POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist Women's Basketball and Quinnipiac renew their rivalry with the first meeting between the programs in the 2019-20 campaign on Thursday, January 23 at 7 p.m.
 

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Tickets are on sale at MaristTickets.com.
• Thursday's contest airs on ESPN+, beginning at the top of the hour. Geoff Brault and Steve Eggink are on the call.
• GoRedFoxes.com will feature live statistics.
• @MaristWBB on Twitter will have live updates and in-game highlights available to fans.

 

LAST TIME OUT

• Behind 24 points from Rebekah Hand, including 10 in the fourth quarter, Marist dispatched Manhattan 71-66 on Saturday, January 18 at Draddy Gymnasium.
• Grace Vander Weide supplied 12 points and nine assists, while Willow Duffell had seven points, 10 rebounds, and five assists.
• As a team, the Red Foxes shot 52.8 percent, including 8-16 from downtown.

 

SCOUTING QUINNIPIAC

• The three-time defending champions sit fourth place in the MAAC at 4-2, one game behind the Red and White. Overall, Quinnipiac is 7-8.
• Earlier this year, the Bobcats' conference winning streak ended at 52 with a loss to Iona.
• Shaq Edwards is the lone Bobcat in double figures with 15.3 points per game across 12 matchups.
• Paige Warfel boasts a team-best 10.2 rebounds per contest.

 

SERIES HISTORY

• Thursday marks the 18^th all-time meeting between Marist and Quinnipiac.
• The series began in 1985-86, then resumed in 2013-14 when the Bobcats entered the MAAC.
• Marist seeks its first win over Quinnipiac since December 3, 2015.
• Both teams met in the previous two MAAC Championships in Albany, NY.

 

NATIONAL NOTORIETY

• As a team, Marist ranks fifth in team assist/turnover ratio (1.47), sixth in assists per game (19.5), seventh in field goal percentage (48.0), 10^th in fewest turnovers (199), and 19^th in three-point percentage (37.1).
• Vander Weide is 10^th in the nation with 6.1 assists per game, and ranks 23^rd with 92 total assists.
• Rebekah Hand, the active leader in Division I in career free throw percentage, slots 15^th in Division I this year at 87.8 percent. She's also 36^th with her 18.5 points per game.

 

MILESTONE WATCH

• After moving into 10^th place all-time in scoring at Marist as well as eighth in field goals, Alana Gilmer needs eight buckets to reach 500 in a Red Fox uniform.
• Rebekah Hand is two rebounds away from Corielle Yarde for eighth on the all-time list. She is also four assists shy of 300 for her career.
• Vander Weide is six assists away from Lynne Griffin for sixth place all-time in Marist program history.

 

UP NEXT

• Marist heads to the Jersey Shore to play Monmouth on Saturday, January 25 at 2 p.m.