POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team returns to action on Saturday, when the Red Foxes play a non-conference game at Bryant. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m.
Marist stands at 6-2 overall, and enters the contest with a four-game winning streak.
- Mike Ferraro (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call on the Red Fox Network and Varsity Network app. The pregame show will start at 3:40 p.m.
- The game will be shown live on ESPN+, with Jon Wallach and Jackson Walsh on the call.
- In-game updates will be available on X - @MaristMBB.
- Marist won its fourth straight with an 80-68 home triumph over Manhattan on Sunday, Dec. 7.
- Elijah Lewis led all scorers with 22 points, and Rhyjon Blackwell had 17. Lewis and Blackwell tied for the team lead with eight rebounds.
- Tarik Watson scored 13 in 14 minutes off the bench.
- Justin Menard contributed eight points, 11 assists, and six rebounds.
- Bryant is coming off a 69-63 loss at Iona on Wednesday.
- Aaron Davis III led Bryant with 18 points and shot 6-for-8 from behind the arc as the Bulldogs hit 15 threes in the contest.
- Timofei Rudovskii, who had 17 points and 11 rebounds against Iona, averages a team-best 12.1 points per game.
- Bryant won the America East Conference championship last year, and the Bulldogs have won nine straight at home dating back to last season.
- Head coach Jamion Christian is in his first season at Bryant, and previously led programs at Mount St. Mary's, Siena, and George Washington.
- Marist currently ranks first in the NCAA in three-point percentage defense (.235), sixth in field goal percentage defense (.363), and seventh in scoring defense (60.4).
- Marist currently has its ninth winning streak of at least four games in head coach John Dunne's eight-year tenure. A win would give Marist its fifth five-game winning streak in the last five years.
- Dunne has a 9-4 record vs. the America East as Marist's head coach.
- Since the start of the 2022-23 season, Marist is 32-13 in day games.
- Jadin Collins-Roberts is tied for first in the MAAC with a .581 field goal percentage.
- Marist heads to Atlanta to face Georgia Tech of the ACC on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
- Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
