The Marist Red Foxes (4-7, 0-2 MAAC) pay a visit to Fairfield, Connecticut and Leo D. Mahoney Arena on Thursday for a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference clash with the Fairfield Stags (5-7, 1-1 MAAC). Marist was defeated by Rider 77-71 last Thursday and has lost each of its first two games in MAAC action. Fairfield defeated the Coast Guard 86-45 and has won three of its last four. Marist does not have any players listed on its injury report, while Fairfield will play with Brycen Goodine.
Marist is struggling on offense, as the Red Foxes are scoring an average of only 63.6 points per game due to very poor shooting. Marist has a 39.4% field goal shooting percentage and a 33.1% three-point shooting percentage which are 350th and 220th respectively. Patrick Gardner is the leading scorer for Marist with an average of 17.4 points per game. The center is shooting 44.9% overall and 32.7% from behind the line. Noah Harris is the second leading scorer with an average of just 9.8 points per game and shooting 30.4% overall and 32.2% from long distance. MArist has made only 250 of 634 field-goal attempts. Isaiah Brickner is the leader in assists with an average of 2.5 per game. Marist averages fewer assists than turnovers at a ratio of 11.5 to 12.1.
Marist is allowing an average of 66.0 points per game, while opponen ts are shooting 41.6% overall and 38.8% from behind the three-point arc. Marist is averaging only 34.6 rebounds per game while allowing an average of 33.6 rebounds per game. The leading rebounder for Marist is Gardner with an average of 7.6 boards per contest. Javon Cooley is the leader in steals with an average of 1.1 per game and Stephane Ingo is the leader in blocks shots with an average of 1.5 swats per contest.