The second-seeded Marist women’s basketball team defeated the seventh-seeded Manhattan Lady Jaspers by a score 84-60 in the quarterfinal round of the MAAC tournament at the Times Union Center on Friday afternoon.

When Marist announced all senior players to walk out to half-court with their loved ones to be honored during the pre-game, there was one player to step forward.  Baab is the only senior on the team of 13.  The 6’2 forward out of Chaska, Minnesota, has spent all four years at Marist, playing in 101 games.  

Niagara forward Victoria Rampado got the best of Marist guard Rebekah Hand. More than that, Niagara led for the entire game in a 68-61 win on Saturday night in McCann Arena.

On McCann Arena’s annual “Pack the House” game at Marist, the crowd erupted after redshirt sophomore Alana Gilmer scored the team’s first basket, and fans did not have a reason to settle down until the final buzzer. Unfortunately, Quinnipiac thrives in situations like these.

“If it is not clicking on the offensive end, we have to pick it up on the defensive end. Championship teams are made on the defensive end,” Marist guard Grace Vander Weide said after the Red Foxes’ 58-47 victory over the Canisius Golden Griffins on Sunday.