Bobcats Begin Western New York Trip Friday Night at Niagara

Friday, February 27

Niagara Falls, NY

6:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

Niagara

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Bobcats Begin Western New York Trip Friday Night at Niagara

2/26/2026 11:58:00 AM | Men's Basketball

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac (18-11, 11-7 MAAC) at Niagara (7-21, 4-14 MAAC)
Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 | 6:30 PM
Niagara Falls, NY | Gallagher Center
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NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY – Quinnipiac men's basketball readies for the final weekend of the 2025-26 regular season, which begins with a trip to Niagara for a Friday night MAAC contest.

SCOUTING NIAGARA

The Purple Eagles enter at 7-21 (4-14 MAAC). Niagara has dropped four of its last five, including a 67-62 loss at Rider during its latest contest.
Justin Page leads the team in scoring (12.1 PPG).
Former Duke guard Greg Paulus is in his seventh season as Head Coach at Niagara, guiding the program to 85 wins so far during his tenure.
Quinnipiac is 15-13 in the Division I era against Niagara, though the Purple Eagles have taken five of the last seven meetings.
The Bobcats won the matchup between the two teams earlier this season on Feb. 7, as Grant Randall knocked down a corner 3-pointer in the final seconds of the contest to help QU earn a home win (56-55). Amarri Monroe finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Grant Randall tallied 10 points and eight rebounds. Keith McKnight added 11 points and seven boards off the bench.

LAST TIME OUT: BOBCATS FALL vs. FAIRFIELD (2/22)

Quinnipiac men's basketball dropped a MAAC contest on Sunday against Fairfield by the final score of 85-79 from M&T Bank Arena. The Bobcats move to 11-7 in league play with the result.
Jaden Zimmerman led Quinnipiac with 20 points on 7-of-18 shooting. He knocked down four 3-pointers in the contest.
Asim Jones chipped in with 16 points and seven assists. Amarri Monroe added 14 points, five rebounds and three steals.
Five different Fairfield players reached double figure scoring totals, led by 21 from Braden Sparks. The Stags took the lead when Duece Turner knocked down four consecutive free throws with 6:53 remaining. Fairfield finished on a 19-14 run from that point to earn the road win.

WELCOME TO THE JAM

Quinnipiac has made 87 dunks already in 2025-26, 23 more than the second-highest MAAC team (Saint Peter's has 64).

OFFENSIVE ATTACK

Quinnipiac ranks second in the MAAC in scoring offense (75.6 PPG), and second in fast break points per contest (11.97).
The Bobcats rank 53^rd nationally in KenPom's adjusted tempo (69.8).

2025-26 PLAYER NOTES

Reigning MAAC Player of the Year Amarri Monroe has stuffed the stat sheet so far in 2025-26, averaging 15.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.4 steals & 2.2 assists per game. Monroe has 12 double-doubles already this season, including nine over 18 MAAC games.
Jaden Zimmerman has led the scoring charge in '25-26 for the Bobcats, pouring in 16.2 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. Zimmerman has scored 15+ points in 15 different games this year.
Transfer guard Asim Jones is up to 12.0 points and 4.0 assists per contest through 29 games. He's shooting 48.8% from 3-point range. Jones has posted 13.4 points per contest in MAAC play.
Grant Randall is averaging 12.0 points and 6.8 rebounds per game so far during a breakout sophomore campaign. He has four double-doubles in 2025-26. Randall is averaging 12.0 points per game in league action.
Keith McKnight has made an immediate impact during his first season with the Bobcats. He's averaging 10.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per contest off the bench, shooting 54.3% from the floor. McKnight has reached double-figure scoring totals 19 different times during his first collegiate season.
Big man Spence Wewe is averaging 5.1 RPG, including 36 boards over the last three games.

MAAC SUCCESS

QU is 41-17 in regular season MAAC contests over the last three seasons (2023 – current) under HC Tom Pecora.

PRESEASON MAAC FAVORITES

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.

BACK-TO-BACK MAAC REGULAR SEASON TITLES

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 POTY MONROE RETURNS TO HAMDEN

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.

ALL-ROOKIE HONOREE ZIMMERMAN ALSO BACK FOR BOBCATS

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 2025-26 BOBCATS

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.

HEAD COACH TOM PECORA

Tom Pecora is currently in 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 323-288 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).

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