POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team (10-9 overall, 5-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) plays the second of its back-to-back home games, when Saint Peter's makes the trip north to McCann Arena.
The first meeting between the Red Foxes and Peacocks this season will tip off at 2 p.m. Sunday.
- Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call on ESPN+.
- In-game updates will be available at @MaristMBB on X.
- Following Sunday's game, Marist players will be available for postgame autographs.
- Marist fell to Mount St. Mary's at home, 76-58, on Friday.
- Trace Salton scored a season-high 11 points to pace three Red Foxes who scored in double figures.
- Isaiah Brickner and Kam Farris added 10 points apiece.
- Marist is 7-3 in day games this season, with a 4-1 mark on Sundays. In the last two years, Marist is 13-6 in day games and 9-4 on Sundays.
- Marist is 3-0 with one day between games this season, with wins each of the previous three Sundays.
- By scoring a team-high 11 points against the Mount on Friday, Trace Salton became the 10th Red Fox to score in double figures this season, and the eighth to lead the Red Foxes in scoring.
- Marist is 5-1 this season when Josh Pascarelli scores at least 13 points.
- Kam Farris is averaging 10.3 points and shooting .615 (8-for-13) from three-point range in his last three games.
- The Peacocks are coming off a 68-59 home loss in overtime to Niagara on Friday.
- Corey Washington is the team's leading scorer at 14.6 points per game.
- Latrell Reid averages 12.2 points and a team-leading 4.3 assists per game.
- The Peacocks lead the MAAC in three-point percentage defense at .314.
- Head coach Bashir Mason is in his second season.
- Marist and Saint Peter's rank 1-2, respectively, in the MAAC in both field goal percentage defense (Marist .422, Saint Peter's .423) and scoring defense (Marist 63.4, Saint Peter's 63.7).
- In the last seven Marist-Saint Peter's games, neither team has scored 70 points.
- Marist heads back to the road for a pair of games next week.
- The Red Foxes travel to Siena on Thursday (7 p.m.) and Rider on Saturday (7 p.m.).
