Bobcats Drop Home Opener to St. John's

Tuesday, November 11

Hamden, CT

5:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

1-2,0-0MAAC

St. John's

2-1,0-0Big East

St. John's (NY)

Quinnipiac

Jackie Grisdale Battles for rebound against St. John's (Nov. 11, 2025 in Hamden, Conn.)

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

11/11/2025 9:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac Women's Basketball team dropped its non-conference game to the St. John's Red Storm, 53-51, on Tuesday in Hamden.

Ella O'Donnell led the Bobcats with 16 points on 53.8% (7-for-13) shooting from the floor. O'Donnell also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in the loss. Jackie Grisdale was QU's second-highest scorer as she scored 15 points in the effort.

Quinnipiac and St. John's were locked in a defensive battle early in the game as the Red Storm held a 6-4 lead at the first quarter media timeout. Out of the break, the Red Storm went on a 9-6 run to take a 15-10 lead at the end of the opening quarter.

The Bobcats opened the second quarter on a run of their own, 8-4, to make it just a one-point game at the second quarter media timeout. Quinnipiac continued to control the second quarter, going on a 7-4 run out of the timeout as they headed into the locker room at the half with a 25-23 lead.

Quinnipiac and St. John's traded points to start the third quarter as the Bobcats still held a two-point advantage at the media timeout. Quinnipiac came out of the break and increased their lead to four as they entered the final ten minutes with a 37-33 lead.

The Bobcats made it a nine-point game with a 5-0 run to start the final quarter, leading 42-33. It was all Red Storm after that as they closed out the game on a 20-9 run to beat the Bobcats by two, 53-51.

NUMBERS AND NOTES

Ella O'Donnell led the Bobcats in scoring with 16 points, on 7-for-13 (53.8%) shooting from the field. The 16 points are a game-high so far this season for O'Donnell.
Ella O'Donnell grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in the loss. O'Donnell recorded two steals and dished out one assist.
Jackie Grisdale was second on the team with 15 points, scoring ten of her 15 points at the free-throw line. Grisdale knocked down Quinnipiac's lone three-pointer in the loss.
Grisdale reached 15+ points for the third straight game this season.
Emma Lizotte led the Bobcats with three steals.
Anna Foley recorded two blocks to lead the team, while Jackie Grisdale and Paige Girardi each recorded one block.
Seven different Bobcats scored at least one field goal in the loss.
Seven different Bobcats recorded at least one rebound, and three Bobcats recorded 5+ rebounds: Ella O'Donnell (7), Ella Ryan (6), and Jackie Grisdale (5).
The Bobcats were outrebounded by the Red Storm, 31-29.
Quinnipiac went 16-for-18 from the charity stripe (88.9%).

NEXT TIME OUT

The Bobcats will make the short trip to New Haven to take on the Yale Bulldogs next Tuesday, November 18^th.
Tip-off from the John J. Lee Amphitheater is slated for 5 PM and can be seen on ESPN+.

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