POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team (2-4) seeks its second straight win on Monday night, when the Red Foxes host Ivy League foe Columbia (2-6) at McCann Arena. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
 

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• Dean Darling play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) have the call on ESPN+.
• In-game updates are available via Twitter at @MaristMBB.

 

Last Time Out

• Marist defeated Bucknell by a score of 60-54 in overtime on Saturday, Nov. 26.
• Patrick Gardner had a team-high 16 points plus nine rebounds.
• Javon Cooley had his first career double-double with 13 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. Stephane Ingo had 12 rebounds, with seven coming on the offensive end.
• Noah Harris scored 13 points and tied his career high with three steals.
• Marist held Bucknell to .339 shooting from the field after the Bison had entered the contest ranked in the nation's top 10 in field goal percentage and effective field goal percentage.

 

About Columbia

• In their last outing on Saturday, the Lions fell at Providence by a score of 78-64.
• Columbia was picked to finish eighth in the Ivy League Preseason Poll.
• Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa leads Columbia in scoring (14.3 ppg), rebounding (6.3 rpg), and steals (1.6 spg).
• Head coach Jim Engles is in his seventh year.

 

Top Tidbits

• Marist is 7-2 all-time against Columbia, including a 5-0 mark at home.
• The last meeting between the teams at McCann Arena was an 82-76 Marist win on Nov. 10, 2018. It was John Dunne's first win as the Red Foxes' head coach.
• Marist is the only team in the MAAC with two of the top five rebounders. Patrick Gardner is third (7.8) and Javon Cooley is fifth (7.2).
• Cooley is the lone Red Fox to hit a three-pointer in every game this season, and also the only one with a steal in every game this season.
• In Isaiah Brickner's three starts, he has seven assists and no turnovers in 84 minutes.

 
 

What's Next

• Marist will play in London, England as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame London Showcase.
• The Red Foxes will take on Maine on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern.
• The game will be televised on ESPNU.