2021–22 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team

The 2021–22 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team represented Marist College in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Foxes, led by fourth-year head coach John Dunne, played their home games at the McCann Arena in Poughkeepsie, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

They finished the season 14–16 overall, and 9–11 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the MAAC tournament, they were upset in the first round by No. 11 seed Quinnipiac 52–77.

Previous season

The Red Foxes finished the 2020–21 season 12–9 overall, 10–8 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the 2021 MAAC tournament, they were defeated by No. 5 seed Niagara in the quarterfinals 62–67. This marked the first overall and conference winning season for the Red Foxes since 2007–08 when they finished 18–14 overall, and 11–7 in the MAAC, and a tie for fifth place.

Offseason Departures Departures Hakim Byrd 1 G 5'10" 155 Freshman Philadelphia, PA Transferred to UMBC Michael Cubbage 5 G 6'4" 180 RS Senior Sicklerville, NJ Transferred to St. Francis Brooklyn Henry Makeny 10 F 6'7" 185 Sophomore Sydney, Australia Left team for personal reasons Tucker Lee 25 G 6'3" 180 Senior Kent, CT Graduated Zion Tordoff 33 F 6'8" 220 Senior Bradford, England Transferred to Houston Baptist

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Samkelo Cele 25 F 6'5" 210 Senior Durban, South Africa Southern

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=";"| Regular season

!colspan=12 style=";"| MAAC tournament

Awards Following the season, two Marist players were selected to the All-MAAC teams, freshman guard Jao Ituka and sophomore guard Ricardo Wright. Ituka was the unanimous selection for the 2022 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year, as well as being selected to the All-MAAC Second Team. Ituka led the team in scoring at 15.3 points per game, third in the MAAC, and shot 52.6% from the field, which was 59th best in all NCAA for the season. Wright was selected on the All-MAAC Third Team after being selected to the All-Rookie Team last season. Wright was 10th in the MAAC in scoring average at 13.6 points per game, and sixth in three-point percentage at .383.

Statistics Players Legend   GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game Source: PLAYER GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG AST STL BLK PPGBraden Bell 29 3 15.6 .364 .269 .800 3.1 25 13 10 4.1Rollin Belton 15 0 4.9 .308 - .000 0.6 2 1 3 0.5Thomas Butticelli 3 0 1.0 - - 1.000 - 0 0 0 0.7Samkelo Cele 30 27 21.7 .454 .322 .767 3.5 17 19 4 8.7Javon Cooley 25 1 10.0 .340 .269 .400 1.8 10 9 5 1.7Terrence Echols 4 1 2.3 .000 .000 1.000 0.3 0 1 0 0.5Victor Enoh 28 14 18.4 .500 - .563 4.5 9 9 17 2.7Noah Harris 30 4 20.6 .351 .350 .857 2.0 31 20 1 6.1Matt Herasme 28 28 29.7 .347 .310 .800 4.9 27 17 10 4.2Jao Ituka 28 16 22.0 .526 .410 .768 3.1 45 19 7 15.3Jordan Jones 30 16 19.7 .620 - .708 3.9 16 14 35 7.7Tyler Saint-Furcy 12 1 11.2 .263 .000 .429 1.9 4 8 2 1.1Raheim Sullivan 23 12 19.9 .416 .426 .690 2.2 31 26 2 7.7Ricardo Wright 30 27 29.0 .408 .374 .709 4.2 52 19 5 13.6TOTALS30 –.439.344.71935.1105426910168.8OPPONENTS30 –.415.334.72835.110543969668.2

MAAC Leaders Scoring Jao Ituka (15.3/game): 3rd Ricardo Wright (13.6/game): 10th

Rebounding Matt Herasme (4.9/game): 21st

Field Goal Percentage (minimum avg 5 attempted per game) Jordan Jones (98–158 .620): 2nd Samkelo Cele (104–229 .454): 16th

Free-throw percentage (minimum avg 3 attempted per game) Jao Ituka (109–142 .768): 11th

Steals per game Raheim Sullivan (1.1/game): 10th

3-Point Field Goal Percentage (minimum avg 2 attempted per game) Raheim Sullivan (23–54 .426): 2nd Ricardo Wright (58–155 .374): 6th Noah Harris (48–137 .350): 16th

3-Point Field Goals Made Ricardo Wright (58): 9th Noah Harris (48): 14th

Blocked Shots Jordan Jones (35): 5th Victor Enoh (17): 21st

Minutes Played Matt Herasme (29.7/game): 22nd Ricardo Wright (29.0/game): 23rd

To qualify, players must have appeared in 75% of team's games.

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