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Christiaan Jones
79
Winner Marist MAR 4-4
75
Stetson STET 2-9
Winner
Marist MAR
4-4
79
Final
75
Stetson STET
2-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Marist MAR 43 36 79
Stetson STET 34 41 75

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Athletic Communications

Hatters Fall Short Against Marist, 79-75

Christiaan Jones scored a career-high 23 points but he and his Stetson teammates couldn't quite get over the hump in a 79-75 loss to Marist, Saturday at Edmunds Center.
 
Jones finished 8 of 14 from the field and added 9 rebounds and 3 steals to his stat line. The Hatters (2-9), however, were never able to fully erase a nine-point halftime deficit.
 
Down 43-34 at the break, the Hatters exchanged baskets with the Red Foxes (4-4) to start the second half until Marist got consecutive three-pointers by David Knudsen and Isaiah Lamb to build a 56-43 lead with 16:14 to go.
 
The Red Foxes maintained a double-digit lead for six-plus minutes, building the advantage to as much as 15 (62-47). Down 65-51, the Hatters went on a 7-0 and run. A pair of free throws by Abayomi Iyiola pulled Stetson to within 65-58 with 6:47 to play.
 
Stetson eventually whittled the deficit down to five when Marques Sumner made a pair of freebies to make it a 71-66 game with 2:39 left.
 
The Hatters continued to chip away, and Jalen Crutchfield's 3-pointer with 14 seconds left made it 77-75, the closest Stetson had been since the game's opening moments.
 
Marist's Matt Herasme missed the front-end of a 1-and-1 with 13 seconds to go, giving the Hatters an opening. But Stetson came up empty on the other end and Ryan Funk sank two free throws with four seconds remaining, sealing the win for Marist.
 
Kenny Aninye finished with 15 points and 6 assists in 35 minutes for Stetson. Teammate Clay Verk chipped in a career-high 11 points.
 
Lamb led Marist with 18 points.
 
Game Notes
  • Though he was limited to 6 points on the day, Abayomi Iyiola is now 33 away for 500 points in his career
  • Christiaan Jones got off to a hot start, accounting for 8 of the Hatters first 10, and 13 of their first 19. He made his first 5 shots. He finished with 23. It is Jones's 8th game in double figures this season and 14th of his career.
  • Clay Verk had 9 points in the first half and 11 for the game. He eclipsed his career high in the first half alone, which was previously 7 in the season-opener against Johnson
  • Kenny Aninye reached the double-digit point threshold with 12:30 remaining in the 2nd half. He finished with a career-high 15. It was his 3rd game this season with at least 10 and 5th of his career.
  • Marques Sumner's 7 rebounds are a new career high
  • Jones also set a career highs in steals (3) and rebounds (9)
 
Up Next
With final exams looming, the Hatters are off until they visit UCF, 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 16.
 
About Stetson University Athletics: Stetson University's Athletics Program has a vision of developing a culture of champions athletically, academically and within the community. This vision is accomplished through a mission of recruiting and developing student-athletes, coaches and staff, creating a culture of champions, within and outside of competition. The department operates with five core values: Championship Culture, Integrity, Excellence, Pride/Tradition and Leadership. To learn more about the Vision, Mission and Core Values for Stetson Athletics, visit GoHatters.com and click on Mission Statement under the Inside Athletics tab.
 
 
 
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