WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey – The Marist women's basketball team fell to the Monmouth Hawks in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference matchup Wednesday night, 52-44.
 

Summary

• Monmouth took an early lead in the first quarter, 9-2.
• A Julianna Bonilla three-pointer started a 10-0 Red Fox run to help Marist gain a 14-12 lead after one. 
• The Hawks went on a couple mini-runs to take the lead back from the Red Foxes.
• Marist would battle to cut the lead to seven with a Trinasia Kennedy layup to end the half trailing. Marist went into the Locker room down 29-22. 
• For the first half, Marist shot .272 percent from the field and .142 from three. Monmouth shot .400 percent from the field and .230 from three. 
• The Hawks came out firing in the second half, gaining their largest margin of the game of 14 points with 4:44 remaining in the quarter.
• In the third quarter, a 7-0 Marist run just under three minutes cut the Hawks lead to single digits, 39-32.
• With 7:15 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Red Foxes went on a 6-0 run to cut the Hawks lead to five points but Monmouth would pull away with the win, 52-44.

 

Stats

• Kennedy led the Red Foxes with 10 points, six rebounds and two assists.
• Zaria Shazer collected a total of nine points and three blocks. 
• Samantha Bailey, Kendall Krick, and Bonilla tallied five points for the Red Foxes. 
• Monmouth was led Belle Kranbuhl scoring 18 points and seven rebounds. 
• The Hawks outrebounded the Red Foxes, 51-30. Thirty-eight rebounds for Monmouth were defensive boards. 

 

Records

• Marist falls to 8-19 overall and 6-13 in MAAC play. 
• Monmouth moves to 14-14 overall and 9-10 in conference play. 

 

Up Next

• The Red Foxes return to McCann Arena for their last regular season game.
• Senior night tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, March 5^th.