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(10-8, 6-1 MAAC) |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
F |
Iona
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23 |
21 |
5 |
12 |
61 |
| Marist |
17 |
18 |
20 |
7 |
62 |
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(6-11, 5-2 MAAC)
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Red Foxes Win Hard Fought Battle, Top Iona 62-61
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| Stat Comparison |
Iona |
Marist |
| FG Made-Attempted |
26-68 |
22-50 |
| FG Percentage |
.382 |
.440 |
| 3P Made/Attempted |
5-14 |
6-22 |
| 3P Percentage |
.357 |
.273 |
| FT Made-Attempted |
4-8 |
12-19 |
| FT Percentage |
.500 |
.632 |
| Rebounds |
38 |
35 |
| Assists |
13 |
14 |
| Turnovers |
16 |
20 |
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| Individual Leaders |
| Stat |
Iona
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Marist
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| Points |
Adams, 20 |
Jarosz, 24
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| Rebounds |
Adams, 10 |
Jarosz, 13 |
| Assists |
Gilmore, 5 |
Coffey, 8 |
| Steals |
Two with 4 |
Coffey, 2 |
| Blocks |
None |
Jarosz, 2 |
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POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - It came down to the last second but the Red Foxes held on for the win, 62-61 over the Iona Gaels on Friday at McCann Arena. With the win Marist improves to 6-11 (5-2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), while the loss drops the Gaels to 10-8 (6-1 MAAC).
Tori Jarosz led the Red Foxes with 24 points on 10-for-13 shooting to go along with 13 rebounds, good for her 12th double-double of the year. Sophomore Kendall Baab scored a career high 10 points on 4-for-7 shooting, including 2-for-4 from three point range.
"Just a tremendous win for the program,” said head coach Brian Giorgis. “Fighting back from a nine point deficit, holding them to 17 points in the second half.”
Senior Joy Adams led the Gaels with 21 points on 8-for-16 shooting and 2-for-2 from behind the arc to go along with 10 rebounds and four steals.
Iona shot .382 from the floor, .357 from three point range and .500 from the free throw line. Marist shot .440 from the field, .273 from behind the arc and .632 from the charity stripe.
The Red Fox bench outscored the Gaels bench 16-8, while Iona outrebounded Marist 38-35, including 15-7 on the offensive glass.
Both teams were quick out of the gates as Marist took an early 11-9 lead led by eight points from Jarosz before the first media timeout. Iona, led by a plethora of buckets from Joy Adams then rattled off a 12-0 run coming out of the timeout. A bucket and a foul from Jarosz with 1:56 left in the first quarter snapped the Gaels run and brought the Marist deficit back down to seven, 21-14. Jarosz finished the quarter with 13 points and five rebounds as Marist trailed 23-17 after one.
The Red Foxes used a 12-6 start to the quarter, sparked by back-to-back jumpers from Baab to knot the game at 29. The Red Foxes then took a 31-29 lead on a lay-in from Fitzpatrick. The teams traded buckets until a 12-0 run by Iona during a five minute scoring drought for the Red Foxes put the Gaels up 44-35 at the end of the first half.
Marist started the new half on an 8-0 run and tied the game at 44 with just under six minutes remaining. Foul trouble for Joy Adams and Marina Lizarazua forced both player to sit as Marist entered the bonus just four minutes into the third quarter. A three from Baab extended the run to an 11-0 one as the Red Foxes took a 47-44 lead with four minutes remaining in the third.
Iona, held scoreless for the first seven minutes of the quarter, scored on consecutive possessions after starting 0-for-8 from the field and regained a 49-47 advantage. A big three from the wing by Morgan Bartner regained the lead for Marist at 50-49. Lovisa Henningsdottir then knocked down another three for Marist followed by a baseline jumper from Maura Fitzpatrick to give the Red Foxes a 55-49 lead heading into the final period. In total the Red Foxes outscored Iona 20-5 in the third quarter and held the Gaels to 2-for-12 shooting from the field.
A basket from Jarosz to start the fourth gave Marist a 57-49 lead, their largest of the game to that point, with nine minutes left. Iona answered back with a 7-0 run that cut the Red Foxes lead to just two, 58-56, with six minutes to go. Jarosz snapped the Gaels run with a jumper from the top of the key, pushing the Marist lead back up to four with 4:37 to go in the game.
A tough take and lay-in from Claire Oberdorf took the lead back to six. Consecutive turnovers led to back-to-back layups for Iona and a two point deficit for the Gaels with under two minutes remaining. With 52.3 seconds remaining Joy Adams headed to the line and split a pair of free throws to cut the Marist lead down to just one. Another Marist turnover gave the Gaels a chance to take the lead, multiple defensive stops later and the Red Foxes emerged victorious.
“We're still a young team but we held on and survived,” said Giorgis. “A big win for us and I couldn't be prouder of the kids.”
The Red Foxes continue their five game home stand with a rematch against Monmouth on Sunday, January 17. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
