Marist exited the MAAC Tournament in familiar fashion, losing its third game of the season to Canisius. The Golden Griffs ended the Red Foxes misery as Marist closed the season with a historically low 1-29 record.Marist held a brief 18-17 lead with 6:30 left in the first half, but Canisius kicked it into gear, embarking on a 12-0 run. Canisius cruised the rest of the way home and won, 72-54.
For Canisius, it was too much size, too much speed, and too much to fall to Marist. High-flying forward Elton Frazier led the Golden Griffs with 17 points while big man Greg Logins chipped in 11.
Despite holding Frank Turner to seven points on 2-of-7 shooting, Marist's own guards struggled. Dejuan Goodwin shot 1-of-7 from the field and Candon Rusin attempted only four shots in just 23 minutes of action. Daye Kaba also missed the game due to illness.
The scoring, like it has most of the season, came from Devin Price. Price had one of his finer all-around game, scoring 17 points, grabbing five rebounds, and dishing out two assists. The one silver lining for Marist going forward is that Price and Rusin look like the makings of a very solid backcourt going forward. The only challenge is finding some big men up front.
Menelik Watson, a 21-year old power forward, will become eligible after redshirting this season. Korey Bauer also grew up after being tossed to the wolves this year. Against Canisius, Bauer scored 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting.
6 comments:
The past is the past .. we gotta look forward and hope for improvement moving foeward... which im sure/positive there will be significant, i mean dramatic growth next season!!! Also, we all know the main issue for this team was the lack of size (only one post player on the team all yr since ncaa didnt clear Watson and Drummond didnt work out) so of course teams are gonna take advantage in the paint ... no surprise there ... Martin has 4 recruits (3 post, 1 big gaurd) visiting Marist this month ... We'll be fine next season!!!! I believe they will win a few games under .550 next season and because of thats improvement Chuck Martin will be " MAAC 2011 Coach of the year"!! Im serious ....
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Coach Chuck Martin has handled himself and this unfortunate difficult situation with much poise. I respect the man for staying very Positive and professional, showing no frustration ... he also continues to work hard as well as motivate players. We just need a few big guys ... I believe the future (next season) of this program is very bright!! Coach Chuck Martin is our guy!!
Marist does not have the talent to be competitive in the MAAC unless they get 2 new impact players next year.
Greg, what do u know about Darrin White and Alvin Brown transferring from JMU to Marist as part of the lawsuit agreement?!
Disregard my previous post ... a friend of mine was busting my chop/kidding around w/ me ... ha .. he def had me going and convinced! It would of been great/fair tho if u ask me ... lol.
LOL I was gonna say, I don't know anything about that. Pretty funny.
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