POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team was defeated in overtime by Fairfield, 57-53, in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference on Friday night at McCann Arena.
 

Summary

• Fairfield jumped out to an early 6-2 lead.
• Marist responded with a 9-0 run, thanks to two three-pointers by Tyler Sagl and one by Jack Cavanaugh, as the Red Foxes held the Stags scoreless for 5:55.
• Fairfield answered with seven straight points. The Stags held the Red Foxes scoreless for a span of 4:54.
• Neither team led by more than three in the final 10 minutes of the first half. The score was tied at 19 apiece after 20 minutes.
• Marist scored the first six points of the second half, and held Fairfield scoreless for the first 3:19.
• A three-pointer by Matt Herasme at the 14:02 mark gave Marist a 33-24 lead, the game's largest lead to that point.
• Fairfield re-claimed the lead on a basket by Wassef Methnani at 39-37 with 5:21 remaining, which capped a 10-0 run. On Marist's next possession, the Red Foxes took the lead back on a three-point play by Sagl.
• The lead changed hands four times in the last 2:13 of regulation. With 1:07 remaining, Michael Cubbage drained a three-pointer to give Marist a 45-43 lead. Fairfield tied the game on a basket by Jesus Cruz with four seconds remaining. Marist was unable to score on its final possession of regulation, and the game went to overtime tied at 45.
• The lead changed hands three times in overtime. A dunk by Vincent Eze with 2:40 remaining gave Fairfield the lead for good. Eze (five points) and Taj Benning (seven) accounted for all of 12 of Fairfield's points in the extra period.

 

Key Stats

• Sagl and Cubbage tied for the team lead with 11 points apiece. Cubbage added a team-high with nine rebounds, and had a team-best two steals.
• Matt Herasme added nine points and eight rebounds. Herasme was 3-for-5 from three-point range.
• Benning scored a game-high 15 points for Fairfield. Eze tied Cubbage for the game high with nine rebounds.
• Fairfield held a 45-35 edge in rebounds.
• Marist shot .292 (17-for-58) from the field, while Fairfield shot .333 (18-for-54). From three-point range, Marist shot .389 (7-for-18), while Fairfield shot .150 (3-for-20).

 

Notes

• This was Marist's fourth overtime game of the season, which ties the program's Division I record. The Red Foxes are 1-3 in overtime this season.
• Marist is now 2-6 in games decided by five points or less this season.
• Marist did not miss a free throw (12-for-12) for the second time in its last five games.
• Marist's 19 points allowed in the first half were the second fewest allowed to a team in the first 20 minutes this season (17 at Niagara, Jan. 31). The 19 points scored tied a season low, previously set at Saint Peter's on Jan. 5.

 

Records

• Marist is now 6-16 overall, and 5-8 in the MAAC.
• Fairfield stands at 10-14 on the season, and 6-7 in conference play.

 

Up Next

• Marist returns to action on Sunday, when the Red Foxes travel to Iona for their second meeting of the season with the Gaels.
• Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.
• Marist won the first meeting, 83-73, at McCann Arena on Jan. 19.