POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team plays the second of its three straight road games on Friday, when the Red Foxes start their western New York swing at Niagara. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
 

How To Follow

• Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Mike Ferraro (analyst) have the call on the Red Fox Network. The pregame show starts at 6:45.
• The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.
• Twitter: @MaristMBB

 

Last Time Out

• Marist fell at Siena, 70-57, on Friday, Jan. 24.
• Tyler Sagl led the Red Foxes with 17 points and drained four three-pointers.
• Tyler Saint-Furcy had 10 points, four rebounds, and three blocked shots.
• Matt Herasme finished with nine points and team highs of eight rebounds and three steals.
• Although the Red Foxes were perfect from the free-throw line (9-for-9), they shot just .328 (21-for-64) from the field.

 

About Niagara

• Niagara has dropped two straight following a three-game winning streak.
• The Purple Eagles have a 4-2 home mark this season.
• Niagara has three double-digit scorers in Marcus Hammond (13.3 ppg), James Towns (11.7 ppg), and Raheem Solomon (11.3 ppg), followed closely by Greg Kuakumensah (9.0 ppg).
• Head coach Greg Paulus is in his first season.

 

Five Facts

• Marist & Niagara have alternated sweeping the season series the last five years (Marist - 2014-15, 2016-17, one game in 2018-19; Niagara - 2015-16, 2017-18).
• MAAC Rookie of the Week Tyler Sagl has a team-best five games with 15+ points this season.
• Matt Herasme has 16 steals in his last eight games, and is sixth in the MAAC at 1.4 steals per game.
• Marist is 3-0 this season when shooting at least .400 from three-point range.
• Marist hit all nine of its free-throw attempts at Siena on Jan. 24. The last time the Red Foxes didn't miss a free throw was Nov. 14, 2014 at Bucknell (12-12).

 
Up Next

• Marist concludes its road trip on Sunday at Canisius.
• Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.