ALBANY, New York - The third-seeded Marist Red Foxes (21-9, 13-5 MAAC) will play the sixth-seeded Manhattan Jaspers (12-18, 9-9 MAAC) in the MAAC Championship Quarterfinals on March 9 at noon. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3. Manhattan defeated Saint Peter's 62-41 in the opening round to advance.

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HOW TO FOLLOW

• Geoff Brault and Steve Eggink will be on the call for GoRedFoxes.com radio.
• Twitter - @MaristWBB
• Greg Mescall (play-by-play) and Tehresa Coles (color) will have the call on ESPN3.

THIS SEASON

Marist and Manhattan split the 2018-19 regular-season series, with each team prevailing on the road. The Red Foxes dropped their home matchup 69-51 on Jan. 27, but picked up the win in Riverdale 62-51 on Feb. 7.
 

FIRST MEETING

• Manhattan handed Marist just their second MAAC loss of the season to the date of Jan. 27, with career-high performances from Lynette Taitt and Julie Hoier.
• The Jaspers went on multiple runs to stave off Marist whenever they began to close the gap on their halftime lead of 34-24.
• The Red Foxes scored a season-low in points with 51, and shot 30.0 percent from the floor and 20.0 percent from three. 

SECOND MEETING

• Marist snapped Manhattan's three-game winning streak and evened up the season series on Feb. 7.
• The Jaspers came out strong to lead by double-digits after the first quarter, but a 21-2 scoring advantage for the Red Foxes in the second turned the tides and Marist controlled the rest of the game for the 11-point victory. Two points in a quarter is the least that Marist has allowed this season.
• Rebekah Hand tallied her third double-double of the season with 21 points, 10 rebounds and an assist.
• Manhattan had a 60-47 field goal-attempt advantage, but the Red Foxes had a 31-17 free throw-attempt advantage, making 71% from the line.

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

• This will be the eighth meeting between Marist and Manhattan in the MAAC Championships.
• The Jaspers knocked out the Red Foxes in the opening round in 2000 by a score of 54-48. Then in 2002, Manhattan topped Marist in the Quarterfinals 70-54.
• The Red Foxes went on to eliminate the Jaspers in the Quarterfinals in 2004 (60-49), 2007 (55-42), 2013 (72-50), 2016 (76-60) and 2018 (84-60). 

MAAC SEMIFINALS

The winner of this game will move on to play second-seeded Rider in the Semifinals. The game will take place on Sunday, March 10 at 1:30 p.m. and will once again be streamed on ESPN3.

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