Niagara Niag 0-21,0-12 MAAC

Marist Marist 9-14,6-7 MAAC

Niagara Niag

0-21,0-12 MAAC

Final

Jan. 31, 2026

Marist Marist

9-14,6-7 MAAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Niagara Niag	13	6	10	23	52
Marist Marist	12	23	20	16	71

Summary
Box Score

Jaylen Rizzo/Marist Athletics

Senior captain guard Lexie Tarul scored a team-high 17 points.

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/31/2026 4:58:00 PM

Tarul, Henry Lead Balanced Marist Attack in 71-52 Win Over Niagara

Henry Posts Double-Double as Three Red Foxes Score in Double Figures

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Marist University women's basketball team tied its season high with 19 assists in a 71-52 win over Niagara on Saturday afternoon at McCann Arena.

Senior captain guard Lexie Tarul scored a team-high 17 points to go along with three rebounds, three assists, four steals, and one block. Freshman forward Justine Henry recorded a 16-point, 11-rebound double-double along with a career-high six steals. Sophomore guard Chloe Escanillas added 11 points (3-for-5 from three), a career-high five assists, and two rebounds to help the Red Foxes improve to 9-14 on the season and 6-7 in MAAC play.

FIRST QUARTER

Niagara led 9-8 at the media timeout with 4:45 to go in the opening frame as Chasity Wilson knocked down three straight attempts from beyond the arc for the Purple Eagles.
The Red Foxes trailed 13-12 after one quarter.

SECOND QUARTER

Back-to-back 3-pointers from sophomore guard Chloe Escanillas gave Marist a 21-16 lead, prompting a Niagara timeout at the 7:04 mark.
The Red Foxes closed the quarter on a 14-1 run to take a 35-19 lead into the locker room.

THIRD QUARTER

Marist outscored Niagara 20-10 in the third quarter to hold a 55-29 advantage heading into the fourth.

FOURTH QUARTER

The Purple Eagles outscored the Red Foxes 23-16 in the final frame, but Marist secured the 71-52 victory.

STATS

Tarul led the Red Foxes in scoring for the sixth time this season and tied her career high with four steals.
Henry recorded her third career double-double and led Marist in rebounding for the ninth time this season. She set a new career high in steals with six while tying her career high with 11 rebounds.
Henry has now scored in double figures in five straight games while recording at least one steal in 12 consecutive games.
In her second start of the season, Escanillas recorded her second game in double figures and set a career high in assists with five.
Junior guard Julia Corsentino scored a season-high nine points on 3-for-3 shooting from beyond the arc.

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