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LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. - Marist finished on a 21-5 run over the final 9:12 to rally past Siena Women's Basketball 56-46 at the ARC. Freshman forward Margot Hetzke paced the Saints with 14 points and seven rebounds.

The win was the 23rd straight for Marist (7-5, 3-0) over Siena (7-5, 0-3), but the Saints gave the nine-time defending MAAC Champions all they could handle.

Siena raced out to an early 14-point lead, holding Marist to just six points over the first 12 minutes. The Red Foxes missed 13 of their first 15 shots and settled for early threes, starting 1-10 from beyond the arc.

Nonetheless Marist, which took 30 of their 50 shots from three-point range, kept firing. Sydney Coffey hit three straight triple tries, spurring a 12-0 Marist run as they would ultimately rally within 26-24 at the break.

Siena, which trailed for just 14 seconds over the first 33 minutes, would reclaim as much as a nine-point second half lead and take a 41-35 advantage with 10:09 remaining.

But that's when Marist's Madeline Blais woke up. The MAAC's second leading scorer (16.2) and nation's 22nd best three-point shooter (.452) was held scoreless over the game's first 31 minutes, missing her first eight shots including all five of her three-point attempts. Blais would nail three consecutive three-point attempts, the final of which put Marist back on top for good 46-43 with 6:40 remaining.

Siena was unable to rally as the Saints missed 11 of their final 13 shots and were held without a field goal for the final 4:20 in seeing their four-game winning streak snapped. The Saints shot just 24.1% (7-29) in the second half as opposed to 47.8% (11-23) for Marist.

Hetzke and sophomore captain Meghan Donohue played well together again inside, as Donohue added nine points and a season-high 12 rebounds. Siena outscored Marist 26-12 in the paint, held a +8 rebound margin and limited the Red Foxes to just two offensive rebounds.

But Siena just could not muster enough offense late as the Saints were held to season-lows of 46 points and 30% shooting. The Saints had entered play averaging 68.6 points while leading the MAAC shooting 42.6% from the field.

Coffey led all scorers with a season-high 23 points for Marist on 7-10 shooting including 5-8 from three. Blais, Tori Jarosz and Allie Clement all added nine points apiece for the Red Foxes which have won six in a row.

Following a three-game homestand, Siena now heads on the road for five of its next six. The Saints open a three-game road trip Sunday with a noon tip at Saint Peter's.