LOUDONVILLE, New York – Junior guard
Sarah Barcello registered a team-high 14 points, senior captain
Willow Duffell recorded a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds, and Marist completed the series sweep over Siena with a 60-44 triumph on Valentine's Day at the UHY Center.
The Red Foxes improve to a MAAC-best 12 conference wins, and are 14-2 overall. The Saints fall to 2-5 on the season with an identical conference record.
Marist set the tone early, limiting Siena to two points in the first quarter to build a 20-2 advantage. The Saints stayed in it in the middle frames, however, and got to within six points late in the third. However, the Red Foxes shot 46 percent in the fourth quarter to pull away.
Senior captain
Allie Best had eight points and three assists, moving into sole possession of 10th place all-time with 324 career assists at Marist. Junior guard
Kendall Krick scored all eight of her points in the second half and racked up three rebounds and three steals.
Ashley Williamson notched a game-high 15 points, while Lala Watts earned 13 points for the Saints.
- Marist raced out to a 10-2 lead in the first 5:20, as Weimar and Duffell notched four points each.
- That stretch improved to an 18-0 over 9:03 to the end of the first quarter, as Siena missed 10 straight shots.
- The Red Foxes extended the lead to 26-6 after a Weimar block led to a transition layup for Barcello, then a Best three-pointer.
- Siena erased some of the deficit with a trio of threes, including two from Williamson.
- Duffell snagged an offensive rebound and put it back to go into double digits and give Marist a 34-18 lead with 1:27 until halftime.
- After taking a 34-20 edge into the third quarter, the Saints got to within eight after a Watts layup.
- Leading 37-31, the Red Foxes went on a 6-0 run to return the lead to a dozen, but Peterson's jumper settled the score at 43-33 Marist heading into the fourth.
- Amari Anthony's three cut the lead to seven, but Marist ignited a 13-3 run after that.
- With 6:39 to play, Krick had consecutive three-point plays, cutting through the lane and drawing a foul for a conventional play, then burying a left-wing three.
- Fellow Chandler, AZ native Barcello continued the barrage with a triple from the right wing from a feed by Best, putting Marist ahead 56-39 with 5:08 to go.
- Duffell concluded her day with a contested layup underneath the basket with the clock reading 1:58.
- Marist shot 40 percent from the field, and made 11 of its 13 field goals.
- Sophomore guard Trinasia Kennedy led the team with four assists and four steals, while freshman forward Caitlin Weimar rejected three shots.
- Siena's two first-quarter points were the fewest the Red Foxes have allowed this season. The last time Marist allowed just two points in a quarter came just over a year ago at Rider on February 11th, 2020.
- The Red Foxes had the slight edge in rebounds at 36-32. Thirteen of Marist's boards came off the offensive glass.
- Marist had 16 second-chance points to Siena's one and had a 10-2 advantage on fastbreak points.
- Forty-eight of the game's 104 points came in the paint. Marist outscored the Saints 30-18 in that category.
- Best surpassed Corielle Yarde on the all-time assists list. She now trails Casey Dulin, who has 341 dishes, for ninth place.
- Marist is 16-2 all-time when Barcello scores 10 or more points.
- Duffell takes the team lead with four double-doubles this season after having two in her first three seasons combined.
- Weimar has three or more blocks in three of her last four games. With 26 swats on the year, she's the first Red Fox with at least 25 blocks since Lovisa Henningsdottir had 44 in 2018-19.
- The Red Foxes have surrendered less than 10 points in 18 out of 64 regulation quarters this season.
- In 2020-21, the Red Foxes have allowed 50 points or less in 10 games, all of them wins.
- Marist did not trail once in 80 minutes this weekend, and went 22-of-24 from the foul line in the series.
- Marist now leads the all-time series against Siena 39-31. Thirty-three of those victories have been by double figures, including 32 of the last 34 dating back to 2005.
- Marist returns to action next weekend for two games at Iona on Saturday, February 20th and Sunday, February 21st at 2 p.m.
