Feb. 28, 2010
Box Score
ALBANY, N.Y. - The Marist men's basketball team concluded the 2010 regular season on Sunday as it dropped a 76-51 decision to Siena in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) game at the Times Union Center. Junior forward Korey Bauer (Whitehall, Pa.) pulled down a game-high and career-high 16 rebounds and added eight points.
Bauer's rebound total was the highest for a Red Fox this season, and the most since Ryan Schneider pulled down 19 at Delaware on Dec. 23, 2008. Freshman guard Devin Price (Inglewood, Calif.) led Marist with 12 points. He also added five assists in the contest. Red-shirt junior guard Dejuan Goodwin added 11 points.
Siena had four players in double figures. Edwin Ubiles led all scorers with 21 points, while Alex Franklin and Ryan Rossiter chipped in 15 points apiece. Franklin grabbed 13 rebounds as well, while Rossiter had 11 rebounds. Clarence Jackson added 12 points for the Saints. Point guard Ronald Moore dished out 12 assists against just three turnovers.
A competitive first half resulted in four ties and two lead changes. A three-pointer by Siena's Kyle Griffin gave the Saints a 23-17 lead with 8:54 left in the first half, but the Red Foxes responded by going on a 9-1 run. A jumper by freshman guard Candon Rusin (Surf City, N.C.) gave the Red Foxes a 26-24 lead with 3:18 left in the half. However, the Saints scored the final eight points of the half to take a 32-26 lead to the locker room.
With 18:47 to play, a jumper by freshman forward Rob Johnson (Atlanta, Ga.) brought the Red Foxes to within 34-31. However, that was as close as Marist would get, as Siena answered with a 13-1 run over the next 3:33 to pull away. The Red Foxes never got within nine the rest of the way, and the Saints closed the game with a 14-4 run over the final 6:59.
Siena shot .418 (28-for-67) for the game, while Marist shot .328 (19-for-58). The Red Foxes were just 5-for-22 (.227) from three-ponit range. The Saints held a 47-38 edge in rebounds, and committed just nine turnovers to the Red Foxes' 14.
Marist concludes the regular season at 1-28 overall and 1-17 in MAAC play; Siena, the MAAC regular-season champion, closes at 24-6 overall and 17-1 in conference.
Marist will take on seventh-seeded Canisius in the opening round of the 2010 Citizens Bank MAAC Basketball Championship. The game will take place on Friday back at the Times Union Center, with tip-off slated for approximately 9:30 p.m. For ticket information, contact the Marist Box Office at (845) 575-3553.
