POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team (11-2 overall, 4-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) takes aim at its eighth straight win on Sunday afternoon, when the Red Foxes host conference rival Fairfield (6-9, 2-2) at McCann Arena.
Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. The first 200 fans will receive a schedule magnet.
- Dean Darling (play-by-play), Steve Eggink (analyst), and William Rosen (sideline) will have the call on ESPN+.
- Follow on X for in-game updates - @MaristMBB.
- Marist won its seventh straight last Sunday with a 69-62 home triumph over Quinnipiac.
- Josh Pascarelli scored a game-high 20 points and secured a game-high eight rebounds.
- Elijah Lewis (19), Jadin Collins-Roberts (10), and Jackson Price (10) also scored in double figures.
- Jaden Daughtry had seven rebounds, three blocked shots, and three steals.
- Marist led by as much as 20, and the Red Foxes held Quinnipiac to .373 shooting from the field.
- The Stags are coming off a 68-64 home victory over Iona in their most recent outing on Friday, as they were led in scoring by Deon Perry (22 points in 20 minutes off the bench).
- Prophet Johnson leads Fairfield in both points (11.7) and rebounds (7.0) per game. Johnson is fourth in the MAAC in rebounds and sixth in steals (1.7 spg).
- As a team, the Stags lead the MAAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.28), and are second in turnover margin (+1.87).
- Head coach Chris Casey is in his second season at the helm and his sixth at Fairfield.
- With a win, Marist would tie its longest winning streak to start MAAC play (5-0, 2000-01 season) in program history.
- Josh Pascarelli has scored at least 15 points in six straight games.
- Elijah Lewis is the MAAC's leader in free-throw percentage (.893), and he is 14-for-15 (.933) from the line in the final minute of regulation and overtime this season.
- Jadin Collins-Roberts is shooting 18-for-28 (.643) from the field in his last four games, and he has shot at least 50 percent from the field in all four of them.
- Marist is 5-0 in day games this season, and is 20-8 in the last three seasons.
- Marist heads back to the road to face Saint Peter's on Thursday, Jan. 16.
- Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
