POUGHKEEPSIE, NY -- The University of Delaware men’s basketball squad suffered its third straight loss Saturday night as the Blue Hens shot just 29 percent from the field and dropped a 64-48 setback to host Marist at the McCann Center.

The Blue Hens (2-3), who got 12 points from Calvin Cannon and 10 points and a career high 14 rebounds from Herb Courtney (right), suffered their third straight loss after starting the year 2-0. The game marked the first ever meeting between the two teams in men’s basketball.

Marist (1-1), which opened its season with a three-point loss to Seton Hall, improved to 1 1 as forward Ryan Stilphen led four Red Fox players in double figures with 14 points. Marist used an 18-6 burst to start the second half to break open a close game.

Courtney, a sophomore forward, notched his second career double-double as he scored 10 points and pulled a career-high 14 rebounds, helping the Blue Hens hold a 43-37 advantage on the boards. Cannon added a team-high 12 points, including hitting four of Delaware’s five three-pointers, while Zaire Taylor came off the bench to add 10 points and four assists and All-American candidate Harding Nana added nine points and 11 rebounds.

Stilphen also added seven rebounds for Marist while guard Jared Jordan added 13 points and a game-high six assists, James Smith added 12 points and seven rebounds, and Gerald Carter came off the bench to chip in with 11 points.

Delaware converted just 29.2 percent of its shots from the field, hitting 19 of 65 for the game for the team’s lowest team shooting percentage since hitting .254 of its shots in an 85-59 win over Siena Dec. 23, 2003. The Hens’ 48 points was the team’s lowest since a 74-46 loss to Auburn last Dec. 20.

“Defensively we did what we wanted to,” said Delaware head coach David Henderson. “We wanted to take away their three-point shots and we did that, but offensively we squandered too many opportunities. We just didn’t execute on the offensive end tonight. We got some good looks, but didn’t knock down any open shots.”

Marist led for most of the first half but the Hens did tie the game twice, the second time at 11-11 with 10:35 left in the stanza. Delaware still trailed by just three points when Taylor hit a jumper with 2:37 left to cut the lead to 24-21. Marist’s Miles Orman hit one free throw and Carter hit a layup just before the halftime buzzer to push the lead to 27-21 at the break.

Cannon nailed a three-pointer for Delaware just over a minute into the second stanza to cut the lead to 29-24, but the Red Foxes scored 8 of the next 10 points, including three pointers from Smith and Jordan, to up the lead to double digits.

The lead stayed in double figures the rest of the way. Delaware cut the lead to 12 points several times in the last eight minutes, the second time with 3:11 left when Nana completed a three-point play to narrow the margin to 58-46. But the Hens never scored another field goal, missing their final five, and couldn’t gain any ground. Jordan hit two field goals and Will Whittington added two free throws during the span to keep Marist in front.

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