Marist senior forward Rachele Fitz was named the Metro Atlantic women’s basketball player of the year for the third year in a row, the first to do so in MAAC history.
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Marist women beat Canisius, advance to semis
Corielle Yarde scored 16 points and Rachele Fitz added 12 to lead top-seeded Marist to a 57-38 win in the Metro Atlantic quarterfinals over No. 9 Canisius in Albany on Friday afternoon.
Marist plays the Manhattan-Niagara winner at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Iona and Fairfield play the earlier semifinal.
Kristine Best had 10 points. Yarde grabbed nine rebounds and Fitz had nine. Newburgh’s Emily Stallings had five rebounds in 12 minutes.
Brittane Russell scored 17 points and Tasia Lee grabbed 11 rebounds for Canisius.
Marist led 24-21 at half, having shot 1-for-11 from 3-point range. The Red Foxes were 4-for-7 beyond the arc in the second half. Marist scored 18 points off 15 Canisius turnovers and outscored the Griffins 18-10 in the lane.
Fitz is 71 points away from becoming the MAAC’s all-time leading scorer.