UNIONDALE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team fell to Monmouth by a score of 91-78 as part of a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tripleheader at NYCB Live at Nassau Coliseum on Saturday.
 
Summary

• After Monmouth scored the game's first four points, Marist took the lead with a 7-0 run. However, the Hawks responded with a 6-0 run of their own to take the lead back.
• That run started Monmouth on a 22-7 spurt over a span of 7:31, as the Hawks expanded their advantage to 12.
• Monmouth led by as much as 13 in the first half, and took a 40-30 lead to the locker room.
• Marist used an 11-0 run to grab a 64-62 lead with 6:19 left. The run was started by a four-point play by junior forward Isaiah Lamb, and culminated with four straight points by red-shirt sophomore forward Aleksandar Dozic.
• Monmouth grabbed the lead back with four straight points from Austin Tilghman, which started the Hawks on a 15-0 run which gave them the lead for good.

 
Key Stats

• Junior guard Brian Parker led the Red Foxes with 24 points. He was joined in double digits by Dozic (18) and freshman guard Austin Williams (13).
• Williams led the Red Foxes with seven rebounds.
• Marist shot 14-for-15 (.933) from the free-throw line.
• Austin Tilghman had 24 points, 12 rebounds, and six assists for Monmouth. Deion Hammond also had 24 points for the Hawks.
• Monmouth shot 6-for-11 (.545) from three-point range in the second half.

 
Notes

• This was Marist's first neutral site regular-season MAAC game since Feb. 21, 2005, when the Red Foxes faced Iona in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
• Marist has led in the second half of all nine of its conference games this season.
• Dozic has scored in double digits in back-to-back games. His 18 points were one off his career high, set Dec. 1 at The Citadel.
• Parker moved up to 15^th place on Marist's all-time scoring list, and now has 1,214 career points. His four three-pointers were a single-game career high.

 
Quote of the Day
"I'm proud of our team for coming all the way back," Marist head coach Mike Maker said. "We had to use so much energy to get back into the game that we dug a hole for ourselves. It just seemed in a blink of an eye, they went on a 15-0 run."
 
Records
Marist is 4-17 and 2-7 in the MAAC; Monmouth is 7-13 and 3-5 in the MAAC.
 
Up Next
Marist travels to Manhattan to close out its regular-season series with the Jaspers on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.