Sunday, December 28, 2008

Marist has record day against Bucknell; Press conference included

Four Red Foxes scored career-highs and Marist routed the Patriot League's Bucknell, 89-63.
Ryan Schneider, Dejuan Goodwin, Javon Parris, and freshman walk-on Mike Taylor tallied 29, 16, 15, and nine points, respectively to notch career-highs. Schneider shot 13-of-19 from the field and is poised for an award for MAAC player of the week. Schneider scored 22 against Delaware and grabbed 19 rebounds.
Mike Taylor played 16 minutes to go along with his career-high in scoring after walking on to the team prior to the season. Taylor hails from Los Angeles, Ca. and had no intentions of playing basketball when he came to Marist, but the Red Foxes' thin bench created an opportunity for walk-ons. Taylor made the most of his opportunity. Taylor went 3-of-4 from three-point land and showed a great understanding of Chuck Martin's offense.
Bucknell entered the game at 3-7 on the season, but the Bison beat Old Dominion and Marist's next opponent, Binghamton. Bucknell's largest losses of the season were by 29 to both Wake Forest and Maryland.
Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen could only describe his team's performance as a "train wreck," but gave Marist a lot of credit for taking advantage of Bucknell's mistakes.
Marist had 13 steals, five coming from Schneider. Bucknell also turned the ball over 19 times.
MORE TO COME.

To listen to the post-game press conference, click on the video below:
Press conference includes:
- Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen
- Marist coach Chuck Martin
- Marist's Ryan Schneider, Javon Parris, Dejuan Goodwin, and Mike Taylor


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