Sunday, January 11
Fairfield, CT
2:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Sacred Heart
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Bobcats Travel to Sacred Heart for In-State Clash on Sunday
1/10/2026 3:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Quinnipiac (11-5, 4-1 MAAC) at Sacred Heart (5-12, 1-5 MAAC)
Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 | 2:00 PM
Fairfield, CT | Pitt Athletic & Convocation Center
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's basketball returns to action after a six-day break, as the Bobcats travel to in-state foe Sacred Heart for a 2:00 PM MAAC contest on Sunday.
WELCOME TO THE JAM
Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 | 2:00 PM
Fairfield, CT | Pitt Athletic & Convocation Center
Quinnipiac Game Notes
Watch: ESPN+
Watch: International
Live Stats: Click Here
In-Game Updates: @QU_MBB on X/Instagram
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's basketball returns to action after a six-day break, as the Bobcats travel to in-state foe Sacred Heart for a 2:00 PM MAAC contest on Sunday.
WELCOME TO THE JAM
- Quinnipiac has made 55 dunks already in 2025-26, 19 more than the second-highest MAAC team (Iona has 36 made dunks).
- The Bobcats' 55 dunks rank 39th nationally. It's the 8th highest total of any mid-major program.
- Amarri Monroe currently has 187 career steals, needing just three more to set a new Quinnipiac Division I program record. He trails only Kason Mims ('04), who had 189 career steals at QU.
- QU's all-time record belongs to Boyd Johnson ('91, 232 steals).
- Quinnipiac (77.9 PPG) currently leads the MAAC in scoring offense and 3-point field goal percentage (35.8%).
- The Bobcats have blocked 4.9 shots per game (leads MAAC / No. 30 nationally).
- QU is 7-1 at home so far in 2025-26, outscoring opponents 610-516 in contests played at M&T Bank Arena. The Bobcats have gone 32-6 in home contests over the last three seasons under Head Coach Tom Pecora.
- Reigning MAAC Player of the Year Amarri Monroe has stuffed the stat sheet so far in 2025-26, averaging 15.1 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 2.9 SPG & 2.5 APG. Monroe has six double-doubles already this season.
- Jaden Zimmerman has led the scoring charge thus far this year, pouring in 17.0 points per game. He was named MAAC Player of the Week on Dec. 8 after leading the Bobcats to a pair of wins to begin conference play.
- Grant Randall is averaging 11.6 points and 6.1 rebounds per game so far during a breakout sophomore campaign. He has three double-doubles over the last eight games.
- Keith McKnight has made an immediate impact during his first season with the Bobcats. He's averaging 11.8 points and 5.1 rebounds a contest on 53.3% shooting. McKnight has 11 different performances with 10+ points.
- Transfer guard Asim Jones is up to 11.6 points and 4.1 assists per contest. The Bobcats' point guard poured in a season-high 23 points in Quinnipiac's victory over Marist (12/29).
- Sacred Heart enters at 5-12 (1-5 MAAC) so far in 2025-26. SHU lost its latest contest against Marist, 76-72, on Friday night in Fairfield.
- Anquan Hill leads the Pioneers in scoring (15.3 PPG) & rebounding (6.0 RPG) so far this year. Dashon Gittens (14.6 PPG) has also helped pace Sacred Heart's offense.
- The Pioneers lead the MAAC in free throw percentage (78.8%), a number that ranks 4th nationally.
- Anthony Latina is in his 13th season as Head Coach at Sacred Heart. He owns a 161-223 record during his time at the helm of the Pioneers.
- Quinnipiac men's basketball improved to 4-1 in MAAC play on Sunday at M&T Bank Arena, defeating Mount St. Mary's by the final score of 80-69.
- QU outscored The Mount 48-34 during the second half. The Bobcats shot 13-of-22 (59.1%) during the final 20 minutes.
- Quinnipiac is now 7-1 at M&T Bank Arena in 2025-26. The Bobcats have gone 32-6 in home contests over the last three seasons under Head Coach Tom Pecora.
- Grant Randall scored a career-high 25 points to lead the way for the Bobcats. He shot 8-of-14 from the floor and grabbed five rebounds.
- Asim Jones added 17 points, including 13 points during the final 20 minutes to help lead QU's second-half charge.
- Amarri Monroe registered his sixth double-double of the year in the victory. He finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
- For the second straight season, Quinnipiac has been voted as the favorite in the MAAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Bobcats earned 158 total points and eight first place votes in the poll.
- This marks the second time in program history that the Bobcats have been selected as the preseason favorites.
- The Bobcats are on the heels of a record-breaking two-year stretch, where Quinnipiac posted two consecutive 20-win seasons during Tom Pecora's first two years at the helm.
- The Bobcats went 24-10 in 2023-24, then posted a 20-13 mark last season.
- QU captured the league's regular season title during both seasons, posting a 15-5 MAAC record in both 2023-24 & 2024-25.
- The Bobcats advanced to the semifinal round of the MAAC Tournament in both years.
- Reigning MAAC Player of the Year Amarri Monroe returns to Hamden for his senior season. He is the Preseason MAAC Player of the Year for the second season in a row, and was a unanimous selection for the Preseason All-MAAC First Team.
- Monroe paced Quinnipiac during 2024-25, averaging 18.1 points, 9.1 rebounds, and 2.3 steals per game – all of which led the team.
- The Newburgh, New York-native impressed in conference play, averaging a double-double (19.8 PPG & 10.5 RPG) over 19 MAAC contests.
- He finished 2024-25 as the MAAC leader in rebounds per game (9.1), offensive rebounds per game (6.9), and double-doubles (14).
- Monroe recorded 20+ points in 17 different games last year. He also grabbed 10+ rebounds in eight consecutive contests to wrap up the regular season.
- The reigning MAAC Player of the Year has 24 career double-doubles, which ranks 13th among active career leaders at the Division I level.
- Fellow Preseason All-MAAC honoree Jaden Zimmerman returns to Quinnipiac for his sophomore season. The guard was chosen to the Preseason All-MAAC Second Team.
- Zimmerman posted 11.0 PPG & 2.1 RPG over 33 contests during his first season with the Bobcats, earning a spot on the 2024-25 MAAC All-Rookie Team.
- He registered 20 different games with 10+ points in 2024-25 as a first-year guard.
- The Bobcats return eight players in total: Amarri Monroe, Grant Randall, Ronell Giles Jr., Samson Reilly, Spence Wewe, Braylan Ritvo, Jaden Zimmerman and Akintola Akinniyi.
- Quinnipiac has seven total newcomers – a pair of transfers (Asim Jones & Nate Guerengomba), and five other true first-year players (Jayden Reid, Tai Turnage, Christopher Skenderi, Keith Mcknight & Sam Nosakhare.
- The Bobcats have 10 players that are 6-foot-5 or taller.
- Tom Pecora will enter his third season as Head Coach at Quinnipiac University in 2025-26.
- Pecora – a veteran with 17 years of experience as a head coach at the Division I level – has won back-to-back MAAC Coach of the Year awards after leading Quinnipiac to two consecutive regular season titles in 2023-24 and 2024-25. The Bobcats went 15-5 in league play during Pecora's first season at the helm in 2023-24, then followed up with another 15-5 MAAC record in 2024-25. Pecora has more wins (30) over his first two seasons than any men's basketball head coach in the history of the MAAC.
- Pecora just completed his eighth season in total with the Bobcats (previously served as Associate HC from 2017-2023). He was announced as Quinnipiac's next Head Coach on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
- He has guided his teams to 314-283 record as a collegiate Head Coach (stops at SUNY Farmingdale, Hofstra, Fordham, and Quinnipiac).
- Pecora reached 300 total wins on Feb. 14, 2025 after helping lead the Bobcats to a win over Sacred Heart on ESPNU. Quinnipiac has won 130 total games during Pecora's time on staff (since 2017), tallying double-digit win totals in seven of eight seasons.
- Prior to his time at Quinnipiac, Pecora served as the head coach at Hofstra for nine years (2001-2010) and at Fordham for five seasons (2010-15). He also served as the associate head coach under Jay Wright for seven seasons before taking the head job at Hofstra, the last two of which resulted in America East Conference titles and NCAA Tournament berths.
- As a head coach at Hofstra, Pecora compiled a 155-126 mark in nine seasons, leading the Pride to four postseason appearances (three NIT and one CBI), the most for any New York City team over that nine-year span. In 16 years at Hofstra with Pecora on the staff (nine years as a head coach, seven as an assistant), the Pride averaged 19 wins a season (246-161).
- During his time in Hempstead, Hofstra was the winningest program in the Metropolitan New York area. Over his last six years, Hofstra won 121 games, including four 20-win seasons. In 2006 and 2009, he was named Coach of the Year by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) and he also received regional Coach of the Year honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY).
- Prior to joining the staff at Hofstra, Pecora also had previous experience in running a program, serving as head basketball coach at the State University of New York at Farmingdale from 1989-92. In three seasons at Farmingdale, the Rams posted a 62-24 record, captured the Region 15 championship in 1992 (when they finished 20-9), advanced to the National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament and were ranked as one of the nation's top 20 junior college programs.
- He has coached NBA players at his previous two stops as head coach – Speedy Claxton, Norman Richardson, and Charles Jenkins (at Hofstra), and Eric Paschall (at Fordham).
- Quinnipiac's non-conference slate features a trip to St. John's – a consensus preseason Top 5 team – to open the season (Nov. 3), and two games over a three-day span at the end of November at Pitt (Nov. 23) and at Central Florida (Nov. 25).
- The Bobcats have five home dates on the non-conference schedule in total.
- Following the season-opening trip to Queens, Quinnipiac will return to Hamden for a pair of home contests against in-state foes Central Connecticut (Nov. 6) and Yale (Nov. 11).
- The Bobcats will then head to Maine (Nov. 16) to square off with the Black Bears for the second consecutive season, followed by another home contest against City College of New York (Nov. 19).
- Next up, QU heads on its road trip to ACC foe Pittsburgh (Nov. 23) and to Big 12 opponent Central Florida (Nov. 25). The Bobcats close out the month of November at home (Nov. 30) vs. Stonehill at M&T Bank Arena.
- Quinnipiac's final home game of the non-conference schedule comes against UMass Lowell (Dec. 13).
- The Bobcats then head to former MAAC foe Monmouth (Dec. 17) and to Hofstra (Dec. 21) to wrap up the non-MAAC slate.
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