NEW ROCHELLE, New York – The Marist women's basketball team recorded an impressive road victory at Iona on Thursday in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game. The Red Foxes defeated the MAAC regular-season champion Gaels by a score of 70-60.
 
Marist's win snapped Iona's 16-game winning streak.
 

Summary

• Marist scored the game's first eight points. Catie Cunningham started the scoring, and Kiara Fisher followed with back-to-back threes.
• Marist led by 10 on two occasions in the first quarter, and took a 26-18 lead after 10 minutes.
• A 9-0 run, punctuated by a three-pointer and layup by Morgan Tompkins on consecutive possessions, gave Marist a 13-point lead with 3:42 left in the first half.
• Marist's advantage was 39-32 at the half.
• Iona got within four with 7:04 left in the third quarter, but the Red Foxes went on a 10-3 run late in the quarter. Marist led 56-46 after three.
• A 9-0 Iona run enabled the Gaels to tie the game at 60 with 6:02 to play.
• Marist shut out Iona the rest of the way and scored the game's final 10 points.

 

Stats

• Zaria Shazer had a game-high 22 points to go along with 11 rebounds.
• Fisher (17) and Tompkins (13) gave the Red Foxes three double-digit scorers.
• Cunningham had a game-high 13 rebounds.
• Marist had a plus-8 advantage in rebounds (40-32) and a plus-6 advantage in turnovers (forced 15, committed nine).
• Marist shot .462 (6-for-13) from three-point range and .933 (14-for-15) from the free-throw line.
• Ketsia Athias led Iona in points (18) and rebounds (nine)
• The Red Foxes held Iona's leading scorer, Juana Camilion, to six points on 2-for-13 shooting.
• Iona never led in the game.

 

Notes

• Marist's 26 first-quarter points marked the Red Foxes' highest total this season.
• The Red Foxes' 39 points tied for their most in a first half this season. Marist also scored 39 in the first 20 minutes against North Florida on Nov. 19.
• Shazer had her fifth double-double of the season.
• Cunningham set a career high in rebounds.
• It was Marist's fourth game this season with under 10 turnovers.

 

Records

• Marist is now 12-16 this season and 8-11 in the MAAC.
• Iona is now 22-6 on the season and 17-2 in the MAAC.

 

Up Next

• Marist closes out the regular season on Saturday at Rider.
• Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.