POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team will open the 2023 Hercules Tires MAAC Basketball Championships at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Tuesday night. The 11^th-seeded Red Foxes will face sixth-seeded Manhattan. Tip-off time is listed at 9 p.m.
 

Championship Coverage

 
Radio

• Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the audio call for all of Marist's games in the championship on the Red Fox Network.
• Coverage for each game will begin 15 minutes prior to tip-off on the Red Fox Network and Varsity Network app.

 
Television

• The entire championship will be covered on the ESPN Family of Networks.
• The opening and quarterfinal rounds will be carried on ESPN+.
• The semifinal will air on ESPNEWS.
• The championship game will be televised on ESPNU.

 
Updates

• Follow Marist men's basketball on Twitter - @MaristMBB.

 

About the Red Foxes

 
Season Overview

• Marist went 10-19 in the regular season with a 6-14 record in MAAC play.
• The Red Foxes had two three-game winning streaks and four losing streaks of three games or longer.
• Marist lost its first four MAAC games, then won three straight, and then dropped five straight. The Red Foxes then went 3-3 in February and 0-2 in March.
• Patrick Gardner finished the regular season second in the MAAC in scoring (18.8 ppg) and was named Second Team All-MAAC.
• The Red Foxes won the MAAC Rookie of the Week award three times in a four-week span, with two honors for Isaiah Brickner and one for Trace Salton. Brickner was selected to the MAAC All-Rookie Team.

 
Top Tidbits

• Marist has appeared in the opening round 9 p.m. game (#6 vs. #11) seven times in 10 years since the MAAC went to 11 teams in the 2013-14 season - five times as the #11 seed, and twice as the #6 seed.
• The #11 seed has won in the opening round each of the last two years.
• Marist has had its three highest assist totals of the season in its last three games (18 at Manhattan, Feb. 24; 17 at Iona, March 2; 16 vs. Quinnipiac, March 4).
• In its last four games, Marist is shooting .430 (40-for-93) from three-point range.
• Patrick Gardner has led Marist in scoring 22 times in 29 games.

 

vs. Manhattan

 
History

• Manhattan leads the all-time series 31-25.
• John Dunne is 7-3 against the Jaspers as the Red Foxes' head coach. In his tenure at Marist, Dunne's .700 winning percentage against Manhattan is his highest against any MAAC foe.

 
This Season

• The teams split the season series, with each one winning on the road.
• Marist's MAAC opener took place on Dec. 19 in Poughkeepsie, which the Jaspers won, 80-69.
• Marist prevailed at Manhattan in the second meeting by a score of 81-58 on Feb. 24. It was the Red Foxes' largest margin of victory at Draddy Gymnasium in program history, and the largest by Marist in a game this season.

 
First Meeting: Manhattan 80, Marist 69 - December 19, 2022

• Manhattan had a 16-point lead in the first half, and Marist never got closer than six in the second half.
• The Jaspers shot 14-for-26 (.538) from three-point range.
• Ant Nelson (9-for-13 from the field, 3-for-3 from three) led all scorers with 22, followed by Samir Stewart (6-for-10 from the field, 6-for-9 from three) with 20. Nick Brennen (5-for-8 from the field, 2-for-4 from three) had 15 points, and Adam Cisse had 11 rebounds (seven offensive).
• Third Team All-MAAC selection Josh Roberts was out for Manhattan due to injury.
• Noah Harris led Marist with 14 points, and Stephane Ingo had a game-high 12 rebounds (nine offensive).  

 
Second Meeting: Marist 81, Manhattan 58 - February 24, 2023

• A 10-0 run staked Manhattan to a six-point lead near the midway point of the first half, but the Red Foxes outscored the Jaspers 77-48 over the final 30 minutes.
• Patrick Gardner had a game-high 25 points, with 20 coming in the second half.
• Stephane Ingo had a career-high 17 points and game-high 11 rebounds.
• Noah Harris (15 points) and Javon Cooley (10 points) also scored in double figures for Marist, which shot 12-for-26 (.462) from three-point range.
• Josh Roberts led Manhattan in points (14) and rebounds (seven).
• Ant Nelson was held to six points and shot 0-for-11 from the field.
• The Jaspers shot 4-for-19 (.211) from three-point range.

 
Notes From The Season Series

• Four Red Foxes averaged 10+ points: Patrick Gardner (18.5), Noah Harris (14.5), Stephane Ingo (12.5), and Javon Cooley (11.5). Ingo also averaged 11.5 rebounds, and Harris shot 8-for-16 from three.
• As a team, Marist shot .482 from the field and .426 from three.
• Gardner's 12 points in the first meeting was the lowest he scored against any MAAC opponent this season.
• Five Jaspers averaged in double figures: Samir Stewart (15.0), Ant Nelson (14.0), Josh Roberts (14.0 in one game), Nick Brennen (12.0), and Marques Watson (11.0). Stewart was the only one to score 10+ in both games.
• Manhattan shot .416 from the field, .400 from three-point range, and .765 from the free-throw line.

 
Championship History

• This will be the third meeting between Marist and Manhattan in MAAC Championship history.
• The Red Foxes fell to the Jaspers in back-to-back years: 74-58 in the 2015 quarterfinals, and 81-63 in the 2016 opening round.