UMBC men's basketball falls to Marist 88-80 on the road

The UMBC Retrievers lost 88-80 to the Marist Red Foxes on Thursday night at McCann Arena in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. UMBC fell to 0-2, with both games on the road. Marist improved to 1-1.

Marist led 38-33 at halftime and outscored UMBC 50-47 in the second half. The Red Foxes' largest lead was 16 points, and the teams traded the lead seven times.

Jacobs and Ceaser lead the way

Riley Jacobs led UMBC with 23 points on 7-of-10 shooting and 8-of-9 at the line. He also had three assists, three steals and two blocks, but he finished with five fouls.

Devin Ceaser added 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting and grabbed a game-high-for-UMBC 10 rebounds, all on the defensive end. Flash Burton scored 13 with four steals but committed nine of UMBC's 19 turnovers. Aidan Able had 10 points, and Carlos Varela scored 5 off the bench.

Turnovers and the glass

UMBC shot better from the floor than Marist, making 26 of 51 (51 percent) against 27 of 62 (44 percent). The Retrievers also scored 40 points in the paint to Marist's 22 and hit 24 of 29 free throws.

Marist made the difference elsewhere. The Red Foxes scored 22 points off turnovers to UMBC's 15 and pulled down 13 offensive rebounds to UMBC's five. They hit 11 of 30 from three-point range, compared with 4 of 11 for UMBC, and had 18 assists to the Retrievers' 10.

Marist's balance

Dywane Chess led Marist with 20 points, hitting four of eight three-pointers. Brady MacAdams scored 17 off the bench in 14 minutes, going 3 of 7 from deep. Jadin Collins-Roberts had 16 points, 12 of them from the free-throw line, and a team-high eight rebounds. Jordan Gabriel scored 10, and Jack Graham and Brandon Arnold each added 9.

The game was played before 1,242 fans and streamed on ESPN+.

Next up

UMBC returns home to face the McDaniel Green Terror on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. ET.