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Monmouth MU 10-5,2-2 MAAC

Marist Marist 8-8,3-4 MAAC

Monmouth MU

10-5,2-2 MAAC

Final

Jan. 16, 2022

Marist Marist

8-8,3-4 MAAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Monmouth MU	22	26	48
Marist Marist	46	38	84

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 1/16/2022 4:21:00 PM | Giuliana D'Arcangelo

Marist Men's Basketball Dominant in Win Over Monmouth

The Red Foxes Went Wire-to-Wire in Victory Over Hawks

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POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team defeated the Monmouth Hawks Sunday afternoon in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play by a score of 84-48. With the win, the Red Foxes move to 8-8 overall and 3-4 in MAAC play. Monmouth is now 10-5 overall and 2-2 in conference.

Summary

Jao Ituka pushed the Red Foxes to a quick 5-0 lead in the first minute and half of the game.
A Monmouth scoring drought of six minutes allowed Marist to capitalized with a 7-0 run with 11 minutes remaining in the half, 20-9.
With six minutes to go in the first half, the Hawks cut the lead to ten, shortly followed by a Red Fox 9-0 run to extend the lead to 19.
Marist finishing the half with yet another run elevating the Red Foxes to their largest lead of the half, 46-22.
For the half, Marist shot 58% from the field (18-for-31), Monmouth shot 30% (8-for-27).
Starting the second half, Jao Ituka notched another eight points, knocking down six from the line.
Seven minutes into the second half, the Red Foxes continued to add to their lead with an 8-0 run. Monmouth attempted to chip away at Marist's lead with a couple mini-runs but could not claw back from the deficit.
The Red Foxes largest lead of the game came at the 4:09 minute mark as the team led by 46.

Stats

Marist finished shooting 26-for 54 (48%) from the field and 10-for-23 (44%) from three.
Monmouth shot 16-for-56 (29%) from the field and 2-for-20 (10%) from the arc.
Four players on Marist scored in double digits, Jao Ituka (28), Ricardo Wright(24), Samkelo Cele (13) and Javon Cooley (10)
Jao shot 7-for-11 from the field, 2-for-2 from three and 12-for-15 from the free throw line.
Monmouth had one player in double digits, Shaver Reynolds (10). The Red Foxes held the Hawks to their season low in points (46).
The 36-point margin of victory is Marist's most since the program won by 38 against VMI on Feb. 23, 2013.
The margin of victory is also the program's largest in 25 years in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play eclipsing a 35 point victory on Feb. 3 2002 against Loyola (85-50).