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Hamden, CT - Freshman Marie-Laurence Archambault's (Montreal, Quebec / Montmorency) career-high 24 points on six triples was not enough as Quinnipiac withstood a late Wagner rally with a 66-56 wire-to-wire win at the TD Banknorth Sports Center in Northeast Conference (NEC) action.

In defeat, the Seahawks fall to 4-11 and 1-3 in the NEC while the Bobcats improve to 7-7 and 2-1 in the NEC.

The Quinnipiac victory was fueled by 28 free throws (36 attempts) compared to just 12 (15 attempts) for Wagner.

Archambault's performance marks the fourth-straight game that a Seahawk has notched a career-best point total of at least 20 points. The Canadian native was 7-for-13 from the floor, including 6-of-9 from beyond the arc. Unfortunately for the Green & White, the rest of the team shot just 11-64 (17.2 %) from the field and 2-of-16 (12.5 %) from three-point range.

After Quinnipiac opened the second half with a pair of three pointers to push the lead out to a game-high 18 points at 48-30 with 13:34 to play, Wagner employed a tenacious full-court press that led to 17-4 Seahawk run over the next 7:29, cutting the lead to 52-47 with 5:40 to play. Archambault fueled the run with nine points on three three pointers as the Green & White forced seven turnovers during the spurt while holding the Bobcats to just 2-of-12 shooting.

Lisa Lebak quelled the run with a pair of free throws, extending the Quinnipiac lead out to 54-47 at the 5:25 mark. Junior Sha'Ron Harrison (Paterson, NJ / John F. Kennedy) answered with a jumper before Archambault connected on two from the line, cutting the deficit to 54-51 with 3:34 to play, the closest Wagner had been since the 11:42 mark of the first half.

The Bobcats countered with four-straight from the free throw line, making it 58-51 with 2:37 to go. Junior Megan Mahoney (Staten Island, NY / St. Peter's) would not allow the Green & White to go down quietly, drilling a three pointer to make it a four-point game at 58-54 with 2:28 to go. That would be as close as the Seahawks would get as the Bobcats closed out the game with an 8-2 run to win 66-56.

Harrison had a solid game with eight points and seven rebounds, all on the offensive end.

Quinnipiac connected on 37.2 percent from the floor (16-43), including 50.0 percent (6-12) from beyond the arc. The Bobcats were paced by Courtney Kaminski's 20 points and 12 rebounds. Kathleen Neyens (11 points) and Lebak (10 points) also notched double-figures.

Despite losing the battle of the boards by a 50-41 count, the Seahawks owned the offensive glass 24-13, leading to a 13-4 advantage in second-chance points.

Quinnipiac started the game out with a 9-2 run before the Wagner answered with five-straight points, cutting the deficit to 9-7 with 14:54 to go in the first half. Later with the Seahawks still down two at 16-14, the Bobcats used a 10-3 run to open up a 26-17 lead with 8:20 to go. Quinnipiac would push the lead out to a half-high 13 at 34-21 with 4:04 to go before heading into intermission up 40-28.

The Bobcats shot 45.9 percent (10-22) from the floor, but connected on 85.0 percent (17-20) from the charity stripe in opening up a 12-point halftime lead. The Seahawks, in comparison, hit on just 25.6 percent (10-39) from the floor.

Wagner returns home following a seven-game road trip with a game against Long Island on Thursday, January 14. Tip time is slated for 5:00 pm at the Spiro Sports Center.

NOTES: Archambault's previous career-high was 16 set against Syracuse (12/2) earlier this year ... The Bobcats have now won 15-straight games against the Seahawks with Wagner last winning on January 3, 2002 ... Quinnipiac leads the all-time series by a 18-5 count ... Senior Andrea Reed (Pocomoke City, MD / Pocomoke) saw her first action since serving a three-game suspension for violation of team rules ... She handed out a team-best six assists, against two turnovers, in 22 minutes ... Classmate Naomi Augustin (Valley Stream, NY / Valley Stream Central) notched her first points of the year with two free throws ... Wagner now returns home after playing 12 of its first 15 games away from Staten Island.