POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist women's basketball (13-5, 5-1 MAAC) defeated Siena (7-9, 3-2 MAAC) on Thursday night by a final score of 88-59. The Red Foxes were shooting well from the start, and outscored the Saints 29-9 in the third quarter to surge ahead for the win.

SUMMARY

• Marist shot 5-of-9 from three in the first quarter to lead 25-16.
• Rebekah Hand had 12 points in the first quarter alone, shooting 3-4 from the field.
• After an early basket, Siena went on a four minute scoring drought in the second quarter.
• Marist would go on an 11-0 run to lead 37-18, but the Saints would buckle down to reduce the lead to 42-28 at halftime.
• In the third quarter, the Red Foxes outscored the Saints 29-9 by causing a seven-minute field goal drought.
• Marist would lead by as many as 37 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, capped off by a Kendall Krick three-pointer.
• Siena would outscore Marist 22-17 in the fourth quarter, but could not overcome the lead the Red Foxes collected their fifth MAAC victory.

KEY STATS

• Marist out-rebounded Siena 47-31.
• The Red Foxes matched their season-high in assists with 24, and recorded a season-low in turnovers with seven.
• Kendall Krick reached a career-high in points (11), field goals-made (four) and field goals-attempted (five).

GAME NOTES

• Rebekah Hand is the first player in NCAA history to have consecutive streaks of 50+ made free throws, having made her 51st straight tonight.
• Hand has reached double-digit scoring in 28 straight games dating back to last season.
• Marist is the first MAAC school to reach five wins in conference play.

QUOTE

"I'm ecstatic with the performance we had tonight on both ends of the floor. We attacked and distributed the ball well, and as we got going on defense we started to do a much better job preventing players like [Maddie] Sims from getting good looks at the basket" reflected Coach Brian Giorgis. "24 assists and only seven turnovers was really good for us. In every game last year we had seven assists in a single quarter. We took better care of the basketball, with moving and finding open people. We had great performances from Willow [Duffell] and Kendall Krick... I could go all the way down the line with everybody. It was just a really outstanding performance on both ends."
 

UP NEXT

Women's basketball plays its final game of a long streak in which they played five games in 11 days on Sunday against Iona. The Red Foxes tip off with the Gaels at 2 p.m., and the contest will be broadcast on ESPN+.