POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Taking a one-game break from MAAC action, Marist Women's Basketball welcomes UAlbany to McCann Arena in a non-conference battle on Tuesday, December 15th at 2 p.m.
 

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Tuesday's game airs on ESPN3, beginning at the top of the hour. Geoff Brault and Steve Eggink have the call.
• Live stats will be provided via GoRedFoxes.com.
• @MaristWBB on Twitter will have in-game highlights and updates.

 

last time out

• Marist picked up two MAAC wins over Canisius last weekend, beating the Golden Griffins 64-44 and 82-61 on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
• Junior guard Sarah Barcello led the team with a pair of 18-point efforts, a career-high.
• Senior captain Willow Duffell recorded her third-career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds in Saturday's matchup, and had 21 total boards in the series.
• Junior guard Kendall Krick (11 points on Saturday) and freshman forwards Caitlin Weimar (17 points on Friday) Zaria Demember-Shazer (12 points on Saturday) each reached double figures as well.
• As a team, Marist shot 48.7 percent from the field, and assisted on 36 of its 59 of its baskets (61 percent).

 

Weimar's time

• For the second week in a row, Weimar was selected as the MAAC Rookie of the Week, this time for the week of December 14th.
• The Cortlandt Manor, NY native averaged 12 points and six rebounds per game while going 10-of-14 from the field in the two wins over Canisius.
• For more on her week and historical context behind her award, click here.

 

sharp shooting

• Marist shot 55.7% from the field in the season opening win at Army, including 72.4% (21-of-29) in the second half.
• Marist has two games this season shooting better than 50 percent. Last year, the team was 15-0 when hitting half or more of its shots.
• In recent memory, Marist shot 79.2% (19-of-24) in the first half of a 103-66 victory over Northeastern on December 18th, 2013.

 

level up

• Aside from the freshmen class, multiple Red Foxes have tied or set career-highs in points, field goals, rebounds, and assists through the first three games of the season. Among them include:
  • Trinasia Kennedy: 14 points (10 prior), six field goals (four prior), four rebounds (two prior), three assists
  • Sarah Barcello: 18 points (16 prior), seven field goals (five prior)
  • Kendall Krick: 11 points, three assists (two prior), four field goals

 

best dishes

• Senior captain Allie Best knocked down two threes and dished out a team-best four assists in wins over Army and Canisius. She has led the Red Foxes in assists in every game so far.
• Entering Tuesday, she has 13 assists to zero turnovers, and is the only starting point guard under Head Coach Brian Giorgis to not register a turnover in the first three games of a season.
• The Red Foxes have won eight straight when Best has five or more assists.

 

national notoriety

• Entering Tuesday, Marist ranks among the best programs nationally in…
  • Field Goal Percentage – 51.1 percent (eighth)
  • Assist/Turnover Ratio – 1.56 (10th)
  • Rebounding Margin – +15.3 (12th)
  • Scoring Defense – 53.3 points allowed per game (17th)
• Weimar also ranks 17th in the nation and leads the MAAC with a 66.7 field goal percentage.

 

scouting the great danes

• UAlbany is 1-1 on the season, falling to Hofstra in its season opener but taking down Seton Hall 71-66 on Sunday.
• Helene Haegerstrand scored a team-high 26 points in the victory over the Pirates.
• Ellen Hahne has posted a double-double in each game so far, averaging 16 points and 11 rebounds.
• Last year, the Great Danes went 9-21, with a 5-11 record in the America East.

 

series history

• Marist and UAlbany are meeting for the seventh time ever.
• The Red Foxes are 5-1 all-time in the series, having won three in a row and sporting a perfect 3-0 record in Poughkeepsie.
• Last year at McCann, Marist won 76-52 in its home opener. Barcello tied for the team lead with 12 points.

 

double trouble

• In the first four games of the season, the Red Foxes, a program with two words in its mascot, have also faced programs with two names in their mascot:
  • Army: Black Knights
  • Canisius: Golden Griffins
  • UAlbany: Great Danes

 

up next

• Marist heads to Fairfield for its first MAAC road contests of 2020-21 on Friday December 18th and Saturday, December 19th at 7 p.m.