POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University men's basketball team (16-7 overall, 10-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) returns to action Saturday night, when the Red Foxes travel to Fairfield (15-10, 7-7). Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
 

Follow Us

• Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call on the Red Fox and Varsity Networks. The pre-game show starts at 6:40.
• Bob Heussler (play-by-play) and Joe DeSantis (analyst) will have the call on SNY and ESPN+.
• In-game updates will be available on X - @MaristMBB.

 

Last Time Out

• Marist rolled to an 81-52 home win over Rider on Thursday.
• The Red Foxes had season-best percentages of .585 from the field, .611 from three-point range, and 1.000 from the free throw line.
• Rhyjon Blackwell scored a game-high 23 points, with 16 coming in the final 7:27 of the first half.
• Justin Menard had 10 points, a game-high nine assists, and five rebounds.
• Jason Schofield gave the Red Foxes three double-digit scorers with 12 points.
• Elijah Lewis tied his career high with six assists.

 

Top Tidbits

• A win would give Marist its first regular-season sweep of Fairfield since 2006-07.
• A win would clinch Marist's third straight season with a winning record in MAAC play. There have been two previous three-year stretches in program history: 1999-2002 and 2005-08.
• In his last three games, Rhyjon Blackwell is averaging 18.7 points while shooting .567 (17-for-30) from the field, .800 (8-for-10) from three-point range, and 1.000 (14-for-14) from the free-throw line.
• Marist is third in the NCAA in free throw percentage (.799). The Red Foxes are shooting .827 from the line in their last 12 games.

 

About Fairfield

• The Stags have won four of their last five, and they are coming off a 92-87 win at Sacred Heart on Thursday.
• Braden Sparks is second in the MAAC in scoring at 17.4 points per game.
• Brandon Benjamin leads the MAAC in rebounds per game at 10.5, and he has been named Rookie of the Week a conference-leading six times. Benjamin also averages 14.4 points per game.
• Declan Wucherpfennig is fifth in the MAAC in rebounds (7.5 rpg).
•  Chris Casey is in his third season leading the program.

 

What's Next

• Marist will travel to Merrimack for its second meeting of the season with the Warriors on Thursday, Feb. 12.
• Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.