POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team (6-4 overall, 4-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) will host a two-game series against Fairfield (2-11, 2-6) on Friday and Saturday at McCann Arena. Tip-off for both days is set for 5 p.m.
 

How To Follow

• Watch: Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call for both games. Friday's game will be on ESPN+, and Saturday's game will be on ESPN3.
• Twitter: @MaristMBB

 

Last Time Out

• Marist was swept in a two-game series at Monmouth last weekend, falling 80-64 on Saturday, Jan. 9 and 72-62 on Sunday, Jan. 10.
• Hakim Byrd averaged a team-best 13.0 points and 5.0 assists per game, while Jordan Jones averaged 11.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocked shots on .800 (8-for-10) shooting from the field.

 

About Fairfield

• Fairfield was most recently swept in a two-game home series against Siena last weekend.
• These games will be the Stags' first on the road since a Dec. 18-19 series at Niagara.
• Jake Wojcik averages a team-best 12.6 points per game, followed by Taj Benning at 11.8.
• The Stags were picked to finish eighth in the MAAC Preseason Poll, with Jesus Cruz named Preseason Third Team All-MAAC.
• Head coach Jay Young, a 1986 Marist graduate, is in his second season.

 

Five Facts

• Marist's freshman class (Hakim Byrd, Javon Cooley, Ricardo Wright) has accounted for 38 percent of its scoring. All three were in the starting lineup for the first time at Monmouth on Jan. 10.
• In his last five games, Jordan Jones is averaging 11.2 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 3.0 blocked shots while shooting .846 (22-for-26) from the field.
• Javon Cooley is shooting .643 (9-for-14) from the field and .700 (7-for-10) from three-point range in his three starts.
• In the final two minutes of regulation plus the full length of its overtime games this season, Marist is 36-for-42 (.857) from the free-throw line.
• Marist is 6-0 when holding the opposition under 70 points, and 0-4 when the opponent scores over 70.

 

Up Next

• The Red Foxes are next scheduled for a single home game against Quinnipiac on Wednesday, Jan. 27.
• Tip-off is set for 5 p.m.