VESTAL, New York – The Marist men's basketball team defeated Binghamton by a score of 68-65 in overtime in its season opener on Saturday afternoon.
 

Summary

• Jordan Jones' dunk 30 seconds into the game gave the Red Foxes their first two points of the season, and the Red Foxes scored on their first two possessions to jump out to a 4-0 lead.
• A basket by Ricardo Wright gave Marist a double-digit lead, 19-9, at the 10:47 mark of the first half.
• A three-pointer by Michael Cubbage on the Red Foxes' final possession of the first half gave the team its largest lead of the first 20 minutes, and Marist took a 34-23 advantage to the locker room.
• Braden Bell's three-pointer with 16:43 to play gave Marist its largest lead at 39-25.
• Binghamton stormed back with a 17-3 run over a span of just under six minutes to tie the game at 42 with 10:23 left.
• Marist built its lead back to six on three occasions, the last coming on a Bell three with 3:43 left.
• Two free throws by Hakim Byrd gave Marist a 60-57 lead in the closing seconds, but Binghamton's Tyler Bertram sent the game to overtime with a long three as time expired in regulation.
• Binghamton's Brenton Mills scored the first points in overtime on a jumper with 4:20 play, but Victor Enoh tied the game with a basket on Marist's next possession. With 1:34 to play, Bell's basket gave the Red Foxes the lead for good.
• With Binghamton trailing by one in the closing seconds, Enoh secured a defensive rebound, and then hit a pair of free throws to extend the lead to the final margin of three.

 

Stats

• Cubbage led three Marist scorers in double digits with 18, followed by Bell with 16 and Wright with 12.
• Enoh had a game-high 11 rebounds.
• Marist shot 16-for-20 (.800) from the free-throw line, while Binghamton was 9-for-19 (.474).
• Mills led all scorers with 20 for the Bearcats, while Thomas Bruce had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
• Mills' overtime basket gave Binghamton its only lead of the game. The Red Foxes led for 40:54, while the Bearcats were in front for 30 seconds.
• Marist shot 8-for-8 from the free-throw line in the final 30 seconds of regulation and the overtime period.

 

Notes

• Enoh's rebound total was a career high.
• Bell tied his career high with eight rebounds.
• Cubbage's 18 points were one off his career high, set in last season's opener at VMI.
• This is the first time Marist has won openers in back-to-back seasons since winning five straight from the 1998-99 through 2002-03 seasons.
• Wright's 12 points were the most by a Marist freshman in his first game since Nov. 13, 2015 against Holy Cross, when Kristinn Palsson had 15 and Brian Parker scored 13.
• This was Marist's first win against Binghamton in program history. The Red Foxes are now 1-2 against the Bearcats, as this was the first meeting between the programs in 11 years.

 

From Coach Dunne

"Wins are hard to come by," head coach John Dunne said. "I like how we responded after they tied the game up. Obviously I'm not happy with give up that three (at the end of regulation) … but I loved our resiliency and coming back, and having confidence in the overtime to make some good plays."
 

Up Next

• The Red Foxes and Bearcats will face off on Sunday at McCann Arena.
• Tip-off is set for 4 p.m., and the game will be carried live on ESPN+.