ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – The third-seeded Marist University men's basketball team fell to sixth-seeded Mount St. Mary's by a score of 62-58 on Thursday night in the quarterfinal round of the MAAC Championships at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall.
- Dallas Hobbs hit back-to-back three-pointers as part of a 7-0 run which lifted Mount St. Mary's to an early 9-4 lead.
- Marist tied the game on thanks to a 5-0 run, which was punctuated by a Tarik Watson dunk at the 11:39 mark.
- A 5-0 spurt advanced Mount's lead to six at the 8:07 mark.
- Dola Adebayo scored the final five points of the first half, which gave Mount a 27-19 lead after 20 minutes.
- Marist started the second half on a 9-3 run to get within two at the 17:30 mark.
- Xavier Lipscomb and Arlandus Keyes hit back-to-back threes as part of an 8-0 run, which extended Mount's lead to 11.
- A three by Keyes gave Mount a 12-point lead with 13:55 to go.
- Marist held Mount scoreless for 3:45, and Jadin Collins-Roberts' jumper brought the Red Foxes to within four with 3:57 left.
- Marist climbed within two on two occasions – on a three-pointer by Josh Pascarelli with 3:22 remaining and two free throws by Jason Schofield with 2:02 to go – but came no closer.
- Pascarelli led Marist with 16 points.
- Four Red Foxes scored in double figures: Pascarelli, Collins-Roberts (14), Schofield (11), and Lewis (10).
- Jaden Daughtry had a team-high nine rebounds. Lewis and Schofield added eight apiece.
- Collins-Roberts had team bests of four assists and three steals.
- Adebayo had game highs of 19 points and 11 rebounds for Mount.
- Marist shot 4-for-28 (.143) from three-point range.
- Marist: 20-10
- Mount: 20-12
