Men’s Basketball Faces Manhattan Friday

Red Foxes Take on Jaspers at 7 p.m.

RIVERDALE, New York - The Marist men's basketball team returns to action on Friday night at Manhattan. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

Summary

Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call on the Red Fox Network and Varsity Network app starting at 6:45.
Eddy Occhipinti (play-by-play) and Chris Williams (analyst) have the call on ESPN3.
In-game updates are available on Twitter at @MaristMBB.

Last Time Out

Marist defeated Niagara by a score of 61-52 on Sunday at McCann Arena.
Patrick Gardner scored his 2,000th collegiate point and tied Kam Farris for the team lead with 14 points.
Farris also tied his career highs in rebounds (six) as well as free throws made and attempted (6-for-6).
Marist held Niagara to a .288 mark from the field.

About Manhattan

The Jaspers are coming off a 73-72 win at Fairfield on Sunday, and have won four of their last six.
Ant Nelson leads the Jaspers in scoring and is fifth in the MAAC (15.4 ppg).
Josh Roberts leads the MAAC in rebounding (9.9 rpg), blocked shots (1.7 bpg), and field goal percentage (.708).
Manhattan has played five overtime games this year, including three in MAAC play.
Interim head coach RaShawn Stores is in his first season leading the program and sixth year on staff after helping the Jaspers win two MAAC championships as a player in 2014 and 2015.

Top Tidbits

Since the 2015-16 season, Marist is 5-3 at Draddy Gymnasium. Marist had lost 13 of its previous 14 at Manhattan.
Patrick Gardner has led Marist in scoring 20 times this season, including in each of the Red Foxes' last 14 games.
Gardner has 10 games with at least 20 points (team record: 5-5), five with at least 25 (4-1), and one over 30 (1-0).
Marist is 6-4 when Kam Farris scores at least 10 points. Farris has scored in double figures three times in his last four games, and is averaging 11.8 points per game in that span.
Farris is 20-for-24 (.833) from the line in his last seven games.

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