POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team will be in search of its fourth straight win on Friday night, when the Red Foxes (7-9 overall, 3-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) host Saint Peter's (7-11, 2-7). 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 ESPN3.
• In-game updates are available on Twitter at @MaristMBB.

 

Last Time Out

• Marist completed its second sweep of the Canisius/Niagara trip in program history with a 66-64 win over the Purple Eagles on Sunday.
• Patrick Gardner hit the game-winning shot with 6.8 seconds remaining. Gardner's 31 points were the most by a Red Fox this season. The following day, Gardner was named MAAC Player of the Week, and Isaiah Brickner was named MAAC Rookie of the Week
• Kam Farris added 18 points. He shot 6-for-9 from the field and drained both of his three-point attempts.
• Marist shot over 50 percent from the field for the second straight game (.533).

 

About Saint Peter's

• The Peacocks have dropped five straight, with the last three all coming by seven points or less.
• Isiah Dasher leads Saint Peter's in scoring (14.1 ppg).
• Latrell Reid leads the Peacocks in rebounds, assists, and steals. He is third in the MAAC in assists and steals, and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Head coach Bashir Mason is in his first season at Saint Peter's. He was an assistant coach at Marist from 2008-10.

 

Top Tidbits

• Marist is seeking its fourth winning streak of at least four games in head coach John Dunne's tenure. The Red Foxes won six straight last year, four straight in 2020-21, and four in a row in 2018-19.
• Marist has shot above 50 percent from the field in each of its last two games. This is the first time Marist has done this since it happened twice in 2018-19.
• In his last five games, Patrick Gardner is shooting 44-for-62 (.710) from the field, including 37-for-42 (.881) on two-pointers. Marist is 6-3 when Gardner has at least 15 field goal attempts.
• Isaiah Brickner has made 28 straight free throws.

 

What's Next

• Marist heads back to the road to face Mount St. Mary's.
• The second meeting between the Red Foxes and Mountaineers in 15 days will take place on Sunday at 2 p.m.