FAIRFIELD, Connecticut – The Marist University men's basketball team earned a 76-72 victory on Friday over Sacred Heart at the Pitt Center.
 
The Red Foxes erased a 13-point deficit in the first half.
 

Summary

• Sacred Heart scored the game's first five points.
• The Pioneers expanded their lead to 17-4, but Marist countered with a 6-0 run to get within seven.
• A 9-3 Marist spurt, punctuated by a Parby Kabamba layup with 25 seconds left in the half, brought Marist to within three. Sacred Heart took a 44-38 lead into halftime.
• Jadin Collins-Roberts scored four straight points, and his layup at 16:22 tied the score at 46 and forced Sacred Heart to call timeout.
• Tarik Watson's layup with 14:58 to go, set up by Collins-Roberts, gave Marist its first lead at 50-48.
• Marist held Sacred Heart to four field goals in the first 16 minutes of the second half. The Red Foxes' lead swelled to 11 on a field goal by Collins-Roberts with 4:02 to play.
• Sacred Heart got within two on a three-pointer by Mekhi Conner with 12 seconds to go, but the Red Foxes put the game away by going 5-for-6 from the line in the last 30 seconds.

 

Stats

• Collins-Roberts led Marist with 19 points. He shot 8-for-11 from the field while also contributing five rebounds, three assists, and three steals.
• Justin Menard (11 points) and Jason Schofield (10 points) gave Marist three double-digit scorers. Menard had a team-best four assists.
• Jaden Daughtry led Marist with eight rebounds.
• Marist's three centers – Schofield, Tarik Watson, and Parby Kabamba – combined for 23 points on 11-for-16 shooting. The Red Foxes totaled 44 points in the paint to Sacred Heart's 24.
• Marist outscored Sacred Heart 38-28 in the second half.
• Marist shot .545 (30-for-55) from the field.
• Marist committed just nine turnovers.
• Sacred Heart's Yann Farell had game highs of 22 points and nine rebounds.

 

Notes

• Marist's 13-point deficit is the largest the Red Foxes have overcome this season. It is the 15^th time in head coach John Dunne's eight seasons that Marist overcame a double-digit deficit to win.
• Collins-Roberts' point total was a season high, and he tied his season high in steals.
• Marist's .545 field goal percentage tied a season high. It was the third time this season the Red Foxes shot at least 50 percent from the field.
• Marist is now 6-0 this season when committing under 10 turnovers.

 

Records

• Marist improved to 10-5 overall, and 4-2 in the MAAC.
• Sacred Heart is now 5-12 this season and 1-5 in the MAAC.

 

Up Next

• Marist closes out its weekend road trip at Rider on Sunday, Jan. 12.
• Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.