POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team (7-10 overall, 3-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) heads back to the road to face Mount St. Mary's (6-13, 2-6) on Sunday. The Red Foxes' second meeting in 15 days with the Mount tips off at 2 p.m.
 

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• Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) have the call on the Red Fox Network and Varsity Network app starting at 1:45.
• In-game updates are available on Twitter at @MaristMBB.
• The game will be shown on ESPN+.

 

Last Time Out

• Marist had its three-game winning streak snapped with a 61-57 home loss to Saint Peter's on Friday night.
• Patrick Gardner and Noah Harris tied for the team lead with 15 points.
• Javon Cooley had 12 points and tied Tyler Saint-Furcy for the team lead with six rebounds.
• Cooley went 7-for-7 from the free-throw line.

 

About Mount St. Mary's

• The Mount has dropped four straight, and is coming off a 72-57 loss at Siena on Friday. The Mount's three previous losses were by a combined total of 19 points.
• Jalen Benjamin and Dakota Leffew are the team's top two scorers at 14.2 and 13.4 points per game, respectively. Leffew leads the MAAC in threes per game (2.4).
• Head coach Dan Engelstad is in his fourth season, and led the Mount to the NCAA Tournament in 2021.

 

Top Tidbits

• The Mount is the first team Marist will complete its season series with this year. Marist has still yet to face two MAAC opponents (Siena and Quinnipiac).
• Marist is 4-0 in day games this season, with three of the four victories occurring away from home. The Red Foxes are also 3-0 on Sundays.
• John Dunne has won 52 games as Marist's head coach, and 28 have been away from home (25 road wins, three neutral site wins).
• Noah Harris has made 15 straight free throws, a streak that dates back to Dec. 10.
• Marist is 5-1 this season when Kam Farris scores at least 10 points in a game.

 

What's Next

• Marist starts a stretch of three games in five days when the Red Foxes host Rider on Friday, Jan. 27.
• Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
• Marist will participate in the Suits and Sneakers program for this game.