Jarod Minassian

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Quinnipiac QU 3-5,0-0 MAAC

Stonehill STO 5-5,0-0 NEC

Quinnipiac QU

3-5,0-0 MAAC

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Dec. 01, 2024

Stonehill STO

5-5,0-0 NEC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Quinnipiac QU	40	34	74
Stonehill STO	42	46	88

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 12/1/2024 8:10:00 PM | Jarod Minassian

Explosive Shooting Lifts Men’s Basketball to 14-Point Win Over Quinnipiac

Stonehill shoots over 50% from the field and from three, four Skyhawks score in double-figures en route to fourth straight win at home

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EASTON, Mass. (December 1, 2024) – Four Skyhawks scored in double-figures to fuel an 88-74 win for the Stonehill men's basketball team at Merkert Gymnasium Sunday afternoon in a non-conference contest against MAAC preseason favorite, Quinnipiac.

Stonehill's 4-0 start at Merkert Gymnasium this season is its best start at home since 2019 when the Skyhawks rattled off six straight home wins to start the season.

LEADERS

Graduate student Josh Morgan (Brampton, Ontario) led all scorers with 22 points on 7-15 shooting from the field and 5-8 shooting from long range.
Sophomore Louie Semona (Cincinnati, Ohio) scored a career-high 18 points, going 6-9 from the field and 3-4 from deep off the bench for the Skyhawks.
Junior Chas Stinson (Charlotte, N.C.) led Stonehill on the defensive end, grabbing a season-high nine rebounds while matching his season-high of three steals for the second consecutive game. Stinson also tacked on 10 points, making five of his ten shot attempts.
Freshman Hermann Koffi (Quebec City, Quebec) scored 13 points to go with a team-high four assists while graduate student Amir Nesbitt (Newport News, Va.) also had four assists.
Quinnipiac also had four double-digit scorers with Paul Otieno and Khaden Bennett each scoring 17 points to lead the Bobcats. Otieno also had 10 rebounds.

FIRST HALF

Quinnipiac won the tip and scored on its opening possession, holding a lead until back-to-back threes from Morgan gave Stonehill an 8-7 advantage.
Stonehill missed its next three shots while the Bobcats went 4-6 from the field over an 8-0 run that made the score 15-8 in favor of QU five minutes into the game.
The Skyhawks trailed 21-15, but back-to-back threes from Morgan and junior Todd Brogna (Southborough, Mass.) tied the score, followed by a fastbreak dunk from Semona that gave Stonehill a 23-21 lead.
Stonehill took its largest lead of the game, 39-34, thanks to seven more points from Semona as the sophomore scored 12 points off the bench in the first half.
The Skyhawks led the Bobcats, 42-40, going into the break as both teams shot the ball well for the first 20 minutes. Stonehill finished 15-32 (46.9%) from the field and 8-14 (57.1%) from deep while Quinnipiac made 16-31 (51.6%).

SECOND HALF

Stonehill made three straight layups to start the second half as the Skyhawks went up 48-40 and would lead for the remainder of the game.
QU responded with six straight points to pull within two, 48-46, but the Skyhawks made seven of their next eight shot attempts, fueling a 17-5 run that put Stonehill ahead 65-51 with 12 minutes to play.
The Skyhawks maintained its 14-point lead the rest of the way, closing out the game with a 14-point win, 88-74.

NOTEWORTHY

Stonehill is now 24-20 all-time while improving to 1-2 against Quinnipiac at the Division I level after losing non-conference games the past two seasons to the Bobcats.
Stonehill improves to 5-1 this season when Morgan leads the Skyhawks in the scoring column. The grad student currently ranks third in the Northeast Conference, averaging 16.1 points per game. His 28-made threes and 43.1% from long-range lead the conference this season.
Stonehill is 4-1 when it starts the lineup of Koffi, Morgan, Stinson, Brogna, and junior Ethan Meuser (Shavertown, Pa.).
Senior Christopher Melis (Chappaqua, N.Y.) scored a season-high nine points on 4-5 shooting with three rebounds and three assists in just 17 minutes off the bench.
Stonehill had its best shooting performance from the field (33-62; 53.2%) and long-range (13-24; 54.2%) this afternoon. The Skyhawks' 53.2% shooting clip from deep is the highest mark since Stonehill made 56.3% (9-16) in a win against Southern Conn. State on March 1, 2020.
The Skyhawks combined for 21 assists tonight, the sixth time this season they've tallied at least 15. Stonehill is 4-2 in such games, as the Skyhawks have recorded 20+ in back-to-back games after having 22 assists on Wednesday at Marquette.