Quinnipiac Downs Sacred Heart in Fairfield

Saturday, February 21

Fairfield, CT

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

22-5,17-1MAAC

Sacred Heart

12-15,10-8MAAC

Quinnipiac

Sacred Heart

Ella Ryan Against Maine on Sunday, Dec 14th in Hamden, Conn.

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

2/21/2026 5:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Fairfield, Conn. – The Quinnipiac Bobcats got back in the win column, defeating the Sacred Heart Pioneers, 55-39, on Saturday afternoon in Fairfield, Connecticut. With the win, the Bobcats improved to 22-5 overall and 17-1 in MAAC play.

Ella Ryan had a big day for the Bobcats, scoring a team-high 18 points on 63.6% shooting (7-for-11) from the floor and knocking down 50% (3-for-6) of her three-point attempts. Ryan's 18 points are the second-highest of her first season in Hamden. Anna Foley reached double digits, scoring ten points in the win. Foley grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and dished out a team-high five assists. Eight Bobcats recorded points in the 16-point win over the Sacred Heart Pioneers.

FINAL SCORE
Quinnipiac 55, Sacred Heart 39

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (22-5, 17-1 MAAC) | Sacred Heart (12-15, 10-8 MAAC)

BOBCAT HIGHS
Points: Ella Ryan - 18
Rebounds: Anna Foley - 7
Assists: Anna Foley - 5
Steals: Jackie Grisdale, Paige Girardi - 2
Blocks: Paige Girardi - 2

GAME REWIND
Anna Foley got the Bobcats on the board first, knocking down a jumper just 16 seconds into the contest. The Pioneers responded with a 6-4 run to knot it up at six at the first quarter media timeout. Out of the timeout, the Bobcats used a scoring run of their own to take a 13-11 lead into the second quarter.

Sacred Heart went up 14-13 early in the second quarter, but the Bobcats took over. Quinnipiac responded with a 17-3 run to close out the second quarter and take a 30-17 lead into the halftime break.

The Pioneers got on the board first in the second half, but Quinnipiac's lead grew to 16 (37-21) at the media timeout. Out of the break, Sacred Heart outscored the Bobcats 9-6, but QU still held a thirteen-point advantage at the end of three frames.

Sacred Heart stormed out in the final quarter and cut the deficit down to nine as the Bobcats called a timeout halfway through the quarter. From that point on, it was all Bobcats, as Quinnipiac closed out the game on a 9-2 run to earn the 55-39 win over the Pioneers.

NUMBERS AND NOTES

Ella Ryan had a big day for the Bobcats, scoring a team-high 18 points on 63.6% shooting (7-for-11) from the floor and knocking down 50% (3-for-6) of her three-point attempts.
Ryan's 18 points are the second-highest of her first season in Hamden.
Ryan has reached double figures in 13 games this season and twice in the last five games.
Ryan knocked down three of her six three-point attempts, marking the 16^th time she has hit multiple three-pointers in a single game this season.
Anna Foley reached double digits, scoring ten points in the win on 31.3% (5-for-15) shooting from the floor.
Foley grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and dished out a team-high five assists.
Foley has scored 10+ points in thirteen games this season and four times in the last five games.
Eight Bobcats recorded points in the 16-point win over the Sacred Heart Pioneers.
Nine Bobcats grabbed at least one rebound, with seven recording two or more.
Five Bobcats dished out at least one assist in the game, with three dishing out at least two in the win.
Four different Bobcats recorded steals in the win over the Pioneers.
Quinnipiac allowed Sacred Heart to make only two three-pointers, marking the sixth time this season they have held their opponent to two or fewer made threes in a game.
Quinnipiac allowed 39 points to the Saints, the third-lowest point total of a QU opponent this season.
Quinnipiac has led at the half in all but two games this season and are 22-3 in games in which it enters the halftime break with the lead.
Quinnipiac recorded 11 assists as a team on 21 made field goals. The Bobcats have recorded 10+ assists in all but one contest this year (7 - vs. St. John's).
Quinnipiac has recorded 10+ assists in all eighteen MAAC games so far this season and ranks second in the MAAC in total assists.
The Bobcats outrebounded the Pioneers, 37-35. Quinnipiac has only been outrebounded in seven contests this season and only three throughout conference play. The Bobcats are 19-0 this season when they outrebound their opponents.
The Bobcats have held their opponents to 60 or fewer points in 21 games this season and are 20-1 in those contests.
Out of twenty-two wins this season, the Bobcats have defeated twenty-one of those teams by ten or more points, eleven by 20+, three by 30+, and three by 40+.

WHO'S NEXT?

The Bobcats return home next Thursday, February 26^th, as they host the Niagara Purple Eagles to kick off their final home weekend of the regular season.
Tip-off from M&T Bank Arena is slated for 6 PM and can be seen on ESPN+.

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