By the Numbers: Merrimack opens two-game home weekend against Rider

It’s a big weekend for the Merrimack men’s basketball team at Lawler Arena. The Warriors will host Rider tonight and will face Quinnipiac on Sunday.

Merrimack enters the weekend 1.5 games behind Quinnipiac and Marist for the top seed in the MAAC. The Bobcats, Red Foxes, and Warriors have four games left in the regular season, and the Warriors have three games remaining.

Merrimack defeated Rider, 66-64, on Feb. 2.

Here are the remaining schedules for the three teams at the top of the MAAC standings.

Merrimack (12-5)

• Rider (6-11)

• Quinnipiac (13-3)

• Marist (13-3)

Quinnipiac (13-3)

• Saint Peter’s (5-11)

• Merrimack (12-5)

• Mount St. Mary’s (10-6)

• Fairfield (6-10)

Marist (13-3)

• Sacred Heart (8-8)

• Saint Peter’s (5-11)

• Merrimack (13-3)

• Mount St. Mary’s (10-6)