GDT: SLU v. Quinnipiac

[GDT Bot]

SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game 5	Quinnipiac (3-3) at Saint Louis (2-2)
Date // Time	Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 // 7 p.m.
Location	St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)
Chaifetz Arena	Tickets | Parking | Clear Bag Policy
Radio	KMOX 1120AM | Varsity Network App (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.)
TV	FanDuel Sports Network (Tom Ackerman, Troy Robertson, Tamar Sher)
Stream	ESPN+ | International Streaming | FanDuel Sports Network App
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Series History	First Meeting
Game Notes	Saint Louis | Quinnipiac

SETTING THE SCENE

• Saint Louis welcomes the Quinnipiac University Bobcats to Chaifetz Arena on Monday night. Game time is 7 p.m.
• The Billikens are in a stretch where they are playing three games in six days. Next up for the Billikens is a Wednesday night matchup against UMass Lowell at Chaifetz Arena.
• The games against Quinnipiac and UMass Lowell are part of the 314 Classic, a multiple-team event (MTE). Quinnipiac and UMass Lowell played Saturday in Massachusetts, with UMass Lowell coming out on top 80-70. 

FOLLOWING THE ACTION

• Monday's game will be televised on FanDuel Sports Network. Tom Ackerman (play-by-play), Troy Robertson (analyst) and Tamar Sher (reporter) will call the action.
• KMOX 1120 AM is the home for Billiken Basketball on the radio. Billiken Hall of Famers and longtime SLU men's basketball radio partners Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will the call the action for all SLU games, both at home and on the road. Ramsey is in his 39th season calling SLU games, while Austin is in year No. 34. 
• A special congratulations to Earl Austin Jr. and radio engineer Jim Jackson for their induction into the Missouris Sports Hall of Fame. In addition to calling SLU games, Austin is a respected journalist with the St. Louis American newspaper who has impacted thousands of high school athletes with his story-telling. He also played college basketball at Lindenwood and became the program's all-time leading scorer and rebounder before graduating in 1986. Jackson is the engineer for all Billiken home radio broadcasts and coaches shows. He holds similar roles with the Cardinals radio network and visiting NHL teams. Austin and Jackson were honored Sunday in a ceremony at the Chase Park Plaza. 

BILLIKEN NOTABLES

• The Billikens enter Monday's contest 2-2 overall. They are coming off an 88-63 loss against Wichita State on Friday in the NABC Hall of Fame Classic at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
• Gibson Jimerson leads the Billikens with 18.8 ppg and ranks ninth in the NCAA with 4.0 3s made per game. Already the program's leader in 3-pointers made (328), Jimerson is 11 points away from surpassing Erwin Claggett for second on the Billikens' all-time scoring list. Jimerson is 73 points away from Anthony Bonner's school record of 1,972 career points.
• Kellen Thames averages 14.8 ppg and 7.5 rpg. He ranks among the top 20 in the NCAA in field-goal percentage, connecting on 68.6 percent (24-35) from the floor.
• Kalu Anya leads the Billikens in rebounding with 10.3 per game. His 4.0 offensive rebounds per game ranks in the top 20 nationally.
• Isaiah Swope is the Billikens' top assists man with 4.8 per game. Anya leads the Bills in steals with 1.8 per game.
• The Billikens are tops in the A-10 in 3-pointers made per game (10.8, 25th in NCAA) and 3-pointers attempted per game (33.5, 10th in NCAA).
• Josiah Dotzler is out for the season after suffering a knee injury in practice on Nov. 20. It is expected that Dotzler will receive a medical hardship waiver so as to not lose this year of eligibility.
• Head coach Josh Schertz is in his first season at SLU. His .785 winning percentage ranks No. 8 among active coaches across all three NCAA divisions.

ABOUT THE BOBCATS

• Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Conn.) plays in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).
• The Bobcats enter Monday's game with a 3-3 overall record with wins over Worcester Polytechnic Institute (NCAA Division III), Maine and Navy. Their losses came on the road at Yale, St. John's and UMass Lowell.
• The Bobcats were picked to win the MAAC. Last season, they captured the MAAC regular-season title and recorded a program-record 24 victories. Quinnipiac lost in the semifinals of the MAAC Tournament and played in the College Basketball Invitational.
• Amarri Monroe, the MAAC preseason Player of the Year, leads QU in scoring with 15.0 ppg. Last season, he averaged nearly 13.0 points and 7.0 rebounds for the Bobcats.
• The Bobcats are coming off an 80-70 loss to UMass Lowell. Khaden Bennett scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed eight boards in 25 minutes. Paul Otieno, the team's leading rebounder, had a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds. All of his boards came on the offensive end.
• Tom Pecora, the 2024 MAAC Coach of the Year, is in his second year at Quinnipiac. He was the Bobcats' associate head coach from 2017 until his promotion to head coach on April 13, 2023. Pecora spent five seasons in the Atlantic 10 Conference as the head coach at Fordham from 2010-15.

SERIES HISTORY

• This is the first meeting between the Billikens and Bobcats.

[laker119]

Positivity tonight

[Lord Elrond]

Once again, @GDT Bot has created a gameday thread, which to true Billiken fans is the same as Henry Vth of England giving a speech to his soldiers before the battle at Agincourt.  The trumpet has sounded! The battle draws near! 

[gobillsgo]

I saw this season potentially going a lot of ways, but me (and many other fans I know) being this apathetic towards this team this soon was not one of them…

let’s get the season moving in the right direction tonight. 

[billiken_roy]

10 minutes ago, gobillsgo said:

I saw this season potentially going a lot of ways, but me (and many other fans I know) being this apathetic towards this team this soon was not one of them…

let’s get the season moving in the right direction tonight. 

stay hopeful until at least avila and casey get back   if when they return at least near full strength, we are still losing by 25 points, ill join you.  

losing avila would be like the denver nuggets losing jokic.   just too much key player to replace.  

[Billiken Rich]

2 hours ago, billiken_roy said:

losing avila would be like the denver nuggets losing jokic.   just too much key player to replace.  

Or losing Perkins in the preseason.......

[gobillsgo]

2 hours ago, billiken_roy said:

stay hopeful until at least avila and casey get back   if when they return at least near full strength, we are still losing by 25 points, ill join you.  

losing avila would be like the denver nuggets losing jokic.   just too much key player to replace.  

I’m definitely hopeful we can put it together by conference season.  But I also think at this point every Billiken fan will be holding their breath every time Robbie leaves his feet or hits the floor, being as we are so dependent on that one player. Tough way to watch a game.

[Bay Area Billiken]

Quinnipiac should be the Pollsters, rather than the Bobcats. 

[OkieBilliken]

32 minutes ago, Bay Area Billiken said:

Quinnipiac should be the Pollers, rather than the Bobcats. 

If they miss a lot of shots they could be the Inaccurate Pollsters.   

[Bay Area Billiken]

7 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said:

If they miss a lot of shots they could be the Inaccurate Pollsters.   

LOL!

[Old guy]

We are going to win this game, wait and see.

[SLUMedBilliken15]

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[jonny karate]

Right the ship time! Chop chop!

[SLUMS81]

Not having Avila is obviously not good for our offense.

There is no excuse for lackluster defense.

[billikenfan05]

Avila is in tonight.

[Fraz]

Mixed thoughts.  Obviously great to have him, but desperately need him healthy

[BrettJollyComedyHour]

33 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:

Avila is in tonight.

That honestly shocks me.

[billiken_roy]

He's hit 7 threes in a row from top of the key in warmups 

[wgstl]

3 minutes ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said:

That honestly shocks me.

Why? Is it because coach said if he doesn’t play against wsu then he won’t play till after Lowell? That never really made sense to me 

[BrettJollyComedyHour]

Just now, wgstl said:

Why? Is it because coach said if he doesn’t play against wsu then he won’t play till after Lowell? That never really made sense to me 

No, I guess, just the timeline doesn't line up for him to legit be healthy.

[HoosierPal]

According to Robbie’s brother, who I spoke to, he is playing. We will see how reliable he is. He was in the team store with some friends. 

[slu72]

I’d play him only if it looks like we need him. 

[SluSignGuy]

Just rest the ankle... 

[SluSignGuy]

Seems to wearing a very small white brace

[David King]

Quinnipiac...what a joke!