POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist Women's Basketball (5-1, 3-1 MAAC) returns to McCann Arena for a pair of MAAC matchups against Manhattan (5-3, 5-1 MAAC) on Saturday, January 9th and Sunday, January 10th at 5 p.m.
 

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Saturday's contest airs on ESPN+, while Sunday's game takes place on ESPN3. Geoff Brault and Steve Eggink have the call.
• Live statistics are available, courtesy of GoRedFoxes.com.
• @MaristWBB on Twitter will provide live updates as well as in-game highlights.

 

last time out

• The Red Foxes split two games at Quinnipiac on Sunday, January 3rd and Monday, January 4th.
• On Sunday, Marist won 69-50 thanks to a career-high 25 points from Sarah Barcello, career-high 11 assists from Allie Best, and Caitlin Weimar's 11-point, 11-rebound double-double.
• On Monday, the Bobcats beat Marist 59-55 in overtime despite Willow Duffell's 18 points and 17 rebounds, both career-bests. That result snapped Marist's 17-game winning streak dating back to February 1st, 2020.

 

schedule updates

• Four of Marist's conference series were affected by numerous COVID-19 disruptions throughout the MAAC this week.
• The two games at Fairfield were moved to January 15th and 16th.
• The Red Foxes' home series against Monmouth and Saint Peter's were moved back one day and changed to 2 p.m. tipoff times. The Hawks come to town on Saturday, February 6th and Sunday, February 7th. The Peacocks travel to Poughkeepsie on Saturday, February 20th and Sunday, February 21st.
• Marist's road series against Iona has been split up. The Red Foxes now head to New Rochelle, NY on Wednesday, February 17th and Wednesday, February 24th.

 

defend the den

• Marist leads the conference in scoring defense and is 14th in the nation, allowing just 52.8 points per game.
• No opponent has scored more than 61 points nor shot 40 percent against Marist in the Red Foxes' first six games.
• The single-season program record in each category is 49.7 points per game allowed and 33.2 field goal percentage defense, both set in the 2010-11 season. The current totals would rank 4th and 2nd all-time.

 

HOme on the range

• The Red Foxes have won 10 straight home games since January 23rd, 2020.
• Two wins this weekend would mean Marist will have not lost at McCann Arena in at least a calendar year. Marist's last home loss came on January 16th, 2020, and the Red Foxes' next home game after this weekend is January 29th, 2021.

 

where there's a willow...

• Willow Duffell is averaging career-highs with 12.2 PPG and 9.2 RPG through six games. She has already matched a season-best with three games with 10 or more rebounds.
• Dating back to the start of the 2018-19 season, Marist has won 20 of its last 21 games when she scores 10 or more points.

 

best of the best

• Allie Best has dished out 6.2 assists per game, a career-best that is 12th in the nation.
• She didn't surrender her first turnover of the year until the fourth game against UAlbany. Her AST/TO ratio is 12.3, best in the nation. She is the only Division I player who has played in six games, averages 3+ assists per game, and has only three turnovers.
• On January 3rd against Quinnipiac, she had a career-high 11 assists without a turnover, becoming just the third Red Fox since 2006 to have 10+ assists without a turnover (Grace Vander Weide, all-time assists leader and current head coach at Vermont Alisa Kresge).

 

weimar's time

• Freshman forward Caitlin Weimar has started every game this year, and is averaging 12 PPG and 7.7 RPG along with 11 blocks.
• She has eclipsed 10-plus points in five of her six games.
• Weimar won four MAAC Rookie of the Week awards, from December 7th-21st and January 4th, joining Rebekah Hand, Erica Allenspach and Rachele Fitz as the only rookies to win four weekly awards.

 

scouting the jaspers

• Manhattan is 5-3 on the season, and 5-1 in MAAC play, most recently sweeping Saint Peter's.
• Dee Dee Davis averages a team-high 12.6 points per game, while Preseason All-MAAC First Team pick Courtney Warley records 12.3 points and 10.9 rebounds per game.
• The Jaspers were the favorites to win the conference in the MAAC Preseason Poll, the first time in the modern era of the league they've earned the top rank.

 

series history

• Marist is 36-24 all-time against Manhattan, dating back to the Red Foxes' first Division I season in 1981-82.
• Since February 12th, 2004, Marist is 34-4 vs. the Jaspers, and has won nine of the last 10 in the rivalry.
• Last season, the Red Foxes swept the Jaspers with 71-66 (road) and 74-53 (home) victories.
• Willow Duffell averages 6.2 PPG and 7.1 RPG vs. Manhattan, while Sarah Barcello has hit 54.5 percent of her shots against the Jaspers.

 

looking ahead

• The Red Foxes return to road, facing Fairfield for two games on Friday, January 15th and Saturday, January 16th.