The 2018–19 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team represented Marist College in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Poughkeepsie, New York for the 42nd consecutive year at the McCann Arena, which has a capacity of 3,200. This season marked the program's 38th Division I season and its 22nd consecutive year as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The team was led by first-year head coach John Dunne, who took the open head coaching position after spending the last 12 seasons at conference rival Saint Peter's University. They finished the 2018–19 season 12–19 overall, 7–11 in MAAC play to finish in eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the 2019 MAAC tournament, they were defeated by No. 9 seed Saint Peter's in the first round 68–71 in overtime.
Previous season
The Red Foxes finished the 2017–18 season 6–25 overall, 4–14 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the MAAC tournament to Fairfield. On March 5, 2018, head coach Mike Maker was fired. He finished at Marist with a four-year record of 28–97. On April 3, 2018, Marist hired their 12th head coach in program history, when Saint Peter's head coach John Dunne was tabbed as Mike Maker's successor. Dunne left Saint Peter's with a record of 153–225 over the span of 12 seasons.
Preseason Marist entered the season having lost 20 or more games for the last four seasons under former head coach Mike Maker. The team returned all five of their starters from last season, which included Brian Parker, who was named Preseason Second Team All-MAAC. Parker entered the season as the 10th all-time leading scorer in school history, and led the team in scoring last season. Also returning was Ryan Funk, the team's long-distance threat, who came into his senior season having made 185 three-pointers in his career, which is sixth-highest in school history. Even with a new coach, and a completely new staff, MAAC coaches picked the Red Foxes to finish in sixth place in the preseason poll.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Andrea Bernardi 0 G 6'4" 180 Freshman Trento, Italy No longer on team roster Richie Mitchell 1 G 6'1" 175 Junior Michigan City, IN No longer on team roster Kristinn Palsson 13 G/F 6'6" 200 Junior Reykjanesbær, Iceland Withdrew from school Obi Momah 15 F 6'7" 250 Junior Farmington, CT Transferred to Norfolk State Connor McClenaghan 33 C 6'9" 245 Senior Carrollton, TX Graduated Lasse Gummerus 35 F 6'8" 210 Freshman Espoo, Finland Transferred to Sheridan College, WY
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Matt Turner 1 G 6'3" 175 Sophomore Trumbull, CT Santa Clara. Sitting out 2018–19 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Michael Cubbage 5 G 6'4" 180 Junior Sicklerville, NJ Paris Junior College. Sitting out 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Jordan Jones 15 F 6'8" 205 Junior Baltimore, MD Charleston Southern. Sitting out 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
2018 signing class
Roster
Schedule
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Awards Following the season, two Marist players were selected to All-MAAC teams. Senior guard Brian Parker was awarded All-MAAC Third Team honors, leading the Red Foxes in scoring, minutes played, field goal percentage, and assists per game. Senior guard Ryan Funk was named the MAAC Men's Basketball Sixth Player of the Year, averaging 11.7 points per game, while making 45 percent of his three-point shots during league play. He was the first Red Fox to win the award.
Statistics Players Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Source: Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPGRyan Carmello 10 0 1.8 1.000 –.667 0.1 ––– 0.8Aleksandar Dozic 31 1 16.7 .461 .342 .839 3.5 1.9 0.5 0.5 7.0Ryan Funk 30 2 27.8 .414 .395 .917 2.9 0.4 0.5 0.2 11.7Matthew Herasme 31 0 17.5 .382 .179 .732 2.9 0.5 0.6 0.0 3.1Darius Hines 31 29 26.9 .409 .349 .824 1.6 1.8 0.8 0.1 6.7David Knudsen 31 31 20.3 .433 .393 .895 2.5 1.0 0.6 0.1 7.3Isaiah Lamb 31 30 24.5 .421 .365 .623 4.7 0.8 0.8 0.2 7.5Tucker Lee 7 0 1.3 .000 .000 ––– 0.1 – 0.0Luke Nedrow 29 0 9.2 .464 .406 .500 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.2 2.4Brian Parker 31 31 28.5 .489 .325 .603 3.8 3.5 0.6 0.1 14.9Michael Servetas 3 0 1.0 –– – 0.3 ––––Tobias Sjoberg 31 30 14.5 .508 – .640 3.0 0.8 0.3 0.3 2.5Austin Williams 31 1 16.4 .524 .400 .491 2.4 1.1 0.7 0.1 4.5TOTALS31––.449.363.68531.112.15.51.767.3OPPONENTS31––.445.355.70132.713.25.63.269.3
MAAC Leaders Scoring Brian Parker (14.9/game): 9th Ryan Funk (11.7/game): 18th
Rebounding Isaiah Lamb (4.7/game): 22nd
Field-goal percentage Brian Parker (.489): 10th
Assists per game Brian Parker (3.5/game): 6th Aleksandar Dozic (1.9/game): 21st
Steals per game Darius Hines (0.8/game): 25th
3-Point Field Goal Percentage (minimum 1 made per game) Ryan Funk (.395): 8th David Knudsen (.393): 10th
3-Point Field Goals Made Ryan Funk (79): 4th
Blocked Shots Aleksandar Dozic (15): 20th
Assist/Turnover Ratio (minimum 3 assists/game) Brian Parker (1.1): 7th
Offensive Rebounds Tobias Sjoberg (43): 18th Isaiah Lamb (41): 20th
Minutes Played Brian Parker (28.5/game): 22nd Ryan Funk (27.8/game): 23rd
To qualify, players must have appeared in 75% of team's games.
See also 2018–19 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team
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