Marist University Athletics

(10-7, 3-5 MAAC)

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(11-6, 7-1 MAAC)

	Stat Comparison Siena Marist  FG Made-Attempted  22-53 21-49   FG Percentage .420   .430  3P Made/Attempted  5-11  5-18   3P Percentage  .450 .280   FT Made-Attempted 9-13  18-23   FT Percentage .690  .780  Rebounds 35  28   Assists 13  11   Turnovers 21  15
	Individual Leaders  Stat Siena Marist  Points  Hetzke, 16 Coffey/ Jarosz, 14  Rebounds  Scarbrough, 8 Coffey/ Jarosz, 5  Assists  Krogh, 5 Gomez- Martinez, 3  Steals  Coles, 3  Blais, 3  Blocks  Three with 1  Jarosz, 5
	Up Next Who: Quinnipiac When: Thurs. Jan. 22 - 7 p.m. Where: Hamden, Conn.  Audio | Full Schedule

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Junior guard Sydney Coffey (Hopkins, Minn.) scored 14 points and grabbed five rebounds as the Marist women's basketball team (11-6, 7-1 MAAC) downed the Siena Saints (10-7, 3-5 MAAC), 65-58, Sunday afternoon at McCann Arena. The win marks the 24^th time in a row that the Red Foxes have defeated the Saints.

Coffey burned the Saints from downtown in the two team's first matchup, shooting 5-for-8 from deep in the last meeting. This time around Coffey made the necessary adjustments, slashing her way to 4-for-9 shooting from the field and six free throws, converting five of them.

“I know last time I played them I shot the ball really well from the arc so I knew they weren't going to give me that this time,” Coffey said. “In the second half I just saw opportunities to drive and I took them.”

Senior center Tori Jarosz (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) matched Coffey's totals in both points and rebounds with 14 and 5 of her own and added five blocks. Junior forward Madeline Blais totaled 12 points, two rebounds, two assists, four blocks and three steals. Jarosz and Blais accounted for all nine of the Red Foxes blocked shots.

In a first half of runs, the Saints jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead causing a rare early Red Fox time out. The Red Foxes responded with a 15-2 run of their own before another 10-0 Siena string of buckets.

Freshman guard Allie Clement (Falmouth, Maine) snapped the Saints second run of the game with a three pointer and two layups accounting for seven of the nine Marist points in the Red Foxes ensuing 9-2 run. Clement would finish the game with nine points on 4-for-7 shooting.

The teams traded smaller runs as the game headed to halftime with Marist leading 31-29.  The back-and-forth first half accounted for seven lead changes and four tied scores.

“It was eerily similar to the game we played up there,” head coach Brian Giorgis said. “We got down early and came back, somehow we headed into the half with a lead.”

The Red Foxes would never trail in the second half but Siena would keep it close until a Marist run towards the middle of the period. With the score tied at 39 and 11 minutes remaining a 13-2 run sparked by an and-one from Blais and a three pointer from freshman forward Payton Birchmeier (Corunna, Mich.) the Red Foxes earned some cushion and a lead they wouldn't relinquish.

“We played in spurts, this was definitely a game of runs,” Giorgis said. “Thank goodness we had a huge run in the last few minutes.”

Aside from the usual suspects sophomore forward Katharine Fogarty (Peterborough, N.H.) played a key part in that second half Red Fox run as well. For the game Fogarty would score six points and grab three rebounds but it was her defensive effort that was huge for the team.

“We got a tremendous lift from Kat. She did a great job and helped really stop the inside penetration," Giorgis said. “She had a couple of charges and things that didn't really show on the stat sheet.”

For the game the Red Foxes would shoot 21-for-49 (.430) from the field, 5-for-18 (.280) from three point range, and knock down 18 of their 23 free throws (.780). The Red Foxes would also score 24 points off 21 Saints turnovers and outscore Siena in bench scoring 15-10.

Up next the Red Foxes hit the road as MAAC play continues with a top of the conference showdown between the league leading Quinnipiac Bobcats and the second place Red Foxes.

The meeting is the first time these two have played since last year's conference final when the Red Foxes overcame a second half deficit to win their 10th MAAC title. Quinnipiac is off to a hot start this year and have shown they're a forced to be reckoned with.