BUFFALO, New York – For the third time in program history, the Marist men's basketball team has swept the western New York trip against Niagara and Canisius. The Red Foxes pulled away for a 70-47 victory over Canisius at the Koessler Athletic Center on Saturday afternoon.
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- Marist took its first lead on a driving layup by Trace Salton, which put the Red Foxes up 6-5 at the 15:23 mark.
- Canisius took a six-point lead thanks to a 9-0 run, which put the Golden Griffins up 16-10 and led to a Marist timeout at the 11:28 mark. However, the Red Foxes tied the game with back-to-back threes by Travis Roberts and Martin Kawa.
- Marist took a five-point lead thanks to a 7-0 run, but Canisius countered with a 7-0 run of its own.
- Marist held Canisius to two points in the final 4:46, and the Red Foxes led 30-27 after 20 minutes.
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- With 18:44 left, Jadin Collins-Roberts' tip-in gave Marist a seven-point lead, its largest to that point.
- Kawa's three staked Marist to its first double-digit lead at 40-30, and led to a Canisius timeout with 14:09 left.
- Josh Pascarelli hit a pair of threes 1:03 apart, which staked Marist to a 54-40 advantage with 7:57 left.
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- Jackson Price's layup put Marist up 20 with 2:04 remaining.
- Antoni Vlogianitis' first collegiate field goal, a three-pointer, closed out the scoring with 56 seconds remaining.
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- Pascaarelli led Marist with a game-high 15 points.
- Five Red Foxes scored at least points (Pascarelli, 15; Price, 9; Collins-Roberts, 8; Elijah Lewis, 8; Tarik Watson, 8). Â
- Lewis had a game-high seven rebounds.
- Collins-Roberts and Pascarelli led Marist with four assists apiece.
- Marist outscored Canisius 40-20 in the second half.
- Marist held a +19 rebounding edge (42-23).
- Paul McMillan IV led Canisius with 13, but Marist held McMillan – the MAAC's leading scorer – seven points under his average as he shot 5-for-20.
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- This is the third time Marist earned a road sweep of Niagara and Canisius, having previously accomplished the feat in 2014-15 and 2022-23.
- Pascarelli has scored in double figures in all 18 of Marist's games.
- Marist's rebounding margin of +19 is a season best.
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- Marist is 15-3 overall and 8-1 in the MAAC.
- Canisius is 2-18 overall and 2-7 in conference play.
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- Marist returns home to face Siena in a contest that will be televised by ESPNU on Friday, Jan. 31.
- Tip-off has been moved to 9 p.m.