ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – The third-seeded Marist men's basketball team (20-9 overall, 13-7 MAAC) opens play in this year's MAAC Championship on Thursday night against sixth-seeded Mount St. Mary's (19-12, 12-8).
Tip-off at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall is set for 8:30 p.m.
RADIO
- Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the audio call for all of Marist's games in the championship on the Red Fox Network and Varsity Network app.
- Coverage for each game will begin 15 minutes prior to tip-off.
TELEVISION
- The entire championship will be covered on the ESPN Family of Networks.
- Marist's quarterfinal game will be carried on ESPN+, with Eddy Occhipinti (play-by-play), Chris Williams (analyst), and Griffin Della Penna (sideline) on the call.
- The semifinal will air on ESPNEWS. The championship game will be televised on ESPNU. Jay Alter (play-by-play) and Tim Welsh (analyst) will have the call for the semifinals and championship game.
UPDATES
- Follow Marist men's basketball on X - @MaristMBB.
- Marist is the #3 seed in the championship for the second straight year and third time in its 28 years in the MAAC. The last #3 seed to win the MAAC title was Iona in 2017.
- Josh Pascarelli is the first Red Fox to be named First Team All-MAAC since Jared Jordan was named MAAC Player of the Year in 2007.
- Elijah Lewis has scored in double figures 18 times this season, and Marist is 15-3 when he does.
- Marist is 16-4 with Jackson Price in the starting lineup this season.
- Marist's 13 MAAC wins this season are its most in 18 years, and tied for second most in its time in the MAAC.
- The teams split this year's season series, with each side winning at home.
- Marist faced Mount at home in its first MAAC game of the season, and played at Mount in its last MAAC game this season last Saturday.
- In the six Mount-Marist games the last three seasons, the winning team has topped 65 points once.
- This is the first meeting between Marist and Mount in the MAAC Championships. Mount joined the MAAC in the 2022-23 season.
- Marist has earned its fifth 20-win season in program history, following 1970-71 (21), 1986-87 (20), 1995-96 (22), and 2006-07 (25).
- Marist started 6-0 in MAAC play for the first time this season.
- Marist was ranked #25 in the Feb. 3 CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll. It was the first time the Red Foxes have been ranked in the poll in program history.
- Marist's nine-game winning streak (Dec. 6-Jan. 16) was its longest in 18 years.
- Marist has had three winning streaks of at least four games this season. In Marist's Division I history, this is the third season with three winning streaks of at least four games (1985-86 and 2006-07).
