POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team will play its first game of the 2020 calendar year on Friday night, when the Red Foxes (1-9 overall, 0-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) host conference foe Quinnipiac (5-5, 0-0). Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
 

How To Follow

• Video: Dean Darling (play-by-play), Steve Eggink (color), and Ed Weir (sideline) will have the call on ESPN+.
• Twitter: @MaristMBB

 

Last Time Out

• Marist dropped its non-conference finale at Columbia on Dec. 28 by a score of 69-54.
• Tyler Sagl led four double-digit scorers with 13.
• Michael Cubbage followed with 12 to go along with six rebounds, four assists, and four steals.
• Jack Cavanaugh contributed a career-high 11 off the bench, and Matt Herasme had 11 points and a career-high four assists.

 

About Quinnipiac

• Quinnipiac is playing its MAAC opener.
• In its last contest, the Bobcats defeated Bowling Green, 69-64, on Dec. 21.
• Rich Kelly leads the MAAC with 17.1 points per game.
• Kevin Marfo's 13.5 rebounds per game lead all of Division I. Marfo also leads the nation with 4.7 offensive rebounds per game.
• Head coach Baker Dunleavy is in his third season.

 

Five Facts

• The road team has won the last three games in the Quinnipiac-Marist series.
• Marist has three games this season with at least four double-digit scorers.
• Matt Herasme has doubled the amount of three-pointers he made as freshman (14 this season, seven last year), and is shooting a team-best .400 from three-point range.
• Jack Cavanaugh, who is coming off a career-high 11 points at Columbia on Dec. 28, has an 8-to-2 assist-to-turnover ratio in 64 minutes played this season.
• Tobias Sjoberg has 69 career blocked shots. He is one way from a tie for 10th place on Marist's all-time list.

 

Up Next

• Marist travels to Saint Peter's for a MAAC contest on Sunday, Jan. 5.
• Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.