POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team fell to Quinnipiac, 88-76, on Saturday on Senior Night in the Red Foxes' final game of the regular season.
 
Prior to Patrick Gardner, Stephane Ingo, and Tyler Saint-Furcy, and manager Michael Santos were recognized in the Senior Night ceremony.
 
 

Summary

• Gardner recorded Marist's first five points, and eight of their first 11.
• Marist took the lead, 19-18, with 11:25 left after a three from Isaiah Brickner.
• Quinnipiac went on a 15-2 run over a 2:54 span with 10 of those points coming from junior guard Dezi Jones.
• Quinnipiac went on another run, scoring 12 straight. A three at the end of the half from Marist's Jaden Daughtry ended the scoring drought. Quinnipiac led 50-34 at halftime.
• Marist cut its deficit to 11 after an 8-0 run early in the second half with 17:16 to go.
• Kam Farris kept the game in reach after scoring eight points six minutes into the second half.
• Quinnipiac made six of its last eight field goals with 11:22 left in the second half to extend their lead to 18 points.    
• Marist cut the deficit to 10 points after two buckets apiece from Patrick Gardner and Trace Salton with 4:33 left in the game.
• Luis Kortright hit two free throws to bring Quinnipiac's lead back up to 14 with 1:09 left.

 

Stats

• Gardner led all scorers with 27 points along with nine rebounds.
• Noah Harris had seven assists, setting a career high in that category for the second straight game.   
• Marist shot 45% from the field
• Quinnipiac shot 57% from three-point range.
• Matt Balanc led Quinnipiac with 21 points, shooting 5-for-6 from behind the arc.

 

Records

• Marist is 10-19 overall and 6-14 in the MAAC.
• Quinnipiac extended their overall record to 20-11 overall and their conference record to 11-9.

 

Up Next

• Marist is back on the court on Tuesday, March 7^th in the opening round of the MAAC Basketball Championships.
• The Red Foxes will be the #11 seed, and will face #6 Manhattan at 9 p.m. The game will be shown on ESPN+. Dean Darling and Steve Eggink will have the call on the Red Fox Network.