Marist Wins 2020-21 MAAC Women’s Basketball Regular Season Title
EDISON, N.J. (Mar. 6, 2021)– Marist College captured the 2020-21 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Regular Season Championship. The title marks the 13
th for the Red Foxes, and second straight.
Marist (15-3, 13-3 MAAC) will enter the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Women’s Basketball Championship as the top seed. The Red Foxes now seek a MAAC-leading 13
th championship and the team’s first since 2014.
One of the most dominant programs in MAAC history, Marist women’s basketball has transformed under the leadership of Brian Giorgis. The Red Foxes’ all-time leader in wins, Giorgis has led the program to 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, five NCAA Tournament victories and a Sweet 16 appearance.
Marist has been led by a big senior season from Willow Duffell. Duffell has been filling up that stat sheet, averaging 11.7 PPG, 8.7 RPG, and 2.5 APG. Adding to Duffell are Sarah Barcello, averaging 12.7 PPG, and Trinasia Kennedy, averaging 9.7 PPG. Freshman Caitlin Weimar has chipped in with 8.6 PPG and 7.2 RPG.
The Red Foxes have earned an opening round bye. They will play the winner of the No. 8 /No. 9 matchup on Wednesday, March 10 at 12:00 p.m. in the quarterfinals on ESPN3.
The 2020-21 campaign concludes with the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Basketball Championships from Mar. 8-13 at Atlantic City's Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. Stay up to date with all MAAC basketball by visiting
MAACSports.com/basketball and by following
@MAACHoops and
#MAACHoops on Twitter.
About the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships:
The MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships return to New Jersey on March 8-13, 2021 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. To stay up to date on MAAC basketball, visit
http://maacsports.com/basketball and follow
@MAACHoops on Twitter.
About Time Out for Black Lives
Time Out for Black Lives aims to inspire and educate youth, athletes, families and fans. The initiative has an interactive website where coaches and student-athletes from MAAC basketball programs contribute their time and resources to read children’s books in entertaining videos, all focusing on Black culture, history, music and myths. The program comes as part of the MAAC’s
United for Justice campaign that was announced over the summer. For more information, visit
timeoutforblacklives.com.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.