#1 Quinnipiac and #2 Iona in MAAC Championship game today

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Defending MAAC champion #1 Quinnipiac (24-7) plays #2 Iona (22-11) for the MAAC Women's Basketball Championship this afternoon at 2:30 pm on ESPNU.

During the regular season Iona lost at Quinnipiac 61-62 and lost to them 53-69 at home. If Quinnipiac loses this afternoon they then would get the automatic WNIT bid as the MAAC Regular Season champion.

WNIT:
A team offered an automatic berth by the WNIT shall be the team that is a.) the highest-finishing team in its conference’s regular-season standings, and b.) is not selected for the NCAA Tournament. A team that fulfills these qualities will earn the WNIT automatic berth for its respective conference, regardless of overall record.

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Iona wins 57-41

Iona with the #1 MAAC defense (57.1 ppg) shuts down Quinnipiac and their MAAC #1 offense (67.8 ppg) and gets the MAAC's NCAA bid.

A very good year for Iona Basketball as both Gael programs made it to the MAAC Championship game.

Box Score:
quinnipiacbobcats.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wbball&id=7239

Only 1,534 fans at the game but 2:30 pm on a Monday with no local or home team playing. These games should be played on campus and at the higher seeds.

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The Iona Men beat Monmouth tonight so both Iona Basketball programs get the MAAC NCAA bid. The only other time that this has happened since 1984 was in 2003 when both Manhattan programs went to the NCAA Tournament.