QU Drops Opener at #5 St. John's

Monday, November 3

Queens, NY

6:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-1,0-0MAAC

108

#5 St. John's

1-0,0-0Big East

Quinnipiac

St. John's (NY)

108

Keith Mcknight at St. John's (11/3/25 in Queens, NY)

11/3/2025 9:48:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

QUEENS, N.Y. – Quinnipiac men's basketball dropped its 2025-26 season opener at No. 5 St. John's by the final score of 108-74 on Monday night at Carnesecca Arena.

Keith Mcknight paced the Bobcats in his collegiate debut, pouring in 19 points via 7-of-11 shooting. The first-year forward grabbed three rebounds and added two steals over 22 minutes off the bench.

Jaden Zimmerman recorded 19 points of his own, going 8-of-10 from the free throw line.

FINAL SCORE
#5 St. John's 108, Quinnipiac 74

LOCATION
Carnesecca Arena | Queens, NY

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (0-1, 0-0 MAAC) | St. John's (1-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)

NOTES

The Bobcats shot 27-67 (40.3%) from the field. QU heated up in the second half of action, going 16-of-34 (47.1%) over the final 20 minutes of play. The Bobcats knocked down six 3-pointers in the second half.
Keith Mcknight's big day off the bench finished with 19 total points. He recorded 12 points in the first half on 4-of-5 shooting.
13 of Jaden Zimmerman's 19 points came in the second half. He also grabbed three rebounds for QU.
Samson Reilly scored 11 points off the bench in his first collegiate game. All 11 points came during the second-half, as the redshirt freshman went 3-for-3 from distance.
Amarri Monroe added 10 points, 6 steals and 4 rebounds. Monroe is up to 140 career steals, which ranks 7^th in Quinnipiac program history. Boyd Johnson ('91) owns the QU record with 232 steals.
Asim Jones chipped in with 10 points and 3 assists in his QU debut. He shot 5-of-10 from the floor.
Five St. John's players reached double-digit scoring totals, led by Dillon Mitchell with 18 points.

NEXT UP
Quinnipiac returns to Hamden for the home opener on Thursday, Nov. 6. The Bobcats will play host to CCSU at 7:00 PM from M&T Bank Arena.

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