NCAAB Game Recap - Niagara at Quinnipiac
Thu Mar 2, 2017 5:00 PM EST

Army
62
Buck
78
F
ChaSo
78
Winth
92
F
KennSt
62
FlGlf
74
F
Campbl
81
UNCA
79
F
LoyMD
60
Boston
64
F
NFla
91
Lipsco
85
F
Radf
56
Lib
52
F
Colg
72
Leh
77
F
Murr
75
MorSt
69
F
HolyC
42
Navy
49
F
SEMO
51
JSU
74
F
HiPt
55
GWebb
91
F
Manh
68
Rider
69
F
Maris
73
Canis
77
F
Drake
58
Brad
67
F
Niag
88
Quin
69
F
IndSt
72
Evans
83
F
Tuls
70
SMU
93
F
Hou
47
Cin
65
F
Iowa
59
Wisc
57
F
Rice
89
Marsh
88
F
UCF
59
SoFL
56
F
Nebras
73
Minn
88
F
FIU
67
MTSU
70
F
NCC
63
NCAT
68
F
Morg
66
MD-ES
67
F
How
56
DelSt
66
F
FlaAM
59
BethC
69
F
Nich
75
Lamar
87
F
Sac
57
UND
53
F
ODU
62
UTEP
61
F
N TX
63
W Ky
74
F
UNCC
76
UTSA
75
F
FAU
59
UAB
79
F
TxSt
84
UL
94
F(OT)
Hamp
89
Copp
82
F
Alc
88
TXSo
94
F(OT)
SCSt
88
Savan
95
F
TexAr
72
ULM
57
F
E WA
91
S UT
75
F
Ida
77
NoAZ
75
F
ArkLR
62
USA
57
F
McNee
74
SHSU
79
F
SeLA
63
NOrl
58
F
ArkSt
72
Troy
81
F
AlaAM
64
JackSt
72
F
NWSt
72
SFA
67
F
Mont
78
Web
74
F
PorSt
84
N CO
87
F
Stan
72
Colora
91
F
Tul
70
Mem
92
F
MTSt
79
IdaSt
68
F
South
64
PVAM
70
F
ASU
69
Gram
82
F
UCSB
54
CS-Ful
65
F
CSNor
70
CAPoly
76
F
HI
59
UCDav
68
F
Cal
44
Utah
74
F

Mar 2, 2017, 5:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

(9) Niagara

29

59

88

(8) Quinnipiac

27

42

69

Niagara beats Quinnipiac 88-69 in MAAC Tourney's first round
Thu Mar 2, 2017 7:32 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Matt Scott scored 19 points, Kahlil Dukes added 18 and Niagara beat Quinnipiac 88-69 in the first round of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday night.

No. 9 seed Niagara (10-22) moves on to face top-seeded Monmouth in a quarterfinal of Friday. Eighth-seeded Quinnipiac (10-21) has lost seven straight.

Scott was 8 of 14 from the field and Dukes made 11 of 12 free throws. Chris Barton had 15 points, on 5-of-6 shooting, and James Towns scored in 14 for the Purple Eagles, who shot 84 percent (26 of 31) from the line. Maurice Taylor Jr. grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds and chipped in eight points.

Peter Kiss scored 15 points and Daniel Harris 14 for Quinnipiac.

Niagara took the lead for good three minutes into the second half, and led 56-53 with 9:18 left before using a 12-0 run to pull away. Towns hit two 3-pointers and scored 10 points during the stretch.

Quinnipiac beat Niagara in both regular season games.

Leaders

Niagara PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
M. Scott 19 0 3 7 3 0
K. Dukes 18 0 6 2 5 0
Quinnipiac PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
P. Kiss 15 0 7 6 1 0
D. Harris 14 0 0 5 1 0

Team Comparison

Niag Quin
Points For 88 69
Field Goals 28/65-43% 24/62-39%
Three Pointers 6/21-29% 13/30-43%
Free Throws 26/31-84% 8/13-62%
Offensive Rebounds 16 10
Defensive Rebounds 28 22
Rebounds 49 36
Blocks 1 6
Steals 11 5
Turnovers 11 19
Personal Fouls 16 22
Technical Fouls 0 1
Ejections 0 0

2016-17 Reg Season - Quin Leads Series 2-1

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Mon Jan 2 Quin 81 @ Niag 78 M. Dixon 23 C. Barton 15
Sat Feb 4 Niag 81 @ Quin 89 K. Dukes 29 C. Daniels 24
Thu Mar 2 Niag 88 @ Quin 69 M. Scott 19 P. Kiss 15

Game Information

Stadium: Times Union Center, Albany, New York
Attendance: 0
Game Time: