POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team (16-11 overall, 11-7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) plays at Quinnipiac (21-8, 13-5) on Thursday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
This is the Red Foxes' second-to-last game of the regular season, and it is their final road contest. The Bobcats currently sit in first place in the MAAC, while the Red Foxes are in fourth. The top five teams earned a bye to the quarterfinals in next week's conference championship.
- Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) have the call on the Red Fox Network and Varsity Network app starting at 6:45.
- In-game updates are available at @MaristMBB on X.
- Steve Lenox, Dianne Nolan, and Billy Mecca have the call on ESPN+.
- Marist fell to Iona by a score of 71-64 at McCann Arena on Sunday.
- Max Allen II led the Red Foxes with 15 points.
- Javon Cooley scored a season-high 14 points and tied his season high with eight rebounds.
- If Marist goes 2-0 to close the season, the Red Foxes will be seeded 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the MAAC Championships. A 1-1 mark means a 3, 4, or 5 seed. An 0-2 mark means a 5, 6, or 7 seed.
- Through March 5, Marist is fifth in the NCAA in scoring defense (61.8 ppg).
- Marist is 8-7 on the road this season. This road win total is the program's highest since the 2006-07 season (9-6).
- Jaden Daughtry is averaging 10.0 rebounds in his last three games.
- Javon Cooley is third in the MAAC in three-point percentage (.455). Cooley is 13-for-22 (.591) from three-point range in his last eight games.
- The Bobcats currently sit in first place in the MAAC at 13-5. They have won two straight, including a 71-57 triumph over Siena in their last outing on Sunday.
- Quinnipiac leads the MAAC in scoring offense (78.2 points per game).
- Matt Balanc is second in the conference in scoring (18.4 ppg), Paul Otieno leads the MAAC in field goal percentage (.623), and Savion Lewis is tops in the conference in assists (7.4 apg).
- Head coach Tom Pecora is in his first season at the helm and seventh on staff.
- Marist plays its final game of the regular season on Saturday, March 9 against Niagara at 2 p.m. at McCann Arena.
- Prior to the game, manager Joey Viner along with Kam Farris and Javon Cooley will be honored on Senior Day.
