Bobcats Set A New QU Division I Record for Fewest Points Allowed

Monday, December 29

Jersey City, NJ

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

8-4,3-0MAAC

Saint Peter's

3-9,2-1MAAC

Quinnipiac

Saint Peter's

Photo by: Patrick Kraemer

Bobcats Set A New QU Division I Record for Fewest Points Allowed

12/29/2025 6:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Jersey City, N.J. – The Quinnipiac Bobcats closed out 2025 with a 67-27 win over the Saint Peter's Peacocks on Monday evening in Jersey City. With the win, the Bobcats improved to 8-4 overall and 3-0 in conference play.

Nine different Bobcats recorded points in the forty-point win over the Peacocks. Ella O'Donnell led the way with 12 points on 5-for-6 (83.8%) shooting from the floor. O'Donnell grabbed four rebounds on the defensive end and three on the offensive end for seven total rebounds. Karson Martin scored 10 points in the win. Eight Bobcats recorded 5 or more points as they stay unbeaten in MAAC play. The Bobcats set a new school record for the fewest points allowed in the Division I era, allowing just 27 in the win.

FINAL SCORE
Quinnipiac 67, Saint Peter's 27

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (8-4, 3-0 MAAC) | Saint Peter's (3-9, 2-1 MAAC)

BOBCAT HIGHS
Points: Ella O'Donnell - 12
Rebounds: Ella Ryan – 8
Assists: Maria Kealy - 4
Steals: Jackie Grisdale, Sydney Ryan – 2
Blocks: Emma Lizotte– 1

GAME REWIND
Paige Girardi got the Bobcats off and running with a three just 12 seconds into the contest, and Quinnipiac took it to another level from there. Quinnipiac scored the game's first seven points and led the Peacocks 12-5 halfway through the opening frame. The Bobcats closed out the opening quarter on a 13-2 run, leading 25-7.

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— Quinnipiac Women's Basketball (@QU_WBB) December 29, 2025

Quinnipiac continued to dominate the Peacocks in the second quarter, scoring 17 points in the frame and extending their scoring run to 30-2. Saint Peter's got their only points of the quarter with 36 seconds left in the frame, and the Bobcats entered the halftime break with a 42-9 advantage. The two points allowed in the quarter are the fewest points allowed in a single quarter this season for the Bobcats.

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— Quinnipiac Women's Basketball (@QU_WBB) December 29, 2025

The Bobcats kept their distance from Saint Peter's coming out of the locker room at the half, outscoring the Peacocks 12-10 in the frame and taking a 35-point lead. In the final frame, the Bobcats outscored Saint Peter's again to give them a 40-point win to improve to 3-0 in MAAC play.

NUMBERS AND NOTES

Ella O'Donnell led the Bobcats with 12 points on 5-for-6 (83.8%) shooting from the floor. O'Donnell grabbed seven rebounds, four defensive and three offensive rebounds.
O'Donnell reached double figures for the eighth time this season and for the second straight game.
Karson Martin reached double figures for the second time this season, scoring ten in the win over Saint Peter's.
Ella Ryan and Sydney Ryan each finished with nine points in the win.
Ella Ryan recorded a team-high eight rebounds, which is also a new career high.
Sydney Ryan grabbed seven rebounds, giving her 82 on the season, which is the most on the team.
Paige Girardi and Anna Foley each added seven points in the effort.
Foley led the Bobcats with seven defensive rebounds in the win.
Girardi pushed her season assists total to 37 with two assists in the game.
Reagan Sipla recorded five points and two rebounds in just four minutes of action.
Quinnipiac allowed just two points in the second quarter, its fewest number of points allowed in a single frame this season.
The Bobcats held the Peacocks to nine points at the half, the fewest number of points allowed in a half this season.
Nine Bobcats recorded points in the win over Saint Peter's.
Eleven Bobcats recorded at least one rebound, with ten recording two or more.
Seven Bobcats recorded at least one assist in the game, with five dishing out at least two in the win.
Quinnipiac recorded 16 assists as a team on 24 made field goals.
The Bobcats outrebounded the Peacocks 48-31. Quinnipiac tied its season high with 48 rebounds in the win.
Quinnipiac forced 14 turnovers and scored 16 points off them.
The Bobcats knocked down ten threes as a team, marking the seventh time this season they have made 10 or more threes in a single game.
Quinnipiac led for 39:48 (99.5%) of the game after Paige Girardi opened the scoring just twelve seconds into the game.
QU improved to 3-0 in conference play, marking the third straight season they won their first three MAAC games of the year.
Quinnipiac enters the New Year on a three-game win streak.

WHO'S NEXT?

The Bobcats will open the New Year with a matchup against the Iona Gaels on Thursday, January 1^st.
Tip-off from M&T Bank Arena is slated for 2 PM and can be seen on NESN/ESPN+.

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