POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team dropped a non-conference home game to Harvard by a score of 56-54 on Sunday evening at McCann Arena.
 

Summary

• Neither team led by more than two for the first 17:30 of the contest. In that span, there were 10 lead changes.
• Marist led by three on two occasions late in the first half, and was up 24-23 after 20 minutes.
• A 5-0 spurt gave Harvard the game's largest lead at five with 13:44 to play.
• A 6-0 Marist run, capped by four straight points from Parby Kabamba, put the Red Foxes up two with 9:49 left.
• Harvard then used a 6-0 run to go up five with 6:18 left.
• Marist scored seven straight, capped by a three-pointer from Rhyjon Blackwell, to go up 54-51 with 59 seconds left.
• Harvard scored the game's final five points. Chandler Pigge's three-pointer tied the game with 35 seconds left, and Robert Hinton broke the tie with two free throws with five seconds left.

 

Stats

• Kabamba led all scorers with 17. He shot 7-for-8 from the field and 3-for-4 from three-point range. He added five rebounds and two blocked shots.
• Jaden Daughtry led Marist in rebounds (six), assists (five), and blocks (four), and he also tied for the team lead in steals (two).
• Marist held Harvard to .356 shooting from the field.
• Pigge led the Crimson with 14 points.
• There were 19 lead changes and 12 ties in the game.

 

Notes

• Kabamba set career highs in points, three-pointers made, and blocked shots.

Big Shot Kabamba pic.twitter.com/ZOXuQ4hq8H

— Marist Men's Basketball (@MaristMBB) November 16, 2025

• Marist has held all four of its opponents under 40 percent from the field.
• This was Harvard's first trip to Marist since 1998. The all-time series is now 2-2.

 

Records

• Marist is now 2-2.
• Harvard is 4-1.

 

What's Next

• Marist plays the third of its six straight home games on Friday, Nov. 21 when the Red Foxes play Hudson Valley rival Army West Point.
• Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.