ALBANY, N.Y. -- The 11th-seeded Marist men's basketball team continues play in the 2015 MAAC Basketball Championships on Saturday, when the Red Foxes take on third-seeded Manhattan at the Times Union Center. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m., and the contest will be carried live on ESPN3.
Marist defeated sixth-seeded Quinnipiac in Thursday's opening round by a score of 80-74. Senior guard/forward Chavaughn Lewis (Queens, N.Y.) passed Steve Smith for first place in program history in scoring. Lewis led Marist in points (26), rebounds (11), steals (four), assists (four) and tied for the team lead in blocks (two).
Red-shirt sophomore guard Khallid Hart (Newark, Del.) scored 18 points and didn't miss from the field (7-for-7 field goals, 3-for-3 three-pointers). The Red Foxes set season highs in points scored, three-pointers made (13) and three-point percentage (.684, 13-for-19).
Marist was swept by Manhattan in the regular-season series. The Jaspers prevailed 60-38 in Riverdale on Dec. 7, and 67-54 in Poughkeepsie on Feb. 23.
Doug Sherman (play-by-play), Rob Kennedy (color) and Mitch Buonaguro (sideline) will have the call on ESPN3. Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Ed Weir (color) will have the call on WKIP, the Red Fox Network and iHeart Radio beginning at 7:45.
Key Stats - Season Series
Junior forward Phillip Lawrence (Baltimore, Md.) scored in double digits in boh meetings, and averaged 13.0 poins per game. Lawrence shot 11-for-18 from the free-throw line. ... Freshman center Connor McClenaghan (Carrollton, Texas) scored his season high of six points in both meetings. ... The Red Foxes shot .281 (27-for-96) from the field, .200 (8-for-40) from three-point range and .577 (30-for-52) from the free-throw line. ... Emmy Andujar averaged 14.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 3.0 steals while shooting .765 (13-for-17) from the field. ... Manhattan shot .211 (8-for-38) from three-point range.
Key Stats/Notes:
Chavaughn Lewis has 2,097 career points, the seventh highest total in MAAC history. He's 13 away from passing Siena's Doremus Bennerman for sixth place. ... Lewis has 44 career games with at least 20 points (17 this year). ... Lewis has 19 career games with at least four steals. ... Lewis has led the Red Foxes in scoring in 24 of his 28 games this year. ... Lewis has led Marist in poins, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks in a game four times this year. ... Lewis has scored at least 22 points in all seven of Marist's wins this year, and is averaging 26.6 points in the Red Foxes' seven victories. ... Marist has had a game decided by six points or less in 10 of its last 15. The Red Foxes are 5-5 in this span when the margin has been six points or less. ... Marist has led at halftime in its last six games. ... Khallid Hart is 53-for-60 (.883) from the free-throw line in his last 11 games. ... Marist has had fewer turnovers than its opponent in 13 of its last 16 games.
What's Next
The winner of Saturday night's game will advance to the semifinal round, and a contest against either seventh-seeded Saint Peter's or second-seeded Rider on Sunday at 7 p.m.
