Jan. 9, 2011
Box Score
RIVERDALE, N.Y. - The Marist men's basketball team led wire-to-wire in a 65-59 victory at Manhattan in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) game on Sunday afternoon at Draddy Gymnasium. Sophomore guard Sam Prescott (Philadelphia, Pa.) led the Red Foxes with 18 points, and red-shirt sophomore swingman Dorvell Carter (Bronx, N.Y.) scored a career-high 14 points and tied his career high with eight rebounds in his first career start.
Prescott shot 6-for-12 from the field and drained four three-pointers, the highest single-game total for any Red Fox this season. Carter shot 6-for-13 from the field, hit two three-pointers, and had two assists and a steal in a career-high 38 minutes. Five of his eight rebounds came on the offensive end. Freshman forward Adam Kemp (Sherrill, N.Y.) scored a career-high 10 points and added seven rebounds. Kemp shot 4-for-6 from the field and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line.
The win snapped a nine-game losing streak for Marist at Draddy Gymnasium, and was the Red Foxes' first win at Manhattan since Dec. 7, 2000.
Marist drained a season-high 12 three-pointers in 25 attempts, a percentage of .480. The Red Foxes also outrebounded the Jaspers 35-30 and shot 9-for-11 from the free-throw line.
Marist opened the scoring 55 seconds into the game on a three-pointer by Prescott. With 7:06 left in the first half, a basket by Kemp gave the Red Foxes a 12-point lead at 19-7, which would be their largest lead of the contest. The bucket also capped an 8-0 run.
A three-pointer by Manhattan's Mohamed Koita in the waning seconds of the first half cut the Red Foxes' lead to 27-20 going to the locker room. With 14:33 to play, the Jaspers got within one point at 34-33 after two free throws by George Beamon. However, the Red Foxes answered with a 12-2 run to get the lead back to 10, as they hit three-pointers on four consecutive possessions. Sophomore guard Candon Rusin (Surf City, N.C.) and freshman swingman Jay Bowie (Tampa, Fla.) adding one apiece.
When Manhattan mounted charges in the final minutes, Prescott had the answer for the Marist. After the Jaspers cut their deficit to two, Prescott had a conventional three-point play with 6:39 remaining to put the Red Foxes back up by five. With the Red Foxes nursing a four-point lead with under three minutes to play, Prescott scored five points on successive possessions with a jumper and three-pointer.
Manhattan once again got as close as two on a basket by Beamon with 13.4 seconds to go, but junior guard R.J. Hall (East Orange, N.J.) put the game away by going 4-for-4 from the line in the final 11 seconds.
Marist (4-13 overall) is now tied for fourth place in the MAAC with a 3-2 conference mark. Manhattan fell to 2-13 overall and 0-5 in the MAAC.
The Red Foxes will return to action on Friday, when they host conference rival Siena at the McCann Center. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
