(4-16, 1-10 MAAC)

1st 2nd F Marist  29   37  66  Siena  47  30 77   Box Score | Facebook Gallery

(15-7, 8-3 MAAC)

	Stat Comparison Marist Siena  FG Made-Attempted  25-62  29-60  FG Percentage .403  .483   3P Made/Attempted 4-29   7-22  3P Percentage .138 .318   FT Made-Attempted  12-19  12-18  FT Percentage  .632 .667  Rebounds  32   44  Assists 9    17   Turnovers 8   13
	Individual Leaders  Stat Marist Siena  Points Hart, 22 Bisping, 27   Rebounds Brooks, 7  Bisping, 18   Assists Truog, 5  Wormley, 7   Steals Lamb and Hart, 2 Clareth and Long, 2   Blocks Brooks, 1  Three with 1
	Up Next Who: Quinnipiac (ESPN3) When: Thurs. Feb. 4 - 7 p.m. Where: Hamden, CT Audio | Full Schedule

ALBANY, New York – The Marist men's basketball team dropped a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game at Siena by a score of 77-66 on Saturday night at the Times Union Center.

Red-shirt junior guard Khallid Hart led Marist with 22 points, and added five rebounds and two steals. Freshman guard Brian Parker finished with 20 points on 8-for-14 shooting from the field in addition to four rebounds. Freshman forward Ryan Funk had 11 points and four rebounds – all on the offensive end – in 23 minutes off the bench. Senior center Eric Truog had a team-high five assists to go along with four points, three rebounds, a blocked shot and a steal. Junior center Kentrall Brooks led Marist with seven rebounds to go along with six points and a blocked shot.

Marist trailed by as much as 22 in the first half, and faced a 47-29 deficit at halftime. The Red Foxes outscored the Saints 37-30 over the final 20 minutes.

"Like the Monmouth game, we didn't give in,” Marist head coach Mike Maker said. “We played wire-to-wire. We're going through some tough times right now. All I want is for our guys to give everything they have, and tonight they did.”

Siena's Brett Bisping had game highs of 27 points and 18 rebounds. Nico Clareth added 13 points off the bench, and Lavon Long finished with 10 points, four assists, three rebounds and two steals.

Parker opened the scoring with two free throws 49 seconds into the contest, but Siena took the lead for good on its next possession on a three-pointer by Ryan Oliver. The Saints skipped out to a 14-4 lead, and led by double digits for the final 27:39.

Siena led by 20 with 5:24 to go, but the Red Foxes outscored the Saints 14-5 for the remainder of the game.

Marist shot .403 (25-for-62) from the field, .138 (4-for-29) from three-point range and .632 (12-for-19) from the free-throw line. Siena was .483 (29-for-60) from the field, .318 (7-for-22) from three-point range and .667 (12-for-18) from the free-throw line. The Saints held a 44-32 edge on the boards. Marist committed eight turnovers, and had just one in the second half.

Marist is now 4-16 overall and 1-10 in the MAAC. Siena is 15-7 overall and 8-3 in the MAAC.

Marist will return to action on Thursday, Feb. 4 when the Red Foxes travel to Quinnipiac for a MAAC contest. The game will be carried by ESPN3 as part of the MAAC television package.

Notes: The game marked the sixth time this season that Hart and Parker both scored at least 20 points in the same game. It was Hart's 13^th game with at least 20, and Parker's seventh. … Hart is now up to 1,181 career points, good for 17^th on Marist's all-time list. … Brooks appeared in the starting lineup for the second straight game, and fifth time in his career. Three of his starts have taken place at the Times Union Center against Siena. … This was the 77^th meeting between the teams all-time. Siena leads the series, 52-25. … Marist four three-pointers tied a season low, and its three-point percentage of .138 was a season low. It was just the third time this season the Red Foxes have been under 20 percent from beyond the arc.