Box Score 
(4-10, 1-4 MAAC)
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1st |
2nd |
F |
| Marist |
38 |
42 |
80 |
| Iona |
43 |
47 |
90 |
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(9-6, 6-0 MAAC)
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Hart & Parker Top 20 Points, But Marist Falls At Iona
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| Stat Comparison |
Marist |
Iona |
| FG Made-Attempted |
28-66 |
31-61 |
| FG Percentage |
.424 |
.508 |
| 3P Made/Attempted |
11-24 |
11-30 |
| 3P Percentage |
.458 |
.367 |
| FT Made-Attempted |
13-19 |
17-22 |
| FT Percentage |
.684 |
.773 |
| Rebounds |
35 |
37 |
| Assists |
13 |
16 |
| Turnovers |
7 |
7 |
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| Individual Leaders |
| Stat |
Marist
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Iona |
| Points |
Hart, 23 |
English, 24 |
| Rebounds |
Palsson, 8 |
Much, 6 |
| Assists |
Parker, 5 |
English, 8 |
| Steals |
Three tied, 1 |
Bessick, 1
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| Blocks |
Palsson, 1 |
Four tied, 1 |
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| Up Next |
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Who: Rider (ESPN3)
When:.Thurs., Jan. 14 - 8 p.m.
Where: Lawrenceville, NJ
 Audio | Full Schedule
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NEW ROCHELLE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team suffered a 90-80 loss at Iona in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game on Saturday at the Hynes Center.
Red-shirt junior guard Khallid Hart led Marist with 23 points. Hart shot 5-for-8 from three-point range and 8-for-8 from the free-throw line. Freshman guard Brian Parker finished with 21 points, a team-high five assists and five rebounds. Parker shot 9-for-11 from the field.
The Red Foxes had four double-digit scorers in all. Freshman swingman Kristinn Palsson scored 12 points and hauled in a career-high eight rebounds. Palsson drained four three-pointers. Sophomore center Obi Momah established career with 11 points and six rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench.
"We have so much growing to do with our basketball program," head coach Mike Maker said. "We're hopefully going to get better with each passing game, with each passing week."
Iona's A.J. English had game highs in both points (24) and assists (eight). Deyshonee Much contributed 21 points and six rebounds in 26 minutes off the bench after having missed the Gaels' three previous games due to injury. Iona had five double-digit scorers in all, as Taylor Bessick, Ibn Muhammad and Jordan Washington scored 11 points apiece.
The first half included six lead changes and five ties. The Red Foxes went scoreless for the first 2:14 until a three-pointer by Hart. Marist took its first lead at the 12:55 mark, when a three-pointer by Palsson put the Red Foxes up 17-14 and capped an 8-0 run. However, the Gaels immediately answered with a 7-0 run. Another 7-0 Gaels' surge gave them their largest lead of the half at eight with 1:17 to play, but the Red Foxes cut their deficit to 43-38 going into halftime on a right wing three-pointer by Parker in the closing seconds.
Marist cut its deficit to one on two occasions in the second half, but never tied or took the lead. The Gaels expanded their lead thanks to a 15-3 run between the 11:10 and 5:51 marks. The Red Foxes scored 18 points in the final 5:35, but never trailed by less than seven in this span.
Iona shot .508 (31-for-61) from the field, including a .593 (16-for-27) clip in the second half. Marist shot .424 (28-for-66) from the field. Both teams connected on 11 three-pointers and committed only seven turnovers.
Marist fell to 4-10 overall and 1-4 in the MAAC. Iona is 9-6 overall, and is the MAAC's lone undefeated team at 6-0 in conference play.
The Red Foxes return to action on Thursday, Jan. 14 with a MAAC contest at Rider. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m., and the game will be carried live on ESPN3 as part of the conference's television package.
Notes: Sophomore center Connor McClenaghan made his first career start in place of senior Eric Truog, who was out with a finger injury. McClenaghan had two points and one rebound in 14 minutes. … Hart and Parker topped 20 in the same game for the third time this season. Individually, it was Hart's ninth 20-point effort of the season, and Parker's fourth. … Palsson has hit 14 three-pointers in his last three games. … Marist has hit at least 10 three-pointers in four straight games.
