“It’s out there for anybody,” Vaughn said.

The next two are on the road at red-hot Iona and surprise leader Saint Peter’s. Rider is one game out of first in the MAAC with five to play. “It’s not about anything on offense because we need you to get stops and dominate the glass.” “That’s exactly what he did,” Baggett said. Instead, Baggett told his senior center to get 20 rebounds and play defense. That came after Marshall texted Baggett in the morning and told him he’d be OK coming off the bench if the coach wanted to go small against the Bobcats’ spacey offense. Tyere Marshall had nine points and grabbed 16 rebounds for the Broncs, who finished plus-6 (46-40) on the glass. Rich Kelly scored 17 points and Matt Balanc had 16 for Quinnipiac (11-13, 6-8), which has dropped five straight and is 2-8 since a 4-0 start to MAAC play. We’ll miss shots and turn it over, but as long as we’re playing hard defense, it’s going to make up for it. Once you channel that inner defensive player, you have to go out there and show everybody what you got.”Īdded Scott: “As long as we focus our intensity there, the offense will be there. He didn’t put anything else on the board. “Coach put on the board before the game that it was all about stops. “You got to have the right mindset,” Vaughn said. We got to make sure we stay locked in and doing those things that we do at home on the road.” “If we play like that, we’re a very good team.

“That was our focus, to make sure for 40 minutes, that we defended and gave all of our attention and energy on that end of the court,” Baggett said. In the first meeting between the teams – an 80-61 Bobcats victory – they made 13-of-28. Quinnipiac is tricky to guard because of all the 3-pointers it shoots, taking 51% of its total shots from 3, which ranks second nationally. The Broncs held the Bobcats to 34.3% shooting, which included 8-for-37 (21.6%) from beyond the arc. Yet coach Kevin Baggett wanted to talk most about defense. Frederick Scott added 14 points, including an aggressive dunk of his own, and Stevie Jordan had 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists.

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