POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team (12-6 overall, 6-3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) heads north to face Siena (13-7, 6-3) on Thursday night at MVP Arena in Albany.
Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. The game will be televised regionally on SNY and shown on ESPN+.
- Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call on the Red Fox and Varsity Networks. The pre-game show will start at 6:40.
- The game will be broadcast on SNY and ESPN+, with Kelly O'Donnell (play-by-play), Andy Grazulis (analyst), and Joe Lemery (sideline) on the call.
- In-game updates will be available on X - @MaristMBB.
- Marist had its four-game winning streak snapped by Merrimack on Monday, as the Red Foxes suffered a 68-55 home loss.
- Jason Schofield led the Red Foxes with a season-high 15 points.
- Rhyjon Blackwell scored 13. Blackwell went 8-for-8 from the line.
- Marist held Merrimack to .235 (4-for-17) shooting from three-point range.
- The Saints have won two straight, and they are coming off an 85-77 home win against Fairfield on Monday.
- Gavin Doty leads Siena in scoring, and his 16.3 points per game rank third in the MAAC. He is also seventh in the MAAC in rebounding (6.8 rpg) and second in minutes (35.6 mpg).
- Doty is one of four Saints averaging at least 10 points per game, as he is followed by Justice Shoats (12.9), Francis Folefac (10.7), and Brendan Coyle (10.1).
- Shoats is third in the MAAC in both assists (4.9 apg) and minutes (35.4 mpg).
- Head coach Gerry McNamara is in his second season.
- Marist returns home to face Quinnipiac on Saturday, Jan. 24.
- Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.
