February 17, 2011
By Staff Reporter
Anytime Kim Fitzpatrick leads Quinnipiac in scoring, an informed guess that something is amiss would not be far wrong. The ball handler and defensive specialist paced the Bobcats (2-5) with 14 points in a 94-58 blowout loss to Harvard. The Waterford senior shot 5-for-8 from the floor, including 2-for-4 on 3-pointers, and was 2-for-5 from the foul line.
Seeing Niamh Dwyer’s name with a double-digit figure in the scoring column isn’t unusual, but the junior from Thurles, Co. Tipperary, was held below her typical output in Monmouth’s 73-44 loss to Auburn. Dwyer was effectively shut down by the Tigers, who let her attempt only seven field goals. She made three from outside the 3-point arc and one from inside, while canning 1-for-3 from the line for 12 points, high for the Hawks (4-5).
Ann-Marie Healy flipped in 7 points as Jacksonville State (2-4) defeated Carson-Newman, 86-79. She shot 3-for-5 from the floor and 1-for-2 from the line. The junior from Killenaule, Co. Tipperary, scored eight points in JSU’s 61-58 loss to Alcorn State on 3-for-5 shooting from the floor, including her only 3-point try, and 1-for-3 from the stripe.
MEN’S HOOPS
Ian O’Boyle was good for 11 points, but little good it did New Jersey Institute of Technology, losers to Bryant by an 85-47 score. O’Boyle, a freshman from Newbridge, Co. Kildare, took all but one of his nine field goal attempts from long distance, hitting three of them. He shot 2-for-3 from the foul line. He also had 3 rebounds as the Highlanders fell to 5-4.
Paul Cummins gathered four rebounds while playing backcourt in only 16 minutes on the floor as Lafayette dispatched Moravian, 73-56. Cummins, a freshman from County Kildare, also scored 3 points on 1-for-6 shooting from the floor. All but one of those attempts were from bonus territory. He also had two assists as the Leopards improved to 3-6.
Paul Butler, a junior from Ballymena, heaved six field goal attempts from 3-point range, making two, for 6 points as St. Thomas Aquinas (4-5) lost to BYU-Hawaii, 90-70.