POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team is heading to western New York for a pair of games this weekend.
The Red Foxes (13-7 overall, 7-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) will play at Canisius (8-13, 3-7) on Friday at 7 p.m., and will then take on Niagara (5-15, 2-8) on Sunday at 2 p.m.
- Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call on the Red Fox Network and Varsity Network app. The pre-game show will begin at 6:40.
- In-game updates will be available on X - @MaristMBB.
- The game will be shown on ESPN+ with Jay Moran (play-by-play) and Richard Walsh (analyst) on the call.
- Marist topped Quinnipiac, 71-64, on Saturday, Jan. 24 at McCann Arena.
- Justin Menard led the Red Foxes with 15 points, and he was followed by Elijah Lewis (14) and Jason Schofield (12).
- Parby Kabamba led Marist with a career-high eight rebounds.
- Marist shot .529 from the field while holding Quinnipiac to .371. The Red Foxes also held the Bobcats to .250 (5-for-20) from three-point range.
- Marist has won six straight and eight of its last nine vs. Canisius.
- John Dunne is 9-5 vs. Canisius as Marist's head coach, with a 5-3 record at the Koessler Athletic Center. In the 10 years prior to Dunne's arrival, Marist was 5-17 vs. Canisius.
- Marist has shot at least 50 percent from the field five times this season, and has won all five. Marist has topped 50 percent three times in its last six games.
- Marist has held its last eight foes to .254 shooting (34-for-134) from three-point range.
- In the last three seasons, Marist is 27-4 when it has at least 15 assists in a game (10-1 this year).
- The Golden Griffins have dropped five straight, with three coming by six points or less.
- Canisius is 6-3 at home this season.
- Kahlil Singleton leads the MAAC in three-pointers per game (3.0) and is 10th in the conference in scoring (13.9 ppg).
- Mike Evbagharu (6.4) and Bryan Ndjonga (6.0) rank ninth and 10th, respectively, in the MAAC in rebounds per game.
- Head coach Jim Christian is in his second season leading Canisius.
