POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Marist women's basketball welcomes MAAC rivals Siena to Poughkeepsie on Thursday evening for a battle on ESPN+ set for 7 p.m. inside of McCann Arena. 

• The Marist women's basketball team led wire-to-wire in a 63-43 win at Iona in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference at the Hynes Center on Saturday afternoon.
• The two points allowed in the first quarter were a season-best for Marist. The Red Foxes' previous low was four in the fourth quarter against Saint Peter's on Jan. 16.
• The 13 points were also the fewest allowed by the Red Foxes in the first half this season.

• Marist is 7-2 inside McCann Arena to start the 2024-25 season.
• Red Foxes have two scorers averaging double figures in points in home contests in Lexie Tarul (12.1 ppg) and Morgan Lee (12.9 ppg).
• Marist is averaging 13.4 assists per game in home contests.
• The Red Foxes have made 10 or more three-pointers in two home games this season.
• The Red Foxes are averaging 63.0 points per game on 43.3% shooting from the floor and 35.8% from deep in home games.
• Marist has held its opponents below 60 points in six of nine home games this season.
• In its nine home games, Marist is holding opponents to 54.7 points per game, while forcing opponents to shoot 33.6% from the floor and 28.5% from deep.

• Siena is led by Terry Primm who has totaled 12 wins so far in his first season as the head coach of the program.
• The Saints are 12-10 on the season and 9-4 in the MAAC entering Thursday's contest against the Red Foxes.
• Siena has won four of its last five games.
• The Saints picked up a home victory against Mount St. Mary's, 62-60, in their last time out on Thursday.
• Siena averages 65.5 points per game, while shooting 42.0% from the floor and 33.3% from deep.
• The Saints have three players who average at least 10.0 points per game in Teresa Seppala (18.0 ppg), Ahniysha Jackson (14.9 ppg), and Anajah Brown (10.1 ppg).

• Thursday's contest against Siena will be Marist's 78th ever matchup with the Saints.
• Marist is 40-37 all-time against Siena.
• Siena has won each of the last seven contests against Marist.
• Marist held a 25-game win streak over Siena from 2005-16.
• The last time the two sides faced off, the Saints downed the Red Foxes, 62-47, in Loudonville on Jan. 30, 2025.

• Marist will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 15, when the Red Foxes play host to Merrimack in its Miles of Hope Game.
• Tip-off inside McCann Arena is set for 4 p.m. on ESPN+.