The Siena Saints (8-8, 3-3) defeated the Rider Broncs (6-12, 3-3) by a final of 80-75 on Thursday night at the Times Union Center. This was Siena’s third straight win after losing 7 of 8. The Saints got ahead early by just dominating in the paint and putting together three runs of 9-0, 11-0, 8-0 [...]
Siena came out sluggish early against Niagara on Sunday afternoon, but fought hard through the first 30 minutes and eventually cruised to a 12 point win. Trailing 18-8, the Saints started an 8 point run with an Owen Wignot three point play, and capped it off with a Kyle Downey 3. Speaks well to the [...]
A recharged Siena Saints (4-7) returned to the Times Union Center on Thursday night to defeat the Princeton Tigers (6-7) by a final score of 63-59. Anosike finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds for his 7th double-double in a row and 10th in 11 games this season. He is now tied for second in [...]
The Fordham Rams (4-5) dominated the Siena Saints (3-7) from the outset in Albany on Monday night. The Saints went into the first media timeout down by 10 points at a 13-3 deficit and Fordham didn’t stop scorching the nets. Fordham shot 43% from beyond the arc, besting their game by game average by more [...]
It’s been seven games so far this season, two hot starts and five consecutive losses. Since game three, it seems like every game is scripted; Siena gets in a deep hole early (sometimes 15 points deep), goes into halftime chasing their opponent and storms back late in the second half, but just can’t quite get [...]
Matt Glass tipped in a missed shot with .1 seconds remaining. That’s all that needs to be said. Siena hung with Vermont the entire day in a tough environment in Burlington, VT on Saturday afternoon. The Saints never led in the game, but did tie it on 5 occasions. Siena looked all but out of [...]
The Saints had multiple chances to tie or take the lead against St. Bonaventure and failed to capitalize as the Siena shooters cooled off late in a 64-58 defeat in front of 6,067 at the Times Union Center Monday night. Siena, trailing 54-52, missed on three straight possessions to tie or take the lead. Misses by [...]
The Saints went on a 9-0 run to open the second half and were able to hold off a Navy Midshipmen comeback late in a 65-56 victory Wednesday night at the Times Union Center. Navy cut a lead as large as 14 down to four with a Jordan Brickman three pointer with 45.9 seconds left [...]
On Roger Wyland’s radio show today on Fox Sports 980, Coach Buonaguro said that he’s not planning on starting Rakeem Brookins against Navy next Wednesday night. Evan Hymes has been running point in practice and will start at the 1. Hymes will be joined by veterans in Owen Wignot, Kyle Downey, and OD Anosike. Downey [...]
As part of our continuing preseason coverage we got a chance to chat with Raphielle Johnson of CollegeHoops.Net to preview Siena, the additions to Iona and his MAAC predictions. Follow Raphielle Johnson on twitter (we do!) @raphiellej. SienaSaintsBlog: What Siena player are you looking forward to seeing play this year? Raphielle Johnson/CollegeHoops.Net: Kyle Downey’s return will be [...]