2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Basketball Championships Program

WOMEN’S ROSTER No. Name

Cl.

Pos.

Ht.

Hometown

0 1 3 5

Tiera White

Fr.

F

6-0 Port Orange, FL

Vanessa Udoji

R-Sr.

G/F 5-11 Randolph, MA G 5-10 Alexandria, PA G 5-5 Hartford, CT F/C 6-1 Paris, France F/C 6-5 Clifton Park, NY

Halee Smith

Fr.

PLAYER TO WATCH Quinnipiac sophomore forward Mikala Morris has not just been one of the best players for the Bobcats this season, she has been one of the best players in the MAAC. The Springfield, Ohio native is among the conference leaders in multiple stats. She is top ten in the conference in points, rebounds, and blocks per game. She ranks first among Quinnipiac players in all three categories and has been named MAAC Player of the Week twice this season. Morris has grabbed double-digit rebounds in more than half of her games this season, including a career-high 18 against Saint Peter’s, and 17 against Manhattan. She also scored 25 points at Manhattan, a new career- high, and has recorded six double-doubles this season, which is good enough for top-50 in the country. NOTABLE ALUMNI Edel Thornton had a stand-out season as the Trinity Meteors claimed the Division I title to secure promotion to the Irish Super League for the 2021 season. Thornton finished the season averaging 15.7 points per game along with six assists, six rebounds, and 5.3 rebounds per game. Her performances were a key factor in the Meteor’s dominating season. Her consistent performances and unwavering work-ethic saw her pick up several Player of the Week honors and she was also awarded the Division I Player of the Year award at the end of the season. Thornton was also named NBCC College Division I Player of the Year for her play with Trinity College Dublin and will be a member of the Irish international squad at the 2021 FIBA Women’s European Championship for Small Countries.

Shaq Edwards

Sr.

10 11 12 14 15 22 23 24 30 33

Nasserine William

Fr.

Cat Almeida Rose Caverly

So.

Jr.

G 5-10 Brick, NJ

Jillian Casey

Fr.

G 5-10 Horseheads, NY

Cur’Tiera Haywood Mackenzie DeWees

So.

F

6-2 Yukon, OK

Jr.

G 5-9 Westminster, MD

Sajada Bonner

So.

G 6-0 Cliffwood, NJ

Amani Free

Jr.

G 6-0 Clay, NY

Mikala Morris

So.

F/C 6-2 Springfield, OH

Chiara Bacchini

Sr.

G 5-10 Parma, Italy

Head Coach: Tricia Fabbri (Fairfield) – 26 th Season Assistant Coaches: Brian Wilson (Virginia, ’00) – 3 rd Season

Danielle Brennan (Hartford, ’06) – 11 th Season, Jen Fay (Quinnipiac ’19) – 1 st Season Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brijesh Patel (Connecticut ’02/’04) – 13 th Season Athletic Trainer: Becky Mella (Ithaca ’95) – 10 th Season

HEAD COACH TRICIA FABBRI The all-time winningest coach in Quinnipiac women’s basketball history, Tricia Fabbri, is wrapping up her 26 th season on the Bobcats’ sideline in 2020–21 and has earned over 450 victories in her career. At the end of the 2018–19 season, Fabbri had guided her team to eight straight 20-win seasons including four undefeated conference slates in seven years. The team won its fifth conference title in a seven-year span with the 2018–19 MAAC tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament as an 11-seed before falling to sixth-seeded South Dakota State at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. As a player, Fabbri was named to the MAAC 25 th Anniversary Team in 2020 and was inducted into the Fairfield University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998, as well as the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.

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