POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team (4-9 overall, 0-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) plays its second home game in three days on Sunday, when the Red Foxes host Mount St. Mary's (6-9, 2-2). Tip-off will be at 2 p.m.
- Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) have the call on ESPN3.
- In-game updates are available on Twitter at @MaristMBB.
- Marist lost at home to Iona by a score of 84-57 on Friday.
- Patrick Gardner led Marist with 16 points and three assists, and his four rebounds tied Javon Cooley and Trace Salton for the team high.
- Salton shot 3-for-3 from the field and tied his career high with seven points.
- The Mount is in its first year in the MAAC after being part of the Northeast Conference from 1990-2022.
- The Mountaineers were last in action on Monday, when they recorded a 64-60 road win against Canisius.
- Preseason Third Team All-MAAC selection Jalen Benjamin is the team's leading scorer at 15.0 points per game, followed by Dakota Leffew at 13.2.
- Leffew and Marist's Noah Harris rank 1-2 in the MAAC in three-pointers game with 2.5 and 2.3, respectively.
- Malik Jefferson leads the Mount and is sixth in the MAAC in rebounds per game (6.9).
- Head coach Dan Engelstad is in his fourth season, and led the Mount to the NCAA Tournament in 2021.
- Marist and Mount St. Mary's were both members of the Northeast Conference from 1990-97. This is the first meeting between the teams since 1997.
- In his last six games, Patrick Gardner is shooting .581 from the field, .357 from three-point range, and .813 from the free-throw line. In this span, he is averaging 18.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game. He has shot at least 50 percent from the field five times in these games.
- Isaiah Brickner has made his last 19 free throw attempts, and has blocked a shot in five straight games. ... Noah Harris has made nine consecutive free throws.
Marist will head to western New York for road games against Canisius (Friday, 7 p.m.) and Niagara (Sunday, 1 p.m.).
