In Marist's 14 wins this season we've seen them blow teams out, hold onto leads late and now come from behind with less than 30 seconds to go. For the first time all year, the Red Foxes were trailing in a game with less than a minute to go an actually still managed to capture a win. Last night they trailed by 3 (59-56) and had the ball needing a big bucket. They turned to red-shirt junior Julianne Viani for just that as she burried a three with 29 seconds remianing. Marist then got a big stop to keep the game tied and with 3.7 seconds left, who else other than Rachele Fitz drew a foul an knocked down both free-throws to give Marist a 61-59 lead and eventual win over Loyola . In my last post I stated how Meg Dahlman recorded her 500th rebound of her career and in last night's game Dahlman reached another collegiate milestone recording her 1,000 career point.
This is such a nice win for the Foxes in terms of what they had to do and overcome to pull out a win. They showed me a lot being able to win a game in which they trailed in the closing moments. It just shows how well rounded this squad really is. They're only wins aren't in games where they dominate and blow teams out. In a game where we saw 8 ties and 14 lead changes, Marist was able to rally very late and stay composed to come back and win. We haven't seen them record a win yet quite like this one. Trust me it means a lot for a team to win like this because they now know that they are never out of any game.
With the win Marist improved to 14-2 on the season and 4-0 in the MAAC.
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