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70
Winner Marist Marist 15-3,8-1 MAAC
47
Canisius Canis 2-18,2-7 MAAC
Winner
Marist Marist
15-3,8-1 MAAC
70
Final
47
Canisius Canis
2-18,2-7 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Marist Marist 30 40 70
Canisius Canis 27 20 47
Josh Pascarelli - men's basketball
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Josh Pascarelli scored a game-high 15 points

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Mike Ferraro

Marist Completes Western New York Sweep

Red Foxes Pull Away for Victory at Canisius

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.
 
First Half
  • 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.
 
Second Half
  • 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.

 
  • 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.

 
Stats
  • 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).  
  • 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.
 
Notes
  • 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.
 
Records
  • Marist is 15-3 overall and 8-1 in the MAAC.
  • Canisius is 2-18 overall and 2-7 in conference play.
 
Up Next
  • 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.
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