Bobcats Wrap Up Road Trip With Tuesday Night Battle at UCF

Quinnipiac (4-2, 0-0 MAAC) at UCF (5-1, 0-0 Big 12)
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025 | 7:00 PM
Orlando, FL | Addition Financial Arena
Quinnipiac Game Notes

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ORLANDO – Quinnipiac men’s basketball closes out action at the Skyscanner Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper, traveling down to Florida to take on UCF on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 7:00 PM.
 
The Bobcats are on the heels of a big win over Pitt on Sunday evening – Quinnipiac’s first-ever victory over an ACC opponent.

LAST TIME OUT: BOBCATS EARN POWER CONFERENCE ROAD WIN AT PITT

• Amarri Monroe delivered a big performance on the big stage Sunday evening at Petersen Events Center.
• The reigning MAAC Player of the Year powered the Bobcats with 25 points, leading Quinnipiac men’s basketball past Pitt by the final score of 83-75 as part of the Skyscanner Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper.
• The victory is Quinnipiac’s first-ever win over an ACC opponent. The Bobcats earn their first Power 5 win since Dec. 21, 2014, when Quinnipiac defeated Pac-12 foe Oregon State in Hamden.
• QU outscored Pitt 47-37 in the first half of action, then held on for a big road win.
• Monroe’s big night finished with 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting. He registered 15 points during the second half of action.
• Grant Randall chipped in with 15 points and five rebounds.
• All 9 Quinnipiac players that saw the floor registered at least two points.
• QU’s largest lead was 13 (multiple times in the second half). The Bobcats led for 34:52 in total. 

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AMONG THE NATION’S BEST

• Amarri Monroe has registered 3.80 steals per game so far this season, a number that ranks No. 3 in the entire nation.
• Sharpshooter Samson Reilly has posted a 63.0% clip from 3-point range, a number that ranks No. 2 nationally.
• The Bobcats lead the MAAC in blocks per game (4.7 BPG). 

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, after also being picked first in the preseason poll last year. 

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. 

SCOUTING UCF

• Central Florida enters at 5-1 so far in 2025-26. The Knights have beaten Hofstra, Florida A&M, Texas A&M, Oakland and Pitt, with their only loss of the young season coming against Vanderbilt.
• Head Coach Johnny Dawkins is in his 10th season at UCF, after spending the previous eight years at the held of the Stanford program. Dawkins has guided UCF to a 173-121 mark during his tenure with the Knights. Between his time at Standford and UCF, he has led his programs to 10 postseason berths and a pair of National Invitation Tournament titles.
• Riley Kugel leads UCF in scoring (18.0 PPG) so far this season.
• Jordan Burks, Themus Fulks and Jamichael Stillwell have all chipped in with 10+ points per contest through six games.
• UCF ranks 4th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (45.6%) heading into Tuesday night’s matchup.

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.
• In 2025-26, Monroe has tallied 3.75 steals per game thus far – which ranks third nationally and leads all MAAC players.
• Monroe is up to 163 career steals, climbing Quinnipiac’s career leaderboard. He is chasing Kason Mims (’04, 189 steals) for the Bobcats’ Division I career record. QU’s all-time record belongs to Boyd Johnson (’91, 232 steals).

ZIMMERMAN ALSO BACK FOR THE 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.
• Zimmerman registered 20 different games with 10+ points in 2024-25.

YEAR 2 for GRANT RANDALL

• Grant Randall is also back for the Bobcats for his sophomore campaign. He scored 62 points and grabbed 62 rebounds during his first season at QU.
• Randall scored a season-high seven points in the regular-season finale at Fairfield (3/8).
• He also scored six points and grabbed seven rebounds at Saint Louis (11/25).

IMMEDIATE IMPACT FROM KEITH MCKNIGHT

• Keith McKnight paced the Bobcats during his collegiate debut on Nov. 3 at St. John’s, pouring in 19 points via 7-of-11 shooting. The first-year Bobcat grabbed three rebounds and added two steals over 22 minutes.
• McKnight is averaging 13.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game over five contests in 2025-26. He’s shooting 66.7% from the field, and already has four double-digit scoring efforts for Quinnipiac.

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 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 309-281 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).

THE NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

• 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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