Jan. 5, 2011

Marist-Princeton Game Notes

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TIP-OFF: Marist plays its second of four games in seven days as the Red Foxes continue their road trip at Princeton of the Ivy League. Tip-off at Jadwin Gymnasium is at 7 p.m. This is the first time Marist will play at Princeton in program history.

LAST TIME OUT: Marist suffered an 83-67 loss at conference rival Loyola on Monday, Jan. 2, a game in which the Greyhounds led wire-to-wire. Junior guard R.J. Hall led the Red Foxes with 17 points, and sophomore guard Candon Rusin added 15. Loyola outrebounded Marist by a 31-19 margin. Five Greyhounds scored in double digits, led by Shane Walker with a game-high 19.

ON THE AIR: This evening's game will be broadcast live on WKIP (1450 AM) in Poughkeepsie, with Ed Weir providing play-by-play and Jim Woods handling color analysis. The broadcast will also be available online at GoRedFoxes.com free of charge through Stretch Internet. The pregame show will begin at 6:30 p.m.

WHAT'S NEXT: The Red Foxes will return home and also return to conference play on Friday, when they host MAAC preseason favorite Fairfield. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.

TODAY'S TOP TIDBITS: Marist is 0-1 against Princeton all-time. The teams met for the first time last season on Jan. 6, 2010, with the Tigers earning a 77-58 triumph at the McCann Center. ... Marist has an all-time record of 11-7 against Ivy League opponents. ... Marist shot a season-high percentage of.488 (20-for-41) from the field at Loyola on Jan. 3. However, the 41 field-goal attempts Marist had were the fewest the Red Foxes had in a single game this season. ... Junior guard R.J. Hall has drained his last 30 free-throw attempts, spanning his last six games. Hall is seventh in the MAAC in free-throw percentage at .810.