POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team (7-11 overall, 2-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) plays its first home game in two weeks Friday night, when the Red Foxes host Quinnipiac (8-9, 3-3). Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
- Watch: Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (color) have the call on ESPN3.
- Twitter: @MaristMBB
- Marist won on the road at Manhattan, 62-46, on Monday, Jan. 18 as the Red Foxes completed their first regular-season sweep of the Jaspers since the 2000-01 season.
- It also marked the lowest point total allowed by the Red Foxes in over six years.
- David Knudsen led the way with season highs of 21 points and six rebounds.
- Darius Hines (11 points), Brian Parker (10 points), and Austin Williams (10 points) joined Knudsen in double digits.
- The Red Foxes held the Jaspers to .341 shooting from the field.
- The Bobcats are coming off a 75-72 loss to Niagara in their last outing on Saturday, Jan. 19.
- Quinnipiac has played seven straight games decided by six points or less.
- At 19.9 points per game, Cameron Young in the leading scorer in the MAAC.
- Head coach Baker Dunleavy is in his second season.
- The home team has won eight of the 10 regular-season meetings in the Marist-Quinnipiac series.
- Brian Parker has 558 career rebounds, just one shy of 10th place in program history. He would join Chavaughn Lewis as the only players at Marist to rank in the top 10 all-time in points, rebounds, and assists. Parker has also scored in double digits in seven straight games.
- Darius Hines has six double-digit scoring games this season. The Red Foxes have won each one.
- Tobias Sjoberg has five blocked shots in his last two games, including a season-high three at Manhattan on Jan. 21.
- Marist is 7-4 when it has a better shooting percentage than its opponent this season, and 0-7 when it does not.
- Marist heads back to the road to face Rider on Sunday, Jan. 27.
- Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m., and the game will be carried live on ESPN3.
