POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team (3-2) plays the final game of its November schedule, as well as the fourth contest in its six-game homestand, on Tuesday night against Lehigh at McCann Arena.
Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
- The game will be shown on ESPN+ with Dean Darling (play-by-play), Steve Eggink (analyst), and William Rosen (sideline) on the call.
- In-game updates will be available on X - @MaristMBB.
- Marist earned a 76-65 home win over Army this past Friday.
- The Red Foxes had four double-digit scorers: Myles Parker (17), Elijah Lewis (12), Jadin Collins-Roberts (12), and Rhyjon Blackwell (10).
- Marist had season bests for fewest points allowed in a first half (22) and most points scored in a second half (48), as the Red Foxes shot .576 (19-for-33) from the field in the final 20 minutes.
- Lewis grabbed a team-best seven rebounds.
- Justin Menard totaled eight points, six assists, five rebounds, and two steals.
- In their last outing on Friday, the Mountain Hawks fell at Columbia by a score of 82-67.
- Lehigh has three double-digit scorers: Nasir Whitlock (15.3 ppg), Andrew Urosevic (14.5), and Joshua Ingram (10.0), followed closely by Hank Alvey (9.8).
- Last season, Lehigh went 11-19 overall and 6-12 in Patriot League play.
- The Mountain Hawks were picked to finish eighth in this year's Patriot League Preseason Poll.
- Head coach Dr. Brett Reed is in his 19th season.
- It is the fourth straight year Marist & Lehigh have met.
- Marist has scored at least 40 points in a half in five of its 10 halves this year (Army, 48 in the second half; Vassar, 47 in the first half and 46 in the second half; Xavier, 43 in the second half; Dartmouth, 40 in the first half).
- Marist has had three halves holding a team under 25 points (Dartmouth, 21 in the second half; Army, 22 in the first half; Harvard, 23 in the first half).
- Marist is shooting .810 (34-for-42) from the free-throw line over its past four games.
- Eight different Red Foxes have scored in double figures in a game this season.
- After a season-long gap of nine days, Marist will return to action with its Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener on Friday, Dec. 5 against Mount St. Mary's at McCann Arena.
- Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
