POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team (7-2) returns to action Tuesday night in Atlanta, when the Red Foxes take Georgia Tech (6-4) of the ACC.
 
Tip-off is set for 7:30 as the Red Foxes seek their fifth straight win.
 

Follow Us

• Dean Darling (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 7:10 p.m.
• The game will be shown live on ACC Network Extra and ESPN+, with Wiley Ballard (play-by-play) and Jon Babul (analyst) on the call.
• In-game updates will be available on X - @MaristMBB.

 

Last TIme Out

• Marist won its fifth straight with an 82-74 road victory at Bryant on Saturday, Dec. 13.
• Justin Menard led all scorers with 27 points, going 7-for-12 from the field, 5-for-7 from three-point range, and 8-for-8 from the free-throw line.
• Elijah Lewis scored 18 on 7-for-11 shooting, and Jason Schofield added 12 off the bench on 6-for-9 shooting.
• Marist shot 20-for-21 (.952) from the free-throw line.

 

Player of the Week

• Following his performance against Bryant on Saturday, Justin Menard was named Air Force Reserve Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday.
• Menard's 27 points were the most scored by a MAAC player last week.
• Menard scored 23 points in the second half. He hit four three-pointers in a span of five-and-a-half minutes early in the half, and he went 6-for-6 from the line in the last 30 seconds. All of his free throws were one-and-ones.

 

About Georgia Tech

• In their last contest on Saturday, Dec. 6, the Yellow Jackets earned a 79-67 home victory over Monmouth.
• Kowacie Reeves Jr. leads Georgia Tech in scoring (14.8 ppg), and is followed by Baye Ndongo (11.8 ppg) and Mouhamed Sylla (11.2 ppg).
• Sylla leads the team in rebounds (8.8 rpg) and field goal percentage (.608), followed by Ndongo (7.8 rpg, .603).
• Georgia Tech was picked to finish 13th in the ACC Preseason Poll, with Ndongo named Preseason Second Team All-ACC.

 

Top Tidbits

• This is the fifth all-time meeting between Marist and Georgia Tech. The first occurred in the Red Foxes' first NCAA Tournament game in program history in 1986.
• Marist is looking for its first win against an ACC opponent in program history (13 previous games).
• Marist ranks ninth in the NCAA in free-throw percentage (.789) after going 20-for-21 (.952) at Bryant. The Red Foxes are shooting .815 from the line in their last eight games.
• Marist has forced an average of 17.0 turnovers in its last three games.
• Justin Menard has set a new career high in scoring three times in his last seven games.

 
 

What's Next

• Marist closes out its non-conference schedule with a home game against Stony Brook on Sunday, Dec. 21.
• Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. This is the first half of a split-admission doubleheader with the Marist women's basketball team, who will host Quinnipiac at 5 p.m.