St. Bonaventure Game Notes
Quinnipiac Game Notes
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Unknown Territory
St. Bonaventure (1-2) enters this afternoon's matchup with its record below .500 for the first time since it opened the 2006-07 season with a 2-3 mark. Not a single member of this year's team has ever experienced being under .500. In fact, the last time the Bonnies were at .500 was Feb. 15, 2007 when they left Saint Joseph's with a loss to even their record at 13-13.
This Afternoon's Matchup
This will be the second ever meeting between St. Bonaventure and Quinnipiac (0-2), with the Bonnies holding a 1-0 series lead by virtue of a 77-67 win last season.
Last Time Out
St. Bonaventure gave up 44 second-half points and surrendered a seven-point halftime lead in falling at Morgan State Wednesday evening, 74-65. Juniors Megan Van Tatenhove and Jessica Jenkins accounted for 69 percent of the team's scoring as Van Tatenhove tallied 26 points - one shy of her career high - and Jenkins added 19.
Last Time Against the NEC
St. Bonaventure defeated Fairleigh Dickinson on Dec. 19, 2009 in its last meeting with a Northeast Conference member. All-time, the Bonnies are 17-2 against NEC schools, with the lone losses coming to Bryant and Robert Morris. The last time the Brown and White lost to an NEC school was on Nov. 23, 1991 when it fell in its season opener at Robert Morris, 66-64.
Keep An Eye On...
Megan Van Tatenhove & Jessica Jenkins: The junior duo has exploded the last two games, accounting for 63 percent of the team's offense in the last two outings.
Nice to See You Again
Van Tatenhove scored a career-high 27 points while attempting a career-high 12 free throws last year against Quinnipiac, while Jenkins tallied a career-high 25 points on a career-high seven 3's.
Scouting Quinnipiac
- Quinnipiac is coming off a 72-60 loss at home to Holy Cross (which earlier this year lost to UConn, 117-37) on Wednesday evening and is 0-2 on the year after opening with a 65-48 loss at Fairfield on Nov. 12
- In the Holy Cross contest, Felicia Barron led three Quinnipiac double-figure scorers with 14, while Jacinda Dunbar added 11 and Courtney Kaminski contributed 10
- The Bobcats return three starters and add five newcomers to a team which finished last year at 12-18 overall, including an 8th-place finish in the Northeast Conference with a 7-11 record
- The team was selected to finish sixth in the 12-team NEC preseason poll
- Senior center Courtney Kaminski was selected to the Preseason All-NEC team
St. Bonaventure vs. Quinnipiac - Series Quick Facts
Overall: St. Bonaventure Leads, 1-0
At St. Bonaventure: N/A
At Quinnipiac: St. Bonaventure Leads, 1-0
At Neutral Site: N/A
Most St. Bonaventure Points: 77
Most Quinnipiac Points: 67
Fewest St. Bonaventure Points: Same
Fewest Quinnipiac Points: Same
Largest St. Bonaventure Margin: 10
Head Coach – Tricia Fabbri
The all-time winningest coach in Quinnipiac women's basketball history, Fabbri enters her fifteenth season on the Bobcats' sidelines with 195 career victories. She was named the 2000-01 and 2005-06 Northeast Conference Coach of the Year and, in 2007-08, Fabbri led the Bobcats to a berth in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. The WNIT bid marked the first national postseason tournament appearance in Quinnipiac women's basketball Division I history. She led the Bobcats to 25 wins in the historic season, the most by Quinnipiac since joining the Division I ranks.
In 2008-09, Fabbri led the Bobcats to an 18-11 overall record and an 11-7 mark in NEC play. Quinnipiac finished tied for third place in the conference standings and earned a berth in the NEC Tournament as the No. 4 seed. It was the eighth-consecutive season that the team qualified for the conference tournament and the ninth since joining the NEC ten seasons before. Erin Kerner was honored on the All-NEC First Team for the second straight season, while fellow senior Brianna Rooney was honored as the NEC Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
