POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Freshman forward
Caitlin Weimar recorded her first-career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, classmate
Zaria Demember-Shazer notched a career-high with 14 points, and Marist powered its way to a 67-48 triumph over UAlbany in a non-conference matchup on Tuesday afternoon at McCann Arena.
The Red Foxes won their fourth consecutive game to open the season, and 16th in a row dating back to last season. The Great Danes drop to 1-2 on the year.
Junior guard
Sarah Barcello chipped in 13 points for her fourth straight game in double figures. Senior captain
Willow Duffell and sophomore guard
Trinasia Kennedy added 10 points each to give Marist five players with 10 or more points for the first time since January 4th, 2020 vs. Saint Peter's.
Ellen Hahne paced the Great Danes with 12 points, while Lucia Decortes had 11 points and seven rebounds.
- Both teams struggled to facilitate offense early on, creating seven turnovers combined before the first media timeout.
- Kennedy had Marist's first bucket at the 7:07 mark of the first, 13 seconds after UAlbany had its first basket.
- After a 5-0 run put the Great Danes up 10-5, the Red Foxes got to within one on scores from Barcello and Weimar, but Helene Haegerstrand's straightaway three put the visitors ahead 13-9 after one.
- Weimar tied the score at 13 with two layups in the opening minutes of the second, leading to a UAlbany timeout.
- With the score tied at 17, freshman guard Anabel Ellison zipped a pass to Kennedy on the left block, who went off glass for two and picked up a foul, completing the three-point play to make 20-17 Marist with 3:46 until halftime.
- That play sparked a 10-2 run for the Red Foxes, which included threes from Barcello and Demember-Shazer. They helped Marist nurse a 27-23 edge into the break.
- The Red Foxes ignited an 11-4 burst to open the third, as Barcello notched five points, while Duffell, Weimar, and Demember-Shazer provided points.
- Junior guard Kendall Krick entered the contest and had back-to-back layups preceding a Demember-Shazer jumper, increasing the advantage to 46-29 with 2:11 left in the third.
- The closes UAlbany would get to Marist in the fourth quarter was 16 with 5:11 to play, but Barcello capitalized on a layup 41 seconds later.
- A 6-0 Red Fox run within 32 seconds put the game to bed, as Kennedy, Duffell, and Krick converted layups with more than three minutes to go.
- Marist shot 53.7 percent from the field in the game, and hit eight of their last 10 shots.
- Senior captain Allie Best had a game-high eight assists. Marist assisted on 20 of its 29 buckets.
- Eleven of Demember-Shazer's 14 points came in the second half. All six of Krick's points came in that span as well.
- After having six turnovers in the first quarter, Marist had nine the rest of the game.
- The Great Danes shot just 29 percent in the opening half.
- Marist scored 18 points off 15 UAlbany turnovers.
- The Red Foxes also had an advantage in rebounds (34-26) second-chance points (17-4) and points in the paint (42-18).
- Weimar's double-double is the first for a freshman since Rebekah Hand had 17 points and 13 rebounds against Monmouth on February 18th, 2017.
- Barcello has reached double figures in scoring for four consecutive games, the first time she has done so in her Red Fox tenure.
- Marist has won nine games in a row when Best has five or more assists. Her assist/turnover ratio is now 21.00, second-best in the NCAA.
- This is the third game this season that Marist shot better than 50 percent. The Red Foxes went 15-0 last year when hitting half or more of their shots.
- For the first time in program history, the Red Foxes have won four games in a row to start the season in three consecutive seasons.
- Marist turns its attention to Friday, December 18th and Saturday, December 19th, traveling to Fairfield for two MAAC contests at 7 p.m. The Stags were slotted second in the MAAC Preseason Poll, one vote behind favorite Manhattan.
