POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team (12-17 overall, 7-10 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) will play its regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon, when the Red Foxes host Rider (15-14, 10-7) at 2 p.m.
At 1:45 p.m., Marist will honor its senior class of
Brian Parker,
Isaiah Lamb,
Ryan Funk, and
David Knudsen.
- Video: Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (color) will have the call on ESPN+.
- Twitter: @MaristMBB
- Marist dropped its third straight on Friday, March 1 with a 59-44 loss at Fairfield.
- Brian Parker led Marist with 16 points, and Isaiah Lamb had a career-high 10 rebounds.
- Marist set season lows for three-pointers made in a game (one) and three-point percentage (.111) for the second straight game, and had its lowest point total of the season.
- Marist cut its deficit to five with 3:19 to go, but Fairfield scored the game's final 10 points.
- The Broncs fell to Iona by a score of 86-79 in their last game on Friday, March 3. Prior to that, Rider had won three straight.
- Six Broncs average at least nine points per game, with four in double digits, led by Stevie Jordan (12.5 ppg).
- Rider leads the MAAC in rebounds per game, steals per game, and turnover margin. Head coach
- Kevin Baggett is in his seventh season leading the program, and 13th at Rider overall.
- Marist has won seven straight games on Senior Day.
- Marist's senior class of Brian Parker, Isaiah Lamb, Ryan Funk, and David Knudsen has combined for the following career totals: 465 games played, 316 starts, 4,622 points, 1,558 rebounds, 636 assists, and 584 three-pointers made.
- Isaiah Lamb is Marist's active leader with 119 career games, which ranks third in program history.
- Brian Parker is 19 points away from 1,800 in his career, and three rebounds away from 600.
- This season, Ryan Funk is shooting .483 (28-for-58) from three-point range in his 10 games at McCann Arena.
- Marist begins play in the 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Basketball Championship on Thursday, March 7.
- The Red Foxes' seed, opponent, and game time will be determined by Sunday's games in the conference.
