POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Winners of eight straight, the Marist men's basketball team (12-2 overall, 5-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) returns to action on Thursday night against Saint Peter's (6-7, 1-4) in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Tip-off at Run Baby Run Arena is set for 7 p.m.
- Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call on the Red Fox Network and Varsity Network app. Coverage begins at 6:45.
- Drew Carey (play-by-play) and Dominique Patrick (analyst) will have the call on ESPN+.
- Follow on X for in-game updates - @MaristMBB.
- Marist earned its eighth straight win with a 61-51 home triumph against Fairfield on Sunday.
- The Red Foxes had four double-digit scorers: Jackson Price (12), Elijah Lewis (12), Jaden Daughtry (11), and Josh Pascarelli (11).
- Marist had a 42-12 advantage in points in the paint, and held Fairfield to .365 shooting from the field.
- The Peacocks, who won the MAAC championship last season, are coming off a 62-49 victory at Canisius on Sunday.
- Marcus Randolph is the team's leading scorer at 14.5 points per game, which ranks ninth in the MAAC.
- Stephon Roberts averages 7.1 rebounds per game, which ranks third in the conference.
- Saint Peter's leads the MAAC in scoring defense (64.9 points per game).
- Head coach Bashir Mason, who was an assistant coach at Marist from 2008-10, is in his third season leading the Peacocks.
- With a win, Marist would start a MAAC season 6-0 for the first time in its 28 years in the conference. This is the Red Foxes' second 5-0 start, with the first coming in 2000-01.
- A win would also extend Marist's winning streak to nine, which would tie the program's second-longest winning streak in its Division I history.
- Marist has held its last four opponents under 40 percent from the field. The Red Foxes' foes are shooting .343 (79-for-230) in this span.
- Marist is 7-1 when trailing (5-1) or tied (2-0) at halftime this season.
- Neither team has scored 70 points in the last nine Marist-Saint Peter's games.
- Marist returns home to face Rider on Saturday, Jan. 18.
- Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
