POUGHKEEPSIE, New York — In a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference contest, the Marist men's basketball team topped Niagara 64-61 for its fourth straight win on Sunday afternoon at McCann Arena.
 

First Half

• Jadin Collins-Roberts opened the scoring for the Red Foxes with a pull-up jumper 19 seconds into the contest.
• At the 15:16 mark, Caleb Mackrey connected from beyond the arc to give Marist an 11-4 lead.
• Niagara would go on a 6-0 run, which was ended by a Trace Salton three-pointer at 11:10 making the score 14-10.
• Zion Russell made a three-pointer to give the Purple Eagles its first lead of the game 15-14 with 9:12 left in the first half.
• The Red Foxes went back ahead as Elijah Lewis made two free throws and the following possession drained a jumper to make the score 21-20 at the 3:20 mark.
• Josh Pascarelli connected from downtown after receiving Tarik Watson's feed to give Marist a 29-23 lead with 1:29 left in the half.
• Marist was up 31-24 going into the break.

 

Second Half

• The Purple Eagles struck first in the second half at the 17:49 mark with a layup from Jhaylon Martinez to cut the Red Foxes lead to 31-26.
• Pascarelli drained a floater to extend the Marist lead back to seven points 36-29 with 15:56 remaining in the contest.
• Jaden Daughtry completed a layup to extend the Red Foxes lead to 40-29 at 14:22.
• The Red Foxes would increase their lead to 12 points after Pascarelli nailed a three-pointer to make the score 52-40 with 6:01 remaining in the game.
• The Red Foxes would gain their largest lead of 13 points after Collins-Roberts made a layup to make the score 56-43 with 4:49 left.
• Olumide Adelodun made a three-pointer to cut Niagara's deficit to four points with the score 60-56 at the 1:24 mark.
• Pascarelli put home the dunk with 45 seconds left to extend the Marist lead to 64-57.

HAMMER TIME ??????

FLIGHT 5 READY FOR TAKEOFF!! pic.twitter.com/F3svKvUtko

— Marist Men's Basketball (@MaristMBB) February 23, 2025

 

• The Red Foxes held on for the remainder of the game and went on to win 64-61.

 

Stats

• Pascarelli led all players with 22 points and shot 3-for-6 from behind the arc.
• Lewis had 12 points and shot 4-for-8 from the field.
• Daughtry finished with four assists to lead the Red Foxes.
• Jahari Williamson led Niagara with 19 points.
• Marist held Niagara to .238 (5-for-21) from three-point range

 

Notes

• Marist previously won at least 20 games in 1970-71 (21), 1986-87 (20), 1995-96 (22), and 2006-07 (25).
• Marist clinched an opening-round bye in the MAAC Championships (top six finish).
• Collins-Roberts had a season-high 10 rebounds to lead the Red Foxes.
• Pascarelli has scored in double figures in all 25 of Marist's games this season. This was his seventh game with at least 20 points this season, and the 11th of his career.
• Marist has now won four straight against Niagara at McCann Arena.

 

Records

• Marist is 20-5 overall and 13-3 in conference play.
• Niagara is 10-17 this season and 5-11 in the MAAC.

 

Up Next

• Marist heads back to the road for its first MAAC contest against Sacred Heart on Friday, Feb. 28.
• Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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