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ALBANY, NY -- Freshmen Jordan Horn and Prince Oduro combined to score 48 points, but Siena Basketball dropped its third straight to open MAAC play with an 84-76 defeat to Niagara at the Times Union Center. Horn erupted for a career-high 29 points on 10-13 shooting including 5-8 from three-point range, while Oduro also added a season-best with 19 points.

Marvin Prochet led four in double figures while tallying his fifth double-double of the season with 20 points and 11 rebounds for Niagara (8-8, 1-2) which snapped a four-game losing streak vs. Siena (4-12, 0-3) in Albany. The Saints held the MAAC's top-two scorers and the nation's second leading scoring duo in Matt Scott and Kahlil Dukes to nearly nine points under their collective season average, although the pair still scored 18 and 17 effective points, respectively.

After Siena opened the scoring with a three, the Purple Eagles answered with the game's next 12 points and led for the final 38 minutes. Niagara opened as much as a 10-point advantage in the opening half, although the Saints reeled off nine straight points to briefly forge a 30-all tie with 2:51 remaining in the stanza. But the Purple Eagles scored seven of the final eight points in the first half to reclaim the lead for good at 37-31 at the break.

Both teams shot at identical 55% clips in combining to score 92 points in the second half. Siena rallied within as close as three at 65-62 on a Horn layup with 7:34 to play, but Niagara responded with a 16-5 run down the stretch to close it out.

Junior forward Evan Fisher followed up Monday's career performance with a solid eight points and nine rebounds for the Saints, while sophomore forward Thomas Huerter, Jr. added career-highs of five points, seven rebounds, and two blocks in 16 spirited minutes off the bench in just his second appearance in the past month.

Dominic Robb rounded out the Purple Eagles' double figure scorers with 14 points and eight rebounds off the bench for Niagara which shot 17-25 from the free throw line as compared to just 6-12 for Siena.

The Saints wrap up their season long three-game homestand to open 2018 when they host Canisius in the backend of a doubleheader Sunday at the Times Union Center. The Siena women tip off the action at 1 p.m., followed by the men at 3 p.m.