According to Jason Rich, the Assistant Athletic Director of Siena College, the preliminary report from our sports medicine people following today’s MRI… Josh Duell has a Grade 2 MCL sprain and an ACL sprain (not tear) along with bone bruising in the area. The prognosis is roughly a 3-6 week recovery period. Three weeks would [...]
Coach McCaffery caught up with the media on the runway from Kansas this morning. He explained that if Josh Duell is out for an extended period of time, his next two options to fill Duell’s minutes will be Stephen Priestly and Owen Wignot. He also briefly mentioned that he is comfortable going with three guards, [...]
Last night, Josh Duell injured his right knee under the basket with about ten minutes to play. As Kyle Downey fell to the floor, he landed right on Josh’s knee as he also eventually went down. Duell has been plagued with injury this season and this will likely be another setback. According to Pete Iorizzo, [...]
The Siena Saints will face the defending national champion Kansas Jayhawks tonight. It seemed from the outset this would be a transition year for Kansas, who returned just one starter in Sherron Collins. But Bill Self‘s club has held its own, most recently fending off #18 Tennessee 92-85 at home. Collins can drive the basketball [...]
On Sunday afternoon, the Siena Saints defeated the St. Peter’s Peacocks 65-52 in front of 5,585 fans at the Times Union Center. The Saints were short in the frontcourt today as they were without Ryan Rossiter, Josh Duell and Cory Magee. Stephen Priestly got the start today and played a career high 22 minutes. He [...]
Merry Christmas Eve. The Siena Saints defeated the Buffalo Bulls 71-60 in Albany on Tuesday night. This was the first game of a six game span across two weeks. Rest up guys. From the AP— Edwin Ubiles scored 21 points to lead Siena past Buffalo 71-60 in non-conference action Tuesday night. Alex Franklin added 15 [...]
The Siena Saints (5-4) fell to the undefeated #3 Pittsburgh Panthers by the final of 79-66 in the Zoo Wednesday night. DeJuan Blair was unbelievable on the glass, finishing up with 21 points and 16 rebounds for his eight double-double of the season. Boxscore The “Kenny Hasbrouck Slump Saga” continues– he had another night to [...]
Right out of the gate you could see how unbelievably tough Pitt is on defense. The Saints hung tough until around 13:30 when Saints get caught up in their own transition game, down 11-4 Fran takes a timeout. DeJuan Blair is simply unbelievable. He plays so big, so physical– I hate to admit it, but [...]
The Saints will be on national television for the second time Wednesday night, their second time being featured on ESPN2. The Saints will take on the #3 Pittsburgh Panthers, the reigning champions of the Big East from last season. This is the toughest opponent Siena has faced since they lost to #2 Memphis last season. [...]
According to Pete Iorizzo of the Times Union, Josh Duell is out indefinitely. There is currently no timetable for his return. According to Iorizzo, Duell suffered the injury during practice Sunday, was on crutches and in a boot on Monday. Obviously, he will not practice for a while. The Saints are going to need his [...]