POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Monmouth University Men's Basketball (10-5, 2-2 MAAC) fell on Sunday afternoon at Marist College (8-8, 3-4 MAAC), 84-48. Myles Ruth led Monmouth with 11 points, while Shavar Reynolds added 10.
 
Marist opened the second half on an 18-5 run to lead 68-29. Monmouth scored the final 10 points of the game, nine of those from Ruth over the final 3:49. Jao Ituka had 17 second-half points for the Red Foxes, 10 of them from the free throw line.
 
Marist led by 24 at the half, with Shavar Reynolds leading the Hawks with six points at the break. Walker Miller's three-point play at 7:47 trimmed the deficit to 10, and MU was within nine after four straight Nikkei Rutty points but the home team closed the first half on a 16-2 push.

NOTES AND QUOTES

"We just got outplayed by a Marist team that was ready for us. We weren't very good because Marist made us not be good. We're not a very together group right now and that showed today and we've got to get that back." – Head Coach King Rice
 
-Shavar Reynolds scored in double figures for the 13^th time this season.
-Myles Ruth knocked in his first three-pointer since opening night at Charlotte.
-Tahron Allen's 18 minutes marked a career-best.
-Myles Ruth netted his second career double-digit game, and first this season.
-Jack Holmstrom converted his first point of the year from the foul line.
-Mateo Delmoral made his first appearance of the season.
-13 Hawks saw action, the most this season.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-MU was better off the bench, 19-17.
-Marist shot 48% to Monmouth's 29%.
-Jao Ituka led all scorers with 28 points for Marist.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth returns home Tuesday to take on Iona at 7:00 p.m.