POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team fell 98-64 to a tough Iona squad at McCann Arena in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game on Sunday afternoon.
SUMMARY
Iona made three consecutive threes to take an early 9-2 lead. A three from Marist junior guard
David Knudsen made it a two-point game but the Gaels followed up with a 15-0 scoring run to bring the score to 26-9. After a Marist timeout, the Red Foxes got a three from junior guard
Brian Parker but had no answer for an up-tempo Iona offense. The Gaels passed the ball around quickly and effectively, finishing the half with 13 assists and 11-for-18 (.611) beyond the arc. Iona built a 55-30 halftime lead.
Marist's offense struggled to get much going in the second half, as the Red Foxes shot 2-for-13 (.154) from three.. A dunk from TK Edogi gave Iona a 30-point lead with 12:36 to play. The Gaels would lead by as much as 41 points in the second half en route to a 98-64 finish.
KEY STATS
- Parker led the Red Foxes in points with 20 while adding four rebounds and four assists.
- Iona' Deyshonee Much led all scorers with 21 points, all from beyond the arc. Much shot 7-for-9 from three.
- Marist red-shirt sophomore forward Aleksandar Dozic had a team-high seven rebounds to go along with 13 points.
- Iona finished the game with 21 assists and 10 steals compared to Marist's 10 assists and one steal. The Gaels had just seven turnovers, while Marist ahd 16
NOTES
- Marist freshman guard Andrea Bernardi scored a career-high 10 points and had two three-pointers in 11 minutes.
- Freshman guard Ryan Carmello scored his second basket of his career.
- Parker had the 22nd 20-point game in his career.
RECORD
Marist falls to 5-19 overall and 3-9 in conference play. Iona improves to 15-9 overall and 9-3 in conference play.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"They're really well coached," head coach
Mike Maker said of Iona. "They put so much pressure on you because they share the ball, they space the floor, and they're very good decision-makers. Even if we were at our best, it would be a major task for us to beat them, and clearly today, we didn't have it. But most of that had to do with Iona."
UP NEXT
Marist begins a stretch of four out of six on the road to close the regular season on Thursday, Feb. 8 at Saint Peter's. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
