POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team will host Quinnipiac in its regular-season finale on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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At approximately 6:45, Marist will honor four seniors:
Patrick Gardner,
Stephane Ingo,
Tyler Saint-Furcy, and manager Mike Santos.
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Entering the final day of the MAAC regular season, Marist's seed and first opponent in the MAAC Basketball Championships are unknown. The Red Foxes will open play on Tuesday, March 7 in the opening round as either the ninth, 10
th, or 11
th seed. Three games that will tip earlier Saturday – Siena-Saint Peter's (2 p.m.), Mount St. Mary's-Manhattan (2 p.m.), and Niagara-Canisius (3:30 p.m.) – will help determine the Red Foxes' first round opponent and possibly seeding.
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- Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call on ESPN3.
- In-game updates are available on Twitter at @MaristMBB.
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- The Bobcats fell in their last outing on Thursday at Fairfield, 92-82.
- Prior to that, the team's three previous games were decided by a total of seven points.
- Quinnipiac has four players averaging in double figures in scoring: Dezi Jones (12.1), Matt Balanc (11.7), Luis Kortright (10.2), and Ike Nweke (10.0).
- Paul Otieno is the Bobcats' leading rebounder at 6.9 per game.
- Head coach Baker Dunleavy is in his sixth season.
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- The home team has won the last six regular-season meetings in the series.
- Marist is 9-2 on Senior Day at McCann Arena over the last 11 years.
- In its last three games, Marist is shooting .449 (31-for-69) from three-point range, while tying a season high with 12 three-pointers in each of its last two games. The Red Foxes had shot under 35 percent from three in their nine previous games.
- Noah Harris has scored in double figures in each of his last four games, and is averaging 12.5 points per game in this span. Harris is shooting 9-for-18 from three-point range in his last two games.
