ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – The sixth-seeded Marist Men's basketball team lost to 11^th-seeded Quinnipiac, 77-52, in the opening round of the 2022 Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall.
 

Summary

• Quinnipiac jumped out to an early 6-2 lead, but back-to-back baskets by Raheim Sullivan and Jordan Jones gave Marist its first lead – 9-8 at the 14:13 mark.
• Quinnipiac then went on a 10-0 run, which included three-pointers by Dezi Jones and Luis Kortright.
• The Bobcats' lead reached 11 on a three-pointer by Jacob Rigoni at the 6:47 mark, but Marist scored the next six, with four coming from Jao Ituka.
• Jordan Jones scored the final four points of the first half, which narrowed the Red Foxes' deficit to 31-25 going to the locker room.
• Marist never got closer than six in the second half. Quinnipiac was up by at least 20 for the final 5:33, and the Bobcats' lead reached as high as 27.

 

Stats

• Ricardo Wright led the Red Foxes with 14 points. He was one of three Red Foxes to score in double digits, as he was joined by Jordan Jones (12) and Raheim Sullivan (10).
• Jones, Wright, and Matt Herasme paced the Red Foxes with five rebounds apiece.
• Jacob Rigoni scored a game-high 26 points for Quinnipiac. Rigoni shot 7-for-11 from three-point range. Dezi Jones had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists.
• Quinnipiac shot 17-for-35 (.486) from three-point range. Marist shot 2-for-17 (.118)

 

From Coach Dunne

"Have to give them credit," Marist head coach John Dunne said. "They were just better than for sure. … They moved the ball well, and they made a lot of shots."
 

Records

• Marist finished 14-16.
• Quinnipiac is now 13-16.