(5-20, 2-14 MAAC)

1st 2nd F Marist  33    40     73  Fairfield  28 48 76 Box Score | Facebook Photo Gallery

(15-11, 9-7 MAAC)

	Stat Comparison Marist Fairfield  FG Made-Attempted 25-54  24-58   FG Percentage .463  .414   3P Made/Attempted 8-19  13-28   3P Percentage .421 .464   FT Made-Attempted 15-24 15-20  FT Percentage .625  .750   Rebounds 37  33   Assists 15  12   Turnovers 14  11
	Individual Leaders  Stat Marist Fairfield  Points  Parker, 20  Johnson, 25   Rebounds  Brooks, 7   Gilbert, 7   Assists  Parker, 4  Cobb, 4  Steals  Four w/ 4  Johnson, 2   Blocks  Lee, 2  King Jr., 3
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BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut – The Marist men's basketball team suffered a 76-73 loss to Fairfield on Monday night at Webster Bank Arena in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game.

Freshman guard Brian Parker led the Red Foxes with 20 points in addition to five rebounds and a team-high four assists. Freshman forward/guard Kristinn Palsson finished with 17 points, six rebounds and three assists against just one turnover. Junior center Kentrall Brooks scored a career-high 12 points and had a team-high seven rebounds.

“Really proud of the effort we showed,” head coach Mike Maker said. “I thought we played very well and deserved to win.”

Fairfield had four double-digit scorers, led by Jerry Johnson with a game-high 25 points. Johnson shot 8-for-11 from the field and 7-for-9 from three-point range. Marcus Gilbert finished with 20 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Tyler Nelson (15) and Curtis Cobb (10) also scored in double digits for the Stags.

The first half included four lead changes and four ties. A three-pointer by Johnson with 6:55 left in the half gave Fairfield its largest lead of the first 20 minutes at 23-15, but Marist answered with a 12-0 surge to go in front. A jumper by Johnson knotted the score at 28, but the Red Foxes scored the final five points of the half on a three-pointer by freshman forward Ryan Funk and a basket by Parker, which gave Marist a 33-28 advantage after the first 20 minutes.

A 10-0 run by Marist early in the second half gave Marist its largest lead of 13 at 43-30. The Red Foxes led by 13 on four occasions in the final 20 minutes, the last of which came on a three-pointer by Palsson with 11:30 remaining. Coming out of the under-12 media timeout with 10:44 remaining, the Red Foxes still held a 51-38 advantage. In the next 58 seconds after the timeout, the Stags hit three-pointers on three straight possessions, which trimmed the Marist lead to four.

The Red Foxes still held the lead until a jumper by Gilbert tied the score at 66 with 2:55 remaining. Parker and Gilbert each drained two free throws on each team's ensuing possession, but Fairfield took the lead for good on a three-pointer by Johnson with 1:27 left. Marist's only field goal in the final 3:41 was a three-pointer by Palsson at the final buzzer from just in front of the half-court line.

Marist is now 5-20 overall and 2-14 in the MAAC. Fairfield is 15-11 overall and 9-7 in the MAAC.

Monday's game marked the first of three road contests in six day for the Red Foxes, who will next head to western New York to face Niagara (Thursday, 7 p.m.) and Canisius (Saturday, 3 p.m.).

Notes: Marist was playing without red-shirt junior guard Khallid Hart, who is day-to-day with a right knee injury. Prior to tonight, Hart had been the only Red Fox to start all 24 games this season. ... Without Hart, Marist started four freshmen for the first time this season: Parker, Palsson, Funk and Isaiah Lamb. ... Sophomore guard K.J. Lee played a season-high 32 minutes off the bench, and finished with eight points, three assists, three rebounds and two blocked shots. ... Marist has now used 11 different starting lineups this season. ... Marist is now 1-6 in games decided by three points or less. ... Parker has scored at least 20 points in nine games this season.