POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist women's basketball team closed out the regular season on Saturday, finishing 12-17 overall and 8-12 in conference play. Marist finished in seventh place in the MAAC this season, and will open play in the 2023 Hercules Tires MAAC Basketball Championships on Tuesday against Rider. Tip-off is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
 

Season Highlights

• Kiara Fisher broke the school and MAAC single game record scoring 44 points against Mount St. Mary's.
• Shazer led the conference in scoring against conference opponents averaging 17.25 points per game. Zaria is fourth in the conference in rebounds per game (7.70) against conference opponents.
• All of Marist's game highs for the season are against conference opponents except, Free throw percentage and fouls.
• Marist took down first place Iona in their final matchup of the regular season.
• Head Coach Brian Giorgis collected his 300^th MAAC career win this season on the road at Manhattan. Giorgis is in his 21^st and final season as the Marist women's basketball coach. His career record as a head coach sits at 463-202.

 

MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

 

Round	Game	Matchup	Date	Times
First Round	Game 1	No. 8 Mount St. Mary's vs. No. 9 Canisius	March 7	10:30 AM
First Round	Game 2	No. 7 Marist vs. No. 10 Rider	March 7	12:30 PM
First Round	Game 3	No. 6 Manhattan vs. No. 11 Saint Peter's	March 7	2:30 PM
Quarterfinal	Game 4	No. 1 Iona vs. Winner Game 1	March 8	1:00 PM
Quarterfinal	Game 5	No. 2 Niagara vs. Winner Game 2	March 8	3:30 PM
Quarterfinal	Game 6	No. 3 Quinnipiac vs. Winner Game 3	March 9	1:00 PM
Quarterfinal	Game 7	No. 4 Siena vs. No. 5 Fairfield	March 9	3:30 PM
Semifinal	Game 8	Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 7	March 10	11:00 AM
Semifinal	Game 9	Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6	March 10	1:30 PM
Championship	Game 10	Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9	March 11	3:30 PM

 
 

MAAC Championship

• The Red Foxes earned the seventh seed in the MAAC Championship. Their first-round opponent will be #10 Rider.
• Iona, Niagara, Quinnipiac, Siena and Fairfield earned a first-round bye.
• All games will be available to stream on ESPN+.
• The Red Foxes won the MAAC every year from 2006-2014. They lead the conference with 11 all-time MAAC Championships.

 

First Round Opponent

• Marist was defeated by Rider twice this season, one was on Saturday, March 4^th to close out the season.
• In the last outing, Rider defeated Marist in overtime by a score of 66-63.
• Zaria Shazer led the Red Foxes with 25 points.
• Kiara Fisher tallied 14 points, along with five assists and three steals.
• Catie Cunningham and Samantha Bailey had a game high of nine rebounds.
• Rider outrebounded Marist 40-35.
• Marist shot .371 from the field and .235 from three. While Rider shot .385 from the field and .227 from behind the arc.