POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – After back-to-back road games, the Marist men's basketball team (7-2) returns to McCann Arena on Saturday to face UMBC (7-6) in a non-conference match-up. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.
 

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Dean Darling (play-by-play), Steve Eggink (analyst), and William Rosen (analyst) have the call on ESPN+.
• Follow on X for in-game updates - @MaristMBB.

 

LAST TIME OUT

• Marist won its third straight with a 68-66 road triumph over Stony Brook on Tuesday.
• The Red Foxes overcame a 14-point deficit in the first half to prevail.
• Elijah Lewis scored his 1,000th collegiate point in the contest, and with 16 points, he paced four Marist scorers in double figures.
• Josh Pascarelli had 15, while Jaden Daughtry and Jackson Price added 10 apiece.
• Daughtry had a game-high eight rebounds.
• Jason Schofield led all players with a career-high seven assists.

 

ABOUT UMBC

• In their last game on Wednesday, the Retrievers fell to ACC foe Georgia Tech by a score of 91-82.
• UMBC is averaging 83.0 points per game and shoots .481 from the field.
• Three Retrievers are averaging in double figures: Bryce Johnson (14.9 ppg), Marcus Banks Jr. (13.4 ppg), and Josh Odunowo (10.9 ppg).
• Odunowo averages a team-best 5.2 rebounds per game.
• Ace Valentine is averaging a team-best 3.5 assists per game, and is shooting .645 from the field.
• Head coach Jim Ferry is in his fourth season.

 

TOP TIDBITS

• A win would give Marist its best after 10 games (8-2) since the 2006-07 season, and would be tied for third best in its Division I history. Marist started 9-1 in 1995-96 and 1998-99.
• A win would give Marist its seventh winning streak of at least four games in head coach John Dunne's seven-year tenure.
• Marist overcame a 14-point deficit to win at Stony Brook on Dec. 17. It was the 12th time in Coach Dunne's tenure that the Red Foxes overcame a double-digit deficit to win.
• Marist is 3-0 in games decided by three points or less.
• Marist's last five games have all been decided by seven or less.

 

WHAT'S NEXT

• Marist plays its final non-conference game on Sunday, Dec. 29 as the Red Foxes host Binghamton.
• Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.