POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist women's basketball fell to Manhattan 69-51 at McCann Arena on Sunday afternoon. With the loss, Marist falls to 15-6 and 7-2 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play.
 

SUMMARY

• Marist struggled to connect to the basket in the first quarter, shooting .182 from the field. The Red Foxes got a boost from the charity line, making all eight of their attempts.
• A buzzer beater from Manhattan's Lynette Taitt gave the Jasper's the 15-13 lead to close out the first quarter.
• Manhattan opened up the second quarter with five points. Marist would not get on the board until junior Alana Gilmer landed a free-throw with 5:36 left in the quarter. After Manhattan built up a ten point, Gilmer provided a spark with back to back baskets and help Marist cut into the lead at 28-20 with 3:46 left.
• Junior Rebekah Hand closed out the half with a pair of shots from the line to bring the score to 34-24.
• Marist started chipping away at the lead, highlighted by back to back threes from freshman Sarah Barcello to trim the deficit down to six with 5:02 left in the quarter. A steal from senior Lovisa Henningsdottir led to a layup from Gilmer to cut into Manhattan's lead at 47-43. Manhattan responded with a three to close out the quarter, 50-43.
•  Manhattan opened up the final quarter on an 11-0 run to take their biggest lead of the game and did not look back.

STATS

• Hand led the Red Foxes with 16 points, followed by Gilmer with 13.
• Marist went 17-for-18 from the free throw line including a perfect 8-for-8 from Hand
• Manhattan got 45 points from its bench compared to Marist's eight.
• Lynette Taitt led all scorers with 20 points.

NOTES

• Marist is now 32-24 all-time against Manhattan.
• Hand now is in sole possession of fourth in the history of the NCAA in consecutive free-throws with 62. The record is currently held by Lauren Prochaska of Bowling Green who made 70 in 2011.
• The Red Foxes were held to their lowest point total of the season.

 

QUOTE

"There will be days like this and it was a rough day for us," commented Head Coach Brian Giorgis. "Give Manhattan credit. They really executed their game plan to the T and made tons of shots. Today was one of those days we were bad on both days. The biggest thing we were disappointed in was our energy level."
 

UP NEXT

The Red Foxes will stay at home to face Rider on January 30 at 7:00 pm. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and fans can purchase tickets here.