Jan. 16, 2011

Box Score

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - The Marist men's basketball team suffered a 79-41 loss at Iona on Sunday at the Hynes Athletics Center in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) game on Sunday. Sophomore guard Sam Prescott (Philadelphia, Pa.) led the Red Foxes in scoring with 10 points.

Iona scored the first five points of the game, but a basket by Prescott with 16:19 left in the first half tied the score at six apiece. After a three by Iona's Rashon Dwight on the ensuing possession gave the Gaels a 9-6 lead, junior guard R.J. Hall (East Orange, N.J.) tied the score at nine apiece at the 15:08 mark. A three by Iona's Jermel Jenkins at the 14:20 mark up the Gaels up 12-9, and they never surrendered the lead after that.

With 13:02 left in the first half, a putback by red-shirt freshman forward Menelik Watson (Manchester, England) pulled the Red Foxes to within one at 12-11. However, Iona responded by going on a 19-0 run over the next 9:06 to expanded its lead to 20. Marist never got within 15 points after that, and trailed 34-16 at halftime.

Iona began the second half on a 13-3 run over the first 6:26 to run its lead to 28. The Gaels led by as much as 41, and outscored the Red Foxes 45-25 in the second half.

Sean Armand came off the bench to lead Iona with 22 points, as he shot 8-for-10 from the field and 6-for-8 from three-point range. Scott Machado had eight assists against just two turnovers, and Mike Glover hauled in a game-high nine rebounds.

Marist shot just .302 (13-for-43) from the field, and committed 20 turnovers. Iona shot .473 (26-for-55) from the field and knocked down 13 three-pointers while committing just nine turnovers.

Marist is now 4-15 overall and 3-4 in the MAAC; Iona is 12-6 overall and 6-1 in MAAC play.

The Red Foxes will return to action on Thursday, when they travel to Rider for a MAAC contest on Thursday, Jan. 20. Tip-off at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville, N.J. is set for 7 p.m.