POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist Women's Basketball flies down to the Sunshine State for the 2019 MAAC/ASUN Challenge at the ESPN Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World Resort.
 
The Red Foxes face North Florida from the HP Fieldhouse on Friday, November 22, followed by Lipscomb on Saturday, November 23. Both games tip off at Noon.
 

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Both games will stream live on ESPN3 at the top of the hour.
• Geoff Brault has the call on the audio broadcast for GoRedFoxes.
• Live statistics will be provided by the MAAC and the ASUN.
• Periodic updates throughout the game will appear on the Marist Women's Basketball Twitter page.

 

ABOUT THE MAAC/ASUN CHALLENGE

• The MAAC/ASUN Challenge is in its first year.
• Two men's and women's basketball teams from each conference square off across the two-day event.
• In addition to Marist, Rider women's basketball, Iona men's basketball, and Monmouth men's basketball will represent the MAAC.
• Th HP Fieldhouse seats 5,000 guests, and is a total of 70,000-plus square feet.

 

LAST TIME OUT

• The Red Foxes overcame a 10-point, first quarter deficit to take out Elon 63-55 on Sunday, November 17 at McCann Arena.
• Rebekah Hand led Marist with 22 points, surpassing 1,500 career points and 500 career field goals.
• The Phoenix were limited to 34 percent shooting, including 20 percent from deep.

 

SCOUTING NORTH FLORIDA

• The Ospreys sit at 3-2 on the season, with back-to-back wins over FIU and Alabama A&M.
• Their two losses have come against Wisconsin and No. 17/19 Miami.
• Jazz Bond's 13.2 points per game leads a team averaging 72.8 points. Janesha Green and Adrienne Jackson also average double figures.

 

SCOUTING LIPSCOMB

• The Bison are 1-3 heading into their Friday tilt with Rider. The lone win came over Northern Kentucky.
• Dorie Harrison sports 11.8 points per game, while Jalyn Holcomb has 10.5 per contest.
• As a team, Lipscomb scores 62.8 points per game on 38.1 percent shooting.

 

HISTORY

• Marist is playing North Florida and Lipscomb for the first times in program history.
• These will be the first of five matchups where the Red Foxes play an opponent for the first time (Central Michigan, Green Bay, UT Arlington), with all five coming in the next six games.

 

DEFENDING THE DEN

• Marist went 2-0 in its first homestand, holding Elon and Albany under 40 percent from the field.
• Opponents have shot under 40 percent in the first three games. Dating back to last season, the Red Fox defense has prevented foes from reaching that mark in seven of their last eight contests.
• Marist is also forcing about 16 turnovers per game as well.

 

EARLY NATIONAL RANKINGS

• The Red Foxes maintain the top Division I free-throw percentage in the nation at 87.3 percent.
• Marist's 47.6 shooting percentage ranks 29th in the NCAA.
• On the collegeinsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25 Poll for November 19, Marist improved to ninth after spending last week in 12th.

 

MORE FOXES JOINING THE DEN

• On Wednesday, the program officially announced the Class of 2020 recruits.
• Zaria Demember-Shazer, Anabel Ellison, Erin Fox, Emma Wax, and Caitlin Weimar will join Marist next fall.

 

LOOKING AHEAD

• Following the two games in the MAAC/ASUN Challenge, Marist makes its way to Mount Pleasant, MI for a November 30 date with Central Michigan at 1 p.m.
• As of November 19, the Chippewas received votes in the collegeinsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25 Poll.