr. Takoma Park, Md. 7.4 2.2 1.1 0.1 apg G 33 Greg Tarca 6-4 195 So. Montgomery, N.J. ---- ---- ---- ---- F 1 Donovan Smith 6-9 245 Jr. Chicago, Ill. 20.1 7.9 6.2 1.9 bpg F 11 Alain Chigha 6-8 207 So. Yaounde, Cameroon 4.0 0.8 1.1 0.3 spg F 22 Samuel Dingba 6-6 200 So. Yaounde, Cameroon 10.1 1.9 2.7 0.5 bpg C 24 Will Simonton 6-10 235 Sr. Vienna, Va. 10.9 2.5 2.1 0.6 apg 2015-16 Quinnipiac University Men’s Basketball Game #25 • at Iona • Hynes Athletic Center • New Rochelle, N.Y. 2015-16 Quinnipiac University Men’s Basketball Roster >> Numerical Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School / Prep School or Last College 0 Aaron Robinson G Fr. 6-6 205 Takoma Park, Md. / Springbrook / Putnam Science 1 Donovan Smith F Jr. 6-9 245 Chicago, Ill. / Richards / Triton College 3 Dimitri Floras G So. 6-1 180 Nashua, N.H. / Merrimack / MacDuffie School 4 Giovanni McLean G Sr. 6-1 195 Bronx, N.Y. / Bronx Regional / Westchester CC 5 Ayron Hutton G So. 6-3 185 Virginia Beach, Va. / Cape Henry 10 Jemaa Yuori G So. 6-3 190 Accra, Ghana / St. Francis Xavier 11 Alain Chigha F So.