POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team (17-10 overall, 11-7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) will host Sacred Heart (12-17, 8-10) on Sunday at McCann Arena in the Red Foxes' next-to-last game of the regular season.
Due to Sunday's impending snowstorm, tip-off time has been moved to 1 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.
- A win would give Marist 18 victories for the third straight season. Marist has two prior three-year stretches in program history with 18+ wins: 1985-88 & 2005-08.
- Marist is second in the NCAA in three-point percentage defense (.275).
- Justin Menard's 30-point game at Manhattan was the first by a Red Fox since Josh Pascarelli had 31 against Canisius on Feb. 21, 2025.
- Menard has scored in double figures in five straight games, and is averaging 17.0 points per game in that span.
- Rhyjon Blackwell has scored 20+ points four times this season, including three in his last seven games.
- The Pioneers are coming off a 78-68 loss at crosstown rival Fairfield on Friday.
- Prior to that, Sacred Heart had won two straight.
- Four Pioneers are averaging over 11 points per game: Anquan Hill (17.6), Dashon Gittens (14.1), Nyle Ralph-Beyer (13.7), and Yann Farell (11.8).
- Hill is second in the MAAC in scoring and 10th in rebounding (6.2 rpg).
- Ralph-Beyer (.433), Gittens (.420), and Farell (.401) rank fourth, fifth, and eighth in the MAAC, respectively, in three-point percentage.
- Mekhi Conner leads the MAAC in assists per game (6.4) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6).
- Marist closes out the regular season on Sunday, March 1 against Saint Peter's at McCann Arena.
- Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.
- The game will be broadcast on ESPNU, and will be preceded by a ceremony for Senior Day.
