Marist's offense futile against Iona

Marist's loss to Iona had shades of the first-round game in last March's MAAC tournament. Unfortunately for the Red Foxes, the Iona Gaels scored 21 more points.
After playing a low-scoring 43-40 game in last year's conference tournament, Iona showed that it's offense has come a long way as the Gaels pounded the Red Foxes, 61-42.
Iona jumped out to a 12-0 lead and extended the run to 17-2. Marist got as close as eight points when a pair of Daye Kaba free-throws cut the deficit to 34-26 with 17:14 left in regulation.
Marist only got consistent offense from three sources and all are freshmen. Candon Rusin scored a team-high 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting. He buried two three pointers. Rob Johnson came alive offensively, scoring 11 points and grabbing five rebounds. Devin Price, inexplicably starting the game on the bench, added 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting as well as four rebounds. The three freshmen combined for 33 of Marist's 42 points.
Scott Machado paced Iona offensively and defensively. The star guard scored a game-high 14 points, dished out six assists, and had four steals. Iona shot 41 percent from the field and had only two players score in double figures. The other, Alejo Rodriguez, notched a double-double, scoring 13 points and hauling in 11 rebounds.
Iona pounded Marist on the glass, outrebounding the Red Foxes, 37-28. The Gaels also grabbed 13 offensive rebounds to the Red Foxes' four.
Marist turned the ball over 22 times.
Observations:
- It's hard to win games with only three perimeter players scoring the bulk of the points.
- It's also hard to win when Daye Kaba, a major Div. I transfer, scores only two points. He went 0-of-2 from the field and sank a pair of free-throws. Marist needs more out of him to at least be competitive.
- Unfathomable how Chuck Martin starts the game with Devin Price on the bench in favor of R.J. Hall. Hall should get his minutes, but this is Price's show. Predictably, Price had the much better game. Here are the statlines:

Price
10 points
4-8 shooting
2-3 on 3-pointers
4 rebounds
1 assist
2 steals
4 turnovers
1 foul

Hall
0 points
0-4 shooting
0-1 on 3-pointers
4 rebounds
1 assist
5 turnovers
4 fouls

- A nice effort from Dorvell Carter on the defensive end, grabbing eight rebounds. He's overmatched on offense, but like Bauer, he's doing an admirable job.