POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team (20-7 overall, 13-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) hosts Merrimack (16-14, 13-6) on Thursday. Tip-off at McCann Arena is set for 7 p.m. in the Red Foxes' home finale.
 

How To Follow

• Dean Darling (play-by-play), Steve Eggink (analyst), and William Rosen (sideline) will have the call on ESPN+.
• Follow on X for in-game updates - @MaristMBB.

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SCENARIOS

• Marist can be seeded anywhere from 1-4 in next week's MAAC Championships.
• The Red Foxes will clinch a top two seed with one more victory.

 

LAST TIME OUT

• Marist fell to Saint Peter's at home by a score of 57-52 on Sunday.
• Tarik Watson led the Red Foxes with 12 points on 6-for-7 shooting.
• Jadin Collins-Roberts had a team-best eight rebounds.

 

ABOUT MERRIMACK

• The Warriors currently sit in third place in the MAAC, and this is their final game of the regular season.
• Merrimack is coming off a 73-63 home victory against first-place Quinnipiac in its last outing on Sunday.
• Reigning MAAC Player of the Week Budd Clark leads the MAAC in scoring (20.1 ppg) and steals (2.8 spg), and he is third in assists (5.7 apg).
• Merrimack is second in the MAAC in scoring defense (64.9 ppg), trailing only Marist (64.3 ppg).
• Joe Gallo is in his ninth season as head coach.

 

TOP TIDBITS

• Marist is 11-3 at home this season. This is the Red Foxes' highest home win total since going 13-1 in 2006-07, and Marist is 20-7 at home over the last two seasons.
• Marist has held eight of its last nine opponents under 30 percent from three-point range. The opposition is shooting .287 (47-for-164) in this span.
• Marist is .737 (73-for-99) from the free-throw line in its last seven games.
• Jadin Collins-Roberts has at least seven rebounds in five straight games, and is averaging 7.8 rebounds per game in this span.
• Marist has had 20 of its 27 games decided by seven points or less (15-5 record).

 

WHAT'S NEXT

• Marist closes out the regular season at Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, March 8.
• Tip-off is set for 4 p.m.