POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team returns to McCann Arena on Friday, when the Red Foxes host Fairfield in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game at 7 p.m. It is the second meeting of the season between the teams, with Marist having earned a 70-58 triumph at Webster Bank Arena on Jan. 8.
 
The Red Foxes enter the contest having won four of their last six, including three straight at McCann Arena.
 

Video Feature

Our Red Fox Network video feature focuses on sophomore forward Braden Bell. Over the last few weeks, Bell has emerged as a force off the bench for the Red Foxes. He is now among the MAAC leaders in three-point percentage, and he has scored in double figures in five of his last seven games. The video also includes comments from head coach John Dunne.
 

How To Follow

• Watch: Dean Darling (play-by-play), Steve Eggink (analyst), and Ed Weir (sideline) have the call on ESPN3.
• Twitter: @MaristMBB

 

Last Time Out

• Marist downed Saint Peter's, 72-61, on Feb. 7 for its fourth win in its last six games. It was the team's third straight home victory.
• Five Red Foxes scored in double digits, led by Jordan Jones, who tied his career high with 18 points.
• Braden Bell scored 15 off the bench, as he shot 6-for-9 from the field and 3-for-4 from three-point range. Bell also contributed four rebounds, three steals, and two blocked shots.
• Matt Herasme scored 11 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and had a career-high five steals.
• Michael Cubbage scored 12 points, tied his career high with eight assists, and also had five rebounds and three steals.
• The Red Foxes recorded a season-high 13 steals, their highest total since a Nov. 16, 2016 game against Vermont.

 

About Fairfield

• Fairfield is coming off a 78-54 home loss to Iona in its last outing on Sunday, Feb. 9.
• Landon Taliaferro leads the Stags in scoring at 12.8 points per game, and is third in the conference in made three-pointers per game (2.4).
• As a team, Fairfield is tied for first in the MAAC in scoring defense (64.0 ppg allowed).
• Head coach Jay Young is in his first season.

 

Five Facts

• Marist is looking for its first regular-season sweep of Fairfield since the 2006-07 season.
• Matt Herasme (fourth) and Michael Cubbage (fifth) both rank in the MAAC's top five in steals. Herasme has 23 steals in his last 11 games, and Cubbage has a steal in 10 straight.
• Braden Bell, who is now seventh in the MAAC in three-point percentage (.411), is 14-for-28 (.500) from deep in his last seven games.
• Marist is shooting .403 (52-for-129) from three-point range in its last six games.
• In the Red Foxes' last four games, the opposition is shooting .243 (18-for-74) from three-point range.

 

Up Next

• Marist closes out its season series with Iona on Sunday, Feb. 16 in New Rochelle. The Red Foxes recorded an 83-73 victory when the teams met in Poughkeepsie on Jan. 19.
• Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.