POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team's first home game of the 2026 calendar year comes on Sunday afternoon, when the Red Foxes (8-5 overall, 2-2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) host Iona (10-5, 2-2).
Tip-off at McCann Arena is set for 2 p.m.
- Dean Darling (play-by-play), Steve Eggink (analyst), and William Rosen (sideline) will have the call on ESPN+.
- In-game updates will be available on X - @MaristMBB.
- Marist fell at Saint Peter's by a score of 69-59 on Friday.
- Elijah Lewis and Rhyjon Blackwell led the Red Foxes with 13 points apiece, while Tarik Watson added 11.
- Lewis grabbed a team-best seven rebounds. Marist went 20-for-23 from the line, led by Blackwell going 7-for-7.
- Marist held Saint Peter's to .368 (21-for-57) from the field and .227 (5-for-22) from three-point range, but the Red Foxes shot just .327 (18-for-55) from the field and .176 (3-for-17) from three.
- Marist is 17-4 in home day games since the start of the 2022-23 season.
- Rhyjon Blackwell is sixth in the NCAA and leads the MAAC in free throw percentage (.946, 35-for-37). He had a streak of 17 consecutive makes earlier this season, and has currently made 11 straight.
- As a team, Marist ranks 15th in the NCAA in free throw percentage (.777). The Red Foxes are shooting .826 (38-for-46) from the line in their last three games.
- Elijah Lewis' streak of six straight games with at least 10 points in his longest in his two seasons at Marist. Lewis is averaging 16.5 points per game in this span.
- The Gaels are coming off a 75-72 home victory over Siena on Friday.
- Three Gaels are averaging at least 10 points per game: CJ Anthony (15.6), Toby Harris (13.4), and Lamin Sabally (11.9).
- Anthony leads the MAAC with 6.0 assists per game, and his assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.4-to-1 is second best in the conference.
- Sabally ranks third in the MAAC in rebounds at 7.8 per game.
- Iona leads the MAAC in scoring offense (78.7 ppg), and faces the MAAC leader in scoring defense, as Marist allows 63.7.
- Head coach Dan Geriot is in his first season.
- Marist starts a weekend road trip at Sacred Heart on Friday, Jan. 9.
- Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
