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The Siena Saints will put the longest winning streak in the nation on the line tonight in Jersey City against the streaking St. Peter’s Peacocks.

The Saints will likely see a different team than the one they beat at the Times Union Center on New Year’s Eve. Since then, the Peacocks have gone 6-1 in 2010 and are in a three way tie with Fairfield and Iona for second place in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Siena’s 11-point win over the Peacocks on New Year’s Eve came without leading scorer Wesley Jenkins. Jenkins came back the next game against Marist and has averaged 13.7 points per game since which included a 27 point performance in an Overtime win over Niagara and a 26 point performance in an 11-point win over Rider.

However this time the Saints may be without Edwin Ubiles who is questionable due to a lingering shoulder injury. Ubiles has sat in three games this season, two of them coming in the last three games. If Ubiles plays Thursday night, he is not expected to be at 100% recovered from the soreness in his shoulder.

Without Ubiles Siena will have to go to their offensive firepower inside led by reigning MAAC Player of the Week Alex Franklin. Franklin, who also shared the ECAC Player of the Week honors with George Mason’s Cam Long, made a season-low one field goal in their first meeting. However Franklin has been on his A-game as of late, averaging 22 points over the last four games. Meanwhile Ryan Rossiter has recorded a double-double in 11 of Siena’s last 12 games. They lead an attack that is first in the MAAC in 2-point Field Goal percentage offense and 63rd in the nation at 51.1%. Siena generates almost 60% of its offense, 59.3% which is 27th in the nation to be exact, from inside the arc so a huge key will be to keep Siena’s Franklin-Rossiter combination active.

The Peacocks five-game win streak has been largely led by defense. Coming into the week the Peacocks ranked 14th nationally in effective Field Goal percentage defense at 42.9%. They have been very tough from inside the three point line where they are 10th in the nation in 2-point Field Goal percentage defense at 40.6%, both rankings are tops in the MAAC. The Peacocks have also got their outside game on track, making a season-high nine three pointers in a 13-point win over Canisius Sunday.

St. Peter’s has the third longest winning streak in the MAAC entering Thursday night’s game winning five in a row. The Iona Gaels are on a six game win streak. The Peacocks are on a three-game home winning streak entering Thursday’s game.

Statistical rankings are as of the end of games on 1/25, courtesy of Kenpom.com.