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#2 Louisville (23-3 | 14-2 ACC) vs. #15 Marist (18-3 | 13-3 MAAC) 2021 NCAA Tournament First Round Monday, March 22nd Alamodome San Antonio, TX 2020-21 SCHEDULE PROBABLE STARTERS DECEMBER (4-0) Pos Ht/Wt/Yr # Name 2020-21 G 5-8/SR 2 Allie Best 7.6PPG/5.2APG Sat. 5 at Army West Point W, 83-55 G 5-8/SO 5 Trinasia Kennedy 9.9PPG/38.2 3-PT% Fri. 11 vs Canisius* W, 64-44 G 5-11/JR 24 Sarah Barcello 12.9PPG/43.4FG% Sat. 12 vs Canisius* W, 82-61 F 6-2/SR 21 Willow Duffell 12.5PPG/9.2RPG Tue. 15 vs UAlbany W, 67-48 F 6-4/FR 10 Caitlin Weimar 8.8PPG/7.5RPG PROBABLE RESERVES JANUARY (6-2) F 6-1/FR 20 Zaria DeMember-Shazer 5.6PPG/4.6RPG G 5-8/JR 33 Kendall Krick 4.8PPG/2.1RPG Sun. 3 at Quinnipiac* W, 69-50 G 5-10/FR 4 Emma Wax 1.7PPG/6.1MPG Mon. 4 at Quinnipiac* L, 55-59 (OT) G 5-10/FR 22 Anabel Ellison 2.0PPG/8.7MPG Sat. 9 vs Manhattan* W, 52-44 F 6-2/SO 32 Samantha Bailey 1.4PPG/5.9MPG Sun. 10 vs Manhattan* W, 50-46 G 5-9/SO 13 Julianna Bonilla 1.0PPG/5.3MPG Fri. 15 at Fairfield* W, 56-38 F 6-1/FR 14 Erin Fox 7PTS/2.7MPG Sat. 16 at Fairfield* L, 58-61 TIP-OFF: 15-seed Marist faces 2-seed Louisville in the first round of the Fri. 22 at Niagara* W, 66-60 (OT) NCAA Tournament on Monday, March 22nd at 8 p.m. The Red Foxes are Sat. 23 at Niagara* W, 67-45 competing in their first NCAA Tournament since 2014. ON THE AIR: Monday’s game airs on ESPN. Geoff Brault handles play-by- FEBRUARY (4-0) play duties for the audio-only broadcast on GoRedFoxes.com. Sun. 7 vs Rider* W, 47-46 CHAMPS!: Marist captured its 11th MAAC title in program history, all under Mon. 8 vs Rider* W, 70-57 Head Coach Brian Giorgis, after going 18-3 on the season. The Red Foxes Sat. 13 at Siena* W, 69-44 went 13-3 in MAAC play to secure their 13th MAAC regular season champion- Sun. 13 at Siena* W, 60-44 ship. Marist defeated Siena, Fairfield, and Saint Peter’s in the MAAC Tourna- Sat. 20 at Iona* Canceled ment, and the Red Foxes’ 69-30 win in the MAAC title game set championship game records for largest margin of victory & fewest points allowed. Sun. 21 at Iona* Canceled Sat. 27 vs Monmouth* Canceled ALL-MAAC: Willow Duffell was named to the All-MAAC First Team for the Sun. 28 vs Monmouth* Canceled first time in her career after receiving Preseason All-MAAC Third Team acco- lades. Sarah Barcello and Trinasia Kennedy were selected to the All-MAAC Third Team. For Barcello, it is her first postseason honor outside of her MAAC MARCH (4-1) All-Championship nomination in 2019. Kennedy racks up her first MAAC hon- Thu. 4 vs Saint Peter's* W, 71-55 or in her sophomore campaign. Caitlin Weimar was named MAAC Co-Rook- Fri. 5 vs Saint Peter's* L, 51-58 ie of the Year with Rider’s Makayla Firebaugh, and a unanimous pick for the Wed. 10 #9 Siena% W, 63-55 MAAC All-Rookie Team after winning five MAAC Rookie of the Week awards. Head Coach Brian Giorgis was named MAAC Co-Coach of the Year with Fri. 12 #4 Fairfield% W, 66-50 Saint Peter’s’ Marc Mitchell. Duffell received MAAC Tournament MVP honors Sat. 13 #3 Saint Peter's% W, 69-30 after averaging 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game in Marist’s Mon. 22 #2 Louisville# 8 p.m. three wins. Weimar (10.5 PPG, 10 RPG, 3.5 BPG) and Allie Best (19/3 * indicates MAAC game assist/turnover ratio) were selected to the MAAC All-Championship Team. % indicates MAAC Tournament HEADLINES FROM THE HUDSON Marist is 5-10 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, all under Brian Giorgis. This is the first time that Marist is a 15-seed in the Big Dance; no 15-seed has ever won a #game indicates in NCAA NCAA Tournament Tournament history ... Marist and Louisville meet for the third time in the series’ history, which started in 2010 ... Marist has won 10 of 11 games head- ing into the tournament, with seven of those wins coming in double figures. Only eight times all year has an opponent scored more than 55 points, and none more than 61 points ... As a program, the Red Foxes enter the tournament second in the nation in scoring defense (51.0 PPGA), fifth in personal fouls/game (12.9), ninth in field goal percentage defense (34 percent), 12th in three-point percentage defense (25.6 percent), 17th in winning percentage (.857), and 24th in assists/game (16.2) ... Al- lie Best is first in Division I with a 4.78 assist/turnover ratio. She is the only student-athlete with a ratio above 4.0 ... Marist has won five straight games when Willow Duffell notches a double-double. Duffell was Marist’s only Preseason All-MAAC recipient, having secured a spot on the Third Team as Marist was picked fourth in the Preseason Poll ... Three Red Foxes are averaging double figures in the last eight games: Duffell (13.6 PPG), Sarah Barcello (12.3), and Trinasia Kennedy (11.3). FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND REGIONALS NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL REGIONALS SECOND ROUND FIRST ROUND SEMIFINALS CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS Alamo S Stanford (25-2) 1 1 UConn (24-1) SUN 3/21, 10 p.m., E1 SUN 3/21, 8 p.m., E1 Alamo N Utah Valley (13-6) 16 16 High Point (22-6) Oklahoma St. (18-8) 8 8 Syracuse (14-8) Texas St. SUN 3/21, 1 p.m., E2 SUN 3/21, 5:30 p.m., E2 Mary's Wake Forest (12-12) 9 9 South Dakota St. (21-3) Alamo S Missouri St. (21-2) 5 5 Iowa (18-9) St. MON 3/22, 7:30 p.m., EU SUN 3/21, Noon, E1 Mary's UC Davis (13-2) 12 12 Central Mich. (18-8) Alamo N Arkansas (19-8) 4 4 Kentucky (17-8) MON 3/22, 2 p.m., E1 SUN 3/21, 2 p.m., E1 Texas Wright St. (18-7) 13 13 Idaho St. (22-3) Oregon (13-8) 6 6 Michigan (14-5) UTSA MON 3/22, 10 p.m., E2 SUN 3/21, 3 p.m., E2 Alamo N South Dakota (19-5) 11 11 FGCU (26-2) Georgia (20-6) 3 3 Tennessee (16-7) Texas St. MON 3/22, Noon, E2 SUN 3/21, 2 p.m., ABC Mary's Drexel (14-8) 14 San Antonio 14 Middle Tenn. (17-7) Texas Northwestern (15-8) 7 7 State April 4 Virginia Tech (14-9) St. MON 3/22, 4p.m., EU SUN 3/21, Noon, EU Mary's UCF (16-4) 10 10 Marquette (19-6) Alamo S Louisville (23-3) 2 ESPN 2 Baylor (25-2) MON 3/22, 8 p.m., E1 San Antonio San Antonio SUN 3/21, 4 p.m., ABC Alamo S Marist (18-3) 15 April 2 April 2 15 Jackson St. (18-5) Texas South Carolina (22-4) 1 ESPN ESPN 1 NC State (20-2) State SUN 3/21, 6 p.m., E1 NATIONAL CHAMPION SUN 3/21, 4 p.m., E1 Alamo N Mercer (19-6) 16 16 N.C. A&T (14-2) Oregon St. (11-7) 8 8 South Fla. (18-3) Texas SUN 3/21, 7:30 p.m., E2 SUN 3/21, 9:30 p.m., E2 State Texas Florida St. (10-8) 9 9 Washington St. (12-11) Texas Georgia Tech (15-8) 5 5 Gonzaga (23-3) State SUN 3/21, 4:30 p.m. EU MON 3/22, 4 p.m., E2 St. Mary's SFA (24-2) 12 12 Belmont (20-5) West Virginia (21-6) 4 4 Indiana (18-5) UTSA St. SUN 3/21, 8 p.m., EU MON 3/22, 2 p.m., EU Mary's Lehigh (10-5) 13 13 VCU (16-10) Texas Texas (18-9) 6 6 Rutgers (14-4) State MON 3/22, 8 p.m., E2 MON 3/22, Noon, EU State Texas Bradley (17-11) 11 11 BYU (18-5) Alamo N UCLA (16-5) 3 3 Arizona (16-5) MON 3/22, 10 p.m., E1 MON 3/22, 2 p.m., E2 Texas Wyoming (14-9) 14 14 Stony Brook (15-5) Alamo N Alabama (16-9) 7 7 Iowa St. (16-10) MON 3/22, Noon, E1 MON 3/22, 6 p.m., E1 Alamo S North Carolina (13-10) 10 10 Michigan St. (15-8) Maryland (24-2) 2 2 Texas A&M (23-2) Texas MON 3/22, 4 p.m., E1 MON 3/22, 6 p.m., E2 Alamo S Mount St. Mary's (17-6) 15 15 Troy (22-5) 2021 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Complete bracket released on ESPN Selection Show, Monday, March 15 at 7 p.m. ET. FIRST-ROUND - March 21 and 22 and SECOND-ROUND - March 23 and 24. SWEET 16 - March 27-28 and ELITE 8 - March 29-30. All Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Women's Final Four games played @ Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas.