The 2020–21 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team represented Marist College in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Foxes, led by third-year head coach John Dunne, played their home games at the McCann Arena in Poughkeepsie, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
They finished the season 12–9, 10–8 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the MAAC tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to No. 5 seed Niagara 62–67. This marked the first overall and conference winning season for the Red Foxes since 2007–08 when they finished 18–14 overall, and 11–7 in the MAAC.
Previous season
The Red Foxes finished the 2019–20 season 7–23 overall, 6–14 in MAAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 11 seed in the 2020 MAAC tournament, they were defeated by No. 6 seed Niagara in the first round 54–56. The tournament, and all postseason tournaments, were eventually cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style="background:#B31B1B; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#B31B1B; color:#FFFFFF;"| MAAC regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#B31B1B; color:#FFFFFF;"| MAAC tournament
Awards Following the season, two Marist players were selected to the All-MAAC rookie team, freshman guards Hakim Byrd and Ricardo Wright. Byrd averaged 8.4 points per game and shot 83.7% from the free-throw line while playing in all 21 games, starting nine of them. Wright, who played all 21 games and started 17, led Marist in scoring average (11.0), minutes played per game (28.9), and shot 75% from the free-throw line.
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 AST STL BLK PPGBraden Bell 21 11 23.5 .407 .324 .667 4.7 22 14 9 7.1Hakim Byrd 21 9 23.6 .389 .319 .837 2.0 40 18 – 8.4Javon Cooley 21 6 13.4 .391 .362 .737 1.8 13 2 4 3.9Michael Cubbage 4 4 24.8 .471 .429 .750 5.3 2 6 – 11.0Terrence Echols 1 0 2.0 – – – – – – – 0.0Victor Enoh 16 2 18.4 .581 – .667 5.1 4 8 12 3.9Matt Herasme 18 13 26.5 .371 .273 .629 4.3 18 12 5 5.9Jordan Jones 21 19 21.7 .591 – .618 5.4 17 12 40 9.4Lee Tucker 1 1 3.0 – – – – – – – 0.0Henry Makeny 12 0 9.7 .500 .571 .000 1.9 4 2 4 1.7Tyler Saint-Furcy 21 11 15.6 .396 .083 .531 2.2 8 11 7 2.7Raheim Sullivan 21 12 28.6 .403 .261 .727 2.4 63 19 1 9.9Ricardo Wright 21 17 28.9 .382 .327 .750 3.9 38 10 2 11.0TOTALS2121–.427.310.68435.02291148463.43OPPONENTS2121–.392.309.69334.62501425963.62
MAAC Leaders Scoring Ricardo Wright (11.0/game): 23rd
Rebounding Jordan Jones (5.4/game): 21st Victor Enoh (5.1/game): 25th
Field Goal Percentage (minimum avg 5 attempted per game) Jordan Jones (78–132 .591): 3rd Braden Bell (57–140 .407): 24th
Assists per game Raheim Sullivan (3.0/game): 8th Hakim Byrd (1.9/game): 24th
Steals per game Raheim Sullivan (0.9/game): 24th
3-Point Field Goal Percentage (minimum avg 2 attempted per game) Javon Cooley (17–47 .362): 16th
3-Point Field Goals Made Ricardo Wright (34): 12th Braden Bell (24): 21st Hakim Byrd (23): 22nd
Blocked Shots Jordan Jones (40): 3rd Victor Enoh (12): 16th Braden Bell (9): 23rd
Assist/Turnover Ratio (minimum 3 assists/game) Raheim Sullivan (1.3): 6th
Offensive Rebounds Jordan Jones (39): 10th Victor Enoh (25): 25th
Minutes Played Ricardo Wright (28.9/game): 19th Raheim Sullivan (28.6/game): 24th
To qualify, players must have appeared in 75% of team's games.
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