ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Sophomore guards Josh Pascarelli and Jadin Collins-Roberts of the Marist men's basketball team were both named Preseason All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Pascarelli was a First Team honoree, while Collins-Roberts was a Second Team selection.
 
This marked the first time Marist had two Preseason All-MAAC selections since Chavaughn Lewis and Khallid Hart were both named Preseason Second Team All-MAAC prior to the 2014-15 season. Pascarelli is Marist's first Preseason First Team All-MAAC selection since Hart prior to the 2016-17 season.
 

JOSH PASCARELLI

• Pascarelli was a MAAC All-Rookie Team selection last year.
• Ranked in the top 10 in the MAAC in both three-point percentage (.378, sixth) and three-pointers per game (2.0, ninth).
• Scored a season-high 26 points at Dartmouth on Dec. 9, which earned him MAAC Rookie of the Week two days later.
• Had 16 games with at least 10 points last season, with four of at least 20.
• Averaged 10.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game last year.

 

JADIN COLLINS-ROBERTS

• Collins-Roberts was a MAAC All-Championship Team selection last year.
• Was the only Red Fox to start all 31 games last season.
• Had highs of 20 points and five steals plus four assists while shooting 9-for-11 from the field against Niagara in the MAAC Championship quarterfinals on March 14.
• Notched his first collegiate double-double with 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds at Quinnipiac on March 7.
• Averaged 9.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.7 steals (seventh in the MAAC) last season.

 

COACHES' POLL

• Marist was picked to finish second with 144 points.
• The Red Foxes received one first-place vote.
• This is the highest Marist has been chosen in the Preseason Poll since being picked first prior to the 2006-07 season. The Red Foxes won the MAAC regular-season title that year.
• Last year, Marist had its highest seed in the MAAC Championship (third) in 17 years, and its highest win total in 16 years.

 

FROM THE MAAC

2024 MAAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll
1-Quinnipiac, 166 (11)
2-Marist, 144 (1)
3-Iona, 139
4-Fairfield, 119 (1)
5-Saint Peter's, 118
6-Merrimack, 112
7-Rider, 99
8-Niagara, 66
9-Siena, 54
10-Manhattan, 49
11-Mount St. Mary's, 42
12-Canisius, 38
13-Sacred Heart, 37
First-place votes are in parentheses.
 
Preseason Player of the Year
Amarri Monroe – Quinnipiac
 
Preseason All-MAAC First Team
Josh Pascarelli, Marist
Dejour Reaves, Iona
Adam "Budd" Clark, Merrimack
Savion Lewis, Quinnipiac
Amarri Monroe, Quinnipiac
 
Preseason All-MAAC Second Team
Jadin Collins-Roberts, Marist
Deon Perry, Fairfield
James "Biggie" Patterson, Iona
Shaquil Bender, Manhattan
Paul Otieno, Quinnipiac
Major Freeman, Siena
 
Preseason All-MAAC Third Team
Clarence Rupert, Iona
Jaden Winston, Manhattan
Dola Adebayo, Mount St. Mary's
Tanner Thomas, Sacred Heart
Marcus Randolph, Saint Peter's
Mouhamed Sow, Saint Peter's
 
Marist opens the 2024-25 season, its seventh under head coach John Dunne, on Nov. 4 at Harvard. The Red Foxes' home opener will take place on Nov. 15 against Army West Point.
 
Season and single-game tickets are on sale now. For further information, contact the Marist Ticket Office at (845) 575-3553 or MaristTickets@Marist.edu.