Marist Men’s Basketball Tops UMBC in Overtime

POUGHKEEPSIE – The Marist men’s basketball team earned its fourth straight win on Saturday afternoon, as the Red Foxes came back to defeat UMBC by a score of 76-73 in overtime at McCann Arena.

First Half
Marist jumped out to a 5-2 lead at the 17:44 mark.

UMBC used a 5-0 spurt to take a four-point lead at 13-9 with 14:38 left.

UMBC outscored Marist 16-7 over a span of 4:03 to take its largest lead of 10, 37-27 at the 4:03 mark.

Marist closed the half with a 9-0 run to tie the game at 39, punctuated by a Josh Pascarelli three in the waning seconds. Pascarelli scored seven points in this stretch.

Second Half
The Red Foxes scored the first four points of the second half to extend their run to 13-0, as Marist took a 43-39 lead with 18:36 to go. The Red Foxes held the Retrievers scoreless for a total of 4:32 over the run.

UMBC re-claimed the lead on a Marcus Banks Jr. three-pointer, which put the Retrievers up 53-50 with 12:10 to go.

Marist then countered with a 6-0 run to go up three at the 9:58 mark.

UMBC re-claimed the lead with a 5-0 run, as Marist was held scoreless for 4:42.

Field goals by Jason Schofield and Elijah Lewis on back-to-back possessions put Marist up 60-59 with 4:58 left.

Josh Odunowo’s jumper with 2:44 gave UMBC a 67-61 advantage, but Marist answered with a 6-0 run – which included two field goals from Jadin Collins-Roberts – to tie the game with 1:01 left.

After Banks’ three put UMBC up 70-67 with 40 seconds left, Marist scored the final three points of regulation. Lewis hit two free throws with 19 seconds left. After a tie-up gave the ball to Marist on the possession arrow, Jaden Daughtry was fouled split a pair of free throws with one second left.

Overtime
UMBC scored the first three points of the extra period, but Marist scored the final six as the Red Foxes held the Retrievers scoreless for the final 3:40.

Collins-Roberts’ layup with 2:27 left gave Marist the lead for good.

Lewis’ two free throws with 10 seconds left sealed the victory.

This is Marist’s best start after 10 games (8-2) since the 2006-07 season. It’s tied for the Red Foxes’ third-best start after 10 games in program history.

Marist now stands at 8-2 this year. This is the Red Foxes’ best start after 10 games since the 2006-07 season (8-2), and is tied for the third best record after 10 games in the program’s Division I history.

Marist will play its final non-conference game against Binghamton on Sunday, Dec. 29 at McCann Arena.