2008 Woodie Awards
Foxes edge Rider
Daniel Barrack
Issue date: 2/8/07 Section: Sports
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Will Whittington scored a career high 32 points in a 79-78 win over conference rival Rider Monday at Alumni Gymnasium. Eight of Whittington's baskets were three-pointers, which tied the school record and his own personal record for the fourth time.
The victory improved Marist to 17-7 overall and now share first place with a 9-4 record in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Marist took the locker room with an 11-point lead at halftime, but almost squandered it away at the very end. With a game-high 15 point lead with 7:57 remaining, Rider went on an 18-5 run to slice the Red Fox lead to two.
Marist did not collapse, extending its lead to seven points with just under a minute left in the game. Guard Terrance Mouton score three of his final 12 points on a meaningless three-point shot with one second remaining that left Rider one point short of sending the contest into overtime.
As a team, Marist shot 48.3 percent from the field and 50 percent from beyond the arc. Much of the Red Foxes' success from deep can be attributed to the star of the game, Will Whittington.
"I was able to get open shots against their zone defense in the first half. Guys on our team just found me, and I was able to put the ball in the hole," Whittington said.
Found him they did, and he took advantage by hitting eight of 15 attempts, and accounting for half of the team's three-point field goals. While much of the team's success can be attributed to Whittington, the Kingwood, Texas native believes that the win was a complete team effort.
"It was a good game [Monday] night. We really had things flowing on offense in the first half. It is tough to win games on the road in this league so we are happy to have won that one."
Jared Jordan was a contributor in the win as well, scoring 18 points and accumulating five rebounds and eight assists. Senior center James Smith scored in double figures with 11 points, and junior Ben Farmer had a team high eight rebounds.
Marist played shaky defense and shot a mere 46.7 percent from the free-throw line, but still managed to do enough to top the Broncs. Forward Jason Thompson led Rider with 22 points on 9-of-16 shooting on the game. Terrance Mouton went 4-of-7 from deep, and there was a strong performance from Jason's brother, Ryan Thompson, who scored 16 points off the bench.
The Red Foxes look to stay in the win column as they finish out the five remaining MAAC games. Of its five conference games remaining, the only team with a losing record is Iona. Marist and Loyola are currently deadlocked at the top of the standings, but while the Red Foxes will play four of its last six games at the McCann center, Loyola's final three contests are on the road.
The victory improved Marist to 17-7 overall and now share first place with a 9-4 record in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Marist took the locker room with an 11-point lead at halftime, but almost squandered it away at the very end. With a game-high 15 point lead with 7:57 remaining, Rider went on an 18-5 run to slice the Red Fox lead to two.
Marist did not collapse, extending its lead to seven points with just under a minute left in the game. Guard Terrance Mouton score three of his final 12 points on a meaningless three-point shot with one second remaining that left Rider one point short of sending the contest into overtime.
As a team, Marist shot 48.3 percent from the field and 50 percent from beyond the arc. Much of the Red Foxes' success from deep can be attributed to the star of the game, Will Whittington.
"I was able to get open shots against their zone defense in the first half. Guys on our team just found me, and I was able to put the ball in the hole," Whittington said.
Found him they did, and he took advantage by hitting eight of 15 attempts, and accounting for half of the team's three-point field goals. While much of the team's success can be attributed to Whittington, the Kingwood, Texas native believes that the win was a complete team effort.
"It was a good game [Monday] night. We really had things flowing on offense in the first half. It is tough to win games on the road in this league so we are happy to have won that one."
Jared Jordan was a contributor in the win as well, scoring 18 points and accumulating five rebounds and eight assists. Senior center James Smith scored in double figures with 11 points, and junior Ben Farmer had a team high eight rebounds.
Marist played shaky defense and shot a mere 46.7 percent from the free-throw line, but still managed to do enough to top the Broncs. Forward Jason Thompson led Rider with 22 points on 9-of-16 shooting on the game. Terrance Mouton went 4-of-7 from deep, and there was a strong performance from Jason's brother, Ryan Thompson, who scored 16 points off the bench.
The Red Foxes look to stay in the win column as they finish out the five remaining MAAC games. Of its five conference games remaining, the only team with a losing record is Iona. Marist and Loyola are currently deadlocked at the top of the standings, but while the Red Foxes will play four of its last six games at the McCann center, Loyola's final three contests are on the road.
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