POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team plays back-to-back home games at McCann Arena this weekend. The Red Foxes open the weekend by hosting Fairfield on Friday at 7.
 

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• Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call on ESPN+.
• In-game updates are available on Twitter at @MaristMBB.

 

Last Time Out

• Marist was defeated at Siena, 73-65, this past Sunday.
• Patrick Gardner had game highs of 25 points and 10 rebounds. Gardner shot 10-for-15 from the field and 5-for-6 from three-point range as he set a season high for three-pointers made and had his second double-double of the season.
• Kam Farris added 11 points and shot 4-for-5 from the free-throw line.

 

About Fairfield

• The Stags are coming off a 76-72 home overtime win against Mount St. Mary's in their last outing this past Sunday.
• Four Stags scored in double figures, led by TJ Long with 21 points. Long went 9-for-9 from the free-throw line.
• Supreme Cook had 14 points and a game-high 14 rebounds against Mount St. Mary's. Cook leads the Stags in scoring (13.1 ppg) and rebounding (8.4 rpg), and is third in the MAAC in rebounding.
• Head coach Jay Young, a 1986 Marist graduate, is in his fourth season.

 

Top Tidbits

• The teams have split the season series each of the last three years.
• Patrick Gardner is tied for the MAAC lead in scoring (18.9 ppg) with Niagara's Noah Thomasson. Both have scored 453 points in 24 games.
• Gardner has led in Marist in scoring for 12 straight games, and has led in assists 10 times in the last 16 games.
• Kam Farris has attempted 18 of his 46 free throws this season in his last five games. Farris is 14-for-18 (.778) in this stretch.

 

What's Next

• Marist continues its weekend homestand on Sunday, when Niagara comes to McCann Arena.
• Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.