POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist men's basketball team, fresh off a big conference win at Fairfield, host the Rider Broncs Sunday afternoon in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. at McCann Arena. As a reminder to fans, concessions sales will be temporarily unavailable at McCann Arena. For more on the current fan policies Click Here.
 

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• Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call ESPN3
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Vs Rider

• The Red Foxes will take on Rider for the second time this season Sunday afternoon at McCann Arena. Marist prevailed 79-67 in the two teams last meeting on December 5^th.
• Marist is winners of the last two matchups both in Lawrenceville, NJ.
• The last two matchups, both won by Marist, have had the exact same score, 79-67.
• Before the last two matchups, the Broncs had controlled the series of late, winning the previous nine contests dating back to 2016-17
• Rider holds the all-time series advantage, 38-26. The Red Foxes are 15-15 at home against the Broncs.
• The last time out against the Broncs, Ricardo Wright finished with 27 points and seven rebounds to pace the Red Foxes. Nine Red Foxes got in the scoring column. Raheim Sullivan (14 points) and Samkelo Cele (11) joined Wright in double digits. Marist shot .492 from the field; Rider shot .414. Marist led for over 36 minutes of the game.

Last Time Out

• Down to seven scholarship players after the loss of four players to COVID-19 health & safety protocols and one player to injury, the Red Foxes started a lineup of Noah Harris, Ricardo Wright, Samkelo Cele, Matt Herasme, and Jordan Jones. Javon Cooley and Braden Bell played key minutes off the bench.
• Behind a spirited start, the Red Foxes would jump out to an 18-10 lead with just over 10 minutes remaining in the half. They would eventually extend their lead to 29-16 before allowing Fairfield to battle back and make it a seven-point game, 32-25, before halftime.
• Fairfield came out strong in the second half, eventually tying the game at 35-35 while holding Marist to a nine-minute scoring drought.
• After a timeout, Marist would rattle off a 21-2 run spanning from the 13:02 minute mark to 5:47 left in the game, taking complete control of the game.
• Fairfield would close out the game on a 14-4 run of their own, but the damage was done as the Red Foxes would cruise to the nine-point victory.

Top Trends

• Marist has held its last five opponents to sub-40 percent shooting (.361) 106-for-294 shooting from the field and sub-27 percent shooting (.264) 32-for-121 shooting from three-point range.
• The Red Foxes are averaging 67.8 points per game in their last five, holding the opposition to 62.2 points per game.
• Ricardo Wright is averaging 13.8 points per game in his last five and shooting .475 from the field (28-for-59).
• In his last five, Samkelo Cele is averaging 10 points per game, shooting 43 percent from the field (20-for-46). Cele is also grabbing 3.2 boards per game.

Up Next

• The Red Foxes continue at home against Siena on Friday, January 14th. Tip-off set for 7 p.m.