The Siena Saints (21-4, 14-0) defeated the Fairfield Stags (16-8, 9-5) by a final of 69-67 in downtown Albany on Monday night. Fairfield trailed by 8 at halftime, but kept it very close in the second half. Siena’s starters did not leave the floor in the second half, but were outscored by Fairfield the whole way. Fairfield trailed by 1 possession twice in the final five minutes, once being the meaningless last two seconds of the contest. The Stags got a career high performance from Sean Crawford, who scored 15 points, but turned the ball over twice in the final four minutes. Derek Needham finished two points shy of his career high with 26.

Siena was led by Edwin Ubiles, who took over late in the game, driving into the lane with for some crucial buckets. Ubiles finished the game with 18 points on 8 of 16 shooting. Ryan Rossiter had 17 points and 10 rebounds, matching a school record with his 14th double-double of the season. Siena got some nice minutes late in the first half from Wignot and Anosike when Franklin was forced to sit on the bench after the 12:29 mark.

Siena will head to Buffalo this weekend while Fairfield will travel to Rider for their second game of a four game road trip.