POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team (16-9 overall, 10-6 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) hosts Siena (17-9, 10-5) on Sunday afternoon at McCann Arena.
The 98
th all-time match-up between the teams is set for 2 p.m. tip-off.
- 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 Merrimack by a score of 81-56 on Thursday, Feb. 12.
- Both Jason Schofield (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Jaden Daughtry (10 points, 10 rebounds) recorded double-doubles.
- Rhyjon Blackwell (11 points) and Justin Menard (10 points) gave the Red Foxes four double-digits scorers.
- Menard also led Marist with six assists.
- Marist is 39-15 in day games the last three years, with a 21-5 home record, and a 9-2 overall mark this year.
- Marist is 10-2 at McCann Arena this season while holding the opposition to .370 shooting from the field, .222 from three-point range, and 58.4 points per game.
- Rhyjon Blackwell is averaging a team-best 13.8 points in home games this season, and is shooting .391 from three (25-for-64) and .968 (30-for-31) at the line.
- Blackwell has made 24 consecutive free throws, and Justin Menard has made 18 straight. Together, they are shooting .942 (97-for-103) from the line this season.
- The Saints dropped their second straight on Friday, a 74-62 home loss to Quinnipiac. Prior to that, Siena had won six in a row.
- Three Saints average in double figures in scoring: Gavin Doty (17.2 points per game), Justice Shoats (13.3), and Francis Folefac (11.3).
- Doty ranks fourth in the MAAC in scoring and sixth in rebounding (7.3 rebounds per game).
- Doty and Shoats are tied for second in the MAAC in minutes per game (35.8).
- Shoats ranks third in the MAAC in assists per game (4.5).
- Folefac is third in the conference in field goal percentage (.563).
- Head coach Gerry McNamara is in his second season.
- Marist heads back to the road to face Manhattan on Friday, Feb. 20.
- Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
- This will be the Red Foxes' final road game of the regular season.
