POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team was defeated by Ivy League foe Brown, 78-53, at McCann Arena on Saturday afternoon.
- Marist scored the game's first seven points, and shut out Brown for the first 3:38.
- There were four ties and three lead changes in the first 13:45.
- With 5:20 left in the first half, a three-point by Obi Okolie gave Brown a 20-17 lead. The Bears led the rest of the way.
- Brown led by as much as nine in the first half, but a three-point play by sophomore guard Austin Williams in the final minute cut Marist's deficit to 30-24 at halftime.
- A 14-0 run in the second half enabled Brown to build a 26-point lead at 61-35 with 10:17 remaining.
- Brown's largest lead was 28. The Bears led by over 20 points for the final 12:06.
- Red-shirt junior Aleksandar Dozic led the Red Foxes in both points (16) and rebounds (seven).
- Brown's Desmond Cambridge led all scorers with 30 points. Cambridge shot 12-for-18 from the field and 6-for-11 from three-point range.
- Marist shot .321 (18-for-56) from the field and .158 (3-for-19) from three-point range. Both percentages were season lows.
- Marist committed 16 turnovers, its highest total in its last six games.
- Brown shot .526 (30-for-57), including .576 (19-for-33) in the second half.
- The all-time series is now 3-3.
- This was Marist's third game against an Ivy League foe this season. The Red Foxes previously defeated Columbia and Dartmouth.
- Dozic's point total was a season high.
- The Red Foxes' point total of 53 was their second lowest of the season.
"We're disappointed about our performance today," head coach
John Dunne said. "They did some things defensively that frustrated us on the offensive end that we have to work on and get better at. Once we got frustrated, that affected us defensively and we gave them too many easy baskets in the second half. That being said, they're a good team and they're well coached."
Marist closes out its non-conference schedule on Saturday, Dec. 29 at Hartford. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
