The Saints enter the 2011-12 season with a lot of question marks as they get set to take on Navy in the season-opener at the Times Union Center. Siena will have to find a way to replace the scoring from outgoing seniors Clarence Jackson and last year’s MAAC Player of the Year in Ryan Rossiter; [...]
It was a busy day for the 2011-12 Saints, as the First Niagara Sneak Preview went down at the Times Union Center. Some Saints got good news, and the saints lost a forward for the season. Martens to Redshirt » Gomis, Salis NCAA Rulings » Andy Katz »
The Siena Saints (7-10, 4-3) travel to Jersey City, New Jersey to take on the St. Peter’s Peacocks (9-9, 4-3) at the Yanetelli Center on Friday night. The game will be televised on ESPNU starting at 9:05. The Peacocks boast a BCS win over Alabama earlier in the season, but they find themselves in the [...]
The Saints managed to get back in the win column with a must win early conference game against Marist on Friday night. This definitely stopped the road trip woes. It was a win off the court as well with Loyola topping Fairfield, allowing the Saints to gain a game in the loss column. The coaching [...]
Down 26-12, staring their second 3 game losing streak, a 1-2 conference record, the Saints responded in a big way coming back to defeat Iona. Proving yet again with their backs against the wall they will continue to fight and grind out a game for 40 minutes. The Saints’ hustle, effort, and resiliency is its best [...]
Banged up, outsized and overmatched, the underdog Siena Saints managed to dig deep and find one more stone to sling, playing the role of midmajor David to a power conference Goliath yet again Wednesday night. This time, the Saints managed to topple Georgia Tech, 62-57, while playing in front of an enthused and vocal crowd [...]
Updated 7:42pm… Down five on the road, in the hostile “Zoo”, staring 1-4 in the face, what do you say to your team as a coach heading into the locker room? How is this team going to respond in the face of adversity? Quite resoundingly, with a 20-1 run in the 2nd half. That put [...]
The Siena Saints (1-2) got their first win, defeating the Northeastern Huskies (2-1) 80-68 at the Matthews Arena in Boston on Saturday Afternoon. It was a close game until about 13 minutes to go, when Ryan Rossiter and Clarence Jackson completely broke down the Northeastern 2-3 zone. The Saints went on a 21-2 run, where [...]
Siena went on the road to face a Power Conference team in Minnesota on Monday and delivered a respectable performance, hanging around until the final minutes of the contest. The game seemed like a moral victory for the Saints, which left me asking the question– how much longer are moral victories going to be enough [...]
The Siena Saints (19-4, 12-0) welcome the second hottest team in the MAAC Conference to the Times Union Center Friday night as they host the Iona Gaels (17-6, 9-3.) The Saints hold the country’s longest winning streak at 13 in a row, and have won 32 consecutive at home. They have also won 36 of [...]