POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist Women's Basketball says goodbye to the decade and to the non-conference side of its 2019-20 schedule with a trip to UT Arlington on Thursday, December 19 at 8 p.m. EST.
 

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Thursday's matchup will air on ESPN+.
• Geoff Brault will lend his voice on the audio stream, exclusively on GoRedFoxes.com.
• Live statistics will be available, courtesy of Mavericks Athletics.
• @MaristWBB on Twitter will also provide live updates.

 

LAST TIME OUT

• The Red Foxes snapped its short two-game losing streak with a 72-60 victory over Green Bay on Sunday, December 15 at McCann Arena.
• Rebekah Hand surpassed Ursula Winter for second place on Marist's all-time scoring list while securing her 12th-career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
• Grace Vander Weide led the squad with a season-best 20 points, career-high 12 rebounds, and six assists.
• Alana Gilmer recorded 10 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter while converting eight of 12 shots.

 

SCOUTING THE MAVERICKS

• UT Arlington comes into Thursday's tilt at 5-4, most recently suffering a 74-47 setback to Northwestern.
• This year, UTA has a win over Kansas State, who was receiving votes at the time.
• Marie Benson paces the team with 17.6 points per game, while Claire Chastain is the other Maverick averaging double figures at 10.3 points per contest.
• UTA averages 64.4 points per game while shooting 42.9 percent as a unit.

 

SERIES HISTORY

• Marist and UT Arlington have never faced each other prior to Thursday.
• The Red Foxes have only played two other current members of the Sun Belt Conference: Coastal Carolina and Georgia Southern, though neither were in the Sun Belt when Marist battled them.
• During Marist's run to the Sweet 16 in the 2007 NCAA Tournament, the Red and White defeated Middle Tennessee State, then a Sun Belt member, in the second round.

 

CONFERENCE RANKS

• Entering Wednesday, December 18, Marist ranked in the top three in the MAAC across 11 categories.
• The Red Foxes are first in scoring margin (+6.1), field goal percentage (.447), three-pointers made per game (7.4), assists per game (16.0), and assist/turnover ratio (1.2).
• Individually, Vander Weide is first in the conference with a 54.0 field goal percentage, .952 free-throw percentage, and five assists per game.
• Rebekah Hand is second in the MAAC with 18.4 points per game, third with a .909 free-throw percentage, and eighth with just under 34 minutes per game.
• Gilmer's 52.1 field goal percentage is second to her classmate.
• Allie Best has a 2.4 assist/turnover ratio that's second among her MAAC peers, and her 3.3 assists per game is sixth.

 

TEXAS-SIZED HOMECOMING

• Thursday's game is a homecoming for seniors Hannah and Rebekah Hand, who grew up 40 minutes north of UTA in Argyle, TX.

We've made it safely to Arlington! Here are a few Texas-sized #WallpaperWednesday themes for ya! #GoRedFoxes pic.twitter.com/MkjeSWixle

— Marist WBB (@MaristWBB) December 18, 2019

SEVENTH HEAVEN

• The Red Foxes are seeking to earn seven wins in non-conference play for the second-straight season.
• The last time Marist went-back-to-back seasons accomplishing that was the 2009-10 and 2010-11 campaigns.

 

UP NEXT

• Following the holidays and the new year, Marist ignites MAAC play with a two-game homestand against Monmouth and Saint Peter's on Thursday, January 2 and Saturday, January 4, respectively.
• Both games tip off at 7 p.m.
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