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Recap: Niagara 87, Siena 74

Siena snaps their school record and nation’s longest 15-game winning streak falling 87-74 at Niagara for their first MAAC loss since Feburary 27, 2009.
Siena’s loss snaps a 15 game win streak and gives the Saints their first loss of 2010, their last loss was December 12, 2009 at Northern Iowa. This year, four of the [...]

Recap: Siena 79, Marist 60

Led by the frontcourt, Siena dominated Marist in the second half in a 79-60 victory Saturday afternoon at the McCann Center.
Alex Franklin scored 20 points to reach 20+ points for the ninth time this season. Ryan Rossiter scored 16 points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
Siena’s 12-0 start in conference ties the best start in [...]

Recap: Siena 66, St. Peter’s 58

Siena got down early, trailing by as much as seven early in the first half and the Saints found themselves in a tough fight in Jersey City.
Without Edwin Ubiles due to a back issue and the reigning MAAC Player of the Week Alex Franklin struggling for most of the game, the Saints got a dominant [...]

Recap: Siena 67, Loyola 61

Edwin Ubiles, despite a lingering back issue, made four of five three pointers including one with 21 seconds to play to give Siena a hard-fought 67-61 win Thursday night.
The Loyola Greyhounds, the team who last beat Siena at home, gave the shorthanded Saints their toughest fight in the MAAC season thus far. Siena trailed by [...]

Recap: Siena 81, Fairfield 73

The Siena Saints wore down the 2nd-place Fairfield Stags in the second half for their eighth straight win, led by Clarence Jackson’s 22 points, in a 81-73 win at the Arena at Harbor Yard Saturday.
The Saints started out strong in the second half, quickly pushing the tempo, to turn a one-point halftime lead into a [...]

Recap: Siena 83, Niagara 65

The Saints (12-4, 5-0) improve their winning streak to six games after defeating the Niagara Purple Eagles (10-7,3-2) 83-65. Siena also extended their winning streak in the Times Union Center to 29 games.
Siena jumped out early to a 7-0 lead, only to allow Niagara answer with seven straight points of their own. Edwin Ubiles was [...]

We’re Reading: Pete Iorizzo

At this point, what else is new; lots of good stuff from the man, the myth, the legend, Pete Iorizzo the last few days– Fran’s comments on Yard, tickets flying out the box office, and getting ready for Niagara is all covered over at the Times Union. Our Niagara preview will be out later [...]

Siena 76, Loyola (MD) 56

Siena (11-4, 4-0) continued its winning ways over the MAAC after defeating the Loyola Greyhounds (8-6, 1-3) 76-56 for the team’s fifth straight victory.
The Saints took advantage of Loyola’s first half offensive struggles and went into halftime with a 34-19 lead. The second half featured a number of timely Siena runs that quickly put the [...]

Opinion: Position Grading – PF/C

The Saints frontcourt has been the model of consistency thus far this season. Alex Franklin leads all players with 14.5 ppg and is pulling down nearly 8 boards a game as well. Franklin has the amazing ability to be both a down low presence and a fast break finisher. He always works hard to put [...]

We’re Reading: OD In the Backup Role

Big man in waiting
Anosike, who averages 14.2 minutes a game, has emerged as the most ready to contribute of Siena’s three eligible freshmen.
He has found a role backing up Rossiter and senior Alex Franklin, sort of the way Rossiter averaged 11 minutes sharing time with Cory Magee and Josh Duell during his freshman season.

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