POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist men's basketball team fell to Siena by a score of 70-55 in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference matchup on Sunday afternoon at McCann Arena.
 

Summary

 

• Marist jumped out to an early 11-1 lead courtesy of an 8-0 run that was capped off by a Patrick Gardner free throw. The Red Foxes held the Saints without a field goal for the first 6:57.
• The Saints countered with a quick 8-0 run of their own in less than a minute to make it 11-9 at the 12:20 mark.
• Siena made six straight field goals to capture its first lead of the game as they led 17-15 with 7:47 remaining in the first half.
• The Red Foxes trailed 31-25 at halftime as the Saints made their final five shot attempts to close the first half.
• An 11-1 run pushed the Saints lead to double-digits as they led 51-40 with 7:37 remaining in the second half. Marist wouldn't get within single digits the rest of the way.
• The Saints' largest lead of the game was 17.

 

Stats

 

• Patrick Gardner had team highs of 18 points and seven rebounds in addition to two steals and a block.
• Kam Farris contributed 14 points including a career-high six makes from the free throw line (6-for-6).
• Jaden Daughtry swiped a career-high three steals.
• Marist shot .377 from the field (20-for-53) while Siena shot .417 (20-for-48).
• The Red Foxes shot .111 from three-point range (2-for-18) while the Saints shot .389 (7-for-18).

 

Records

 

• Marist falls to 7-13 overall and 3-8 in the MAAC.
• Siena improves to 15-7 on the season and 9-2 in the conference.

 

Up Next

• Marist closes out its stretch of three games in five days at Quinnipiac on Tuesday.
• Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.