The Siena Saints women's basketball program looks to bounce back from a 70-66 setback against Florida Atlantic to begin their month of December, as they travel to Olean, NY to take on the St. Bonaventure Bonnies on Friday. Tip off for the duel is slated for 7 p.m. in St.Bonaventure's Reilly Center. The Saints won last year's matchup between the squads in The ARC.
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Ten things to know for Friday's game versus St. Bonaventure:
- The Saints began the month by facing the Florida Athletic Owls for the first time ever, falling to former head coach Jim Jabir, 70-66, on Dec. 1 during their only regular season contest inside the Times-Union Center this season.
- Sabrina Piper led the squad with 16 points and seven rebounds, tying a career-best in the latter and marking the fifth time this season that the junior has scored in double-figures.
- Additionally, sophomore DeAnna Winston set a personal mark with seven points in a season-high 11 minutes off the bench.
- Adding a pair of assists to her total on Saturday, senior Deja Rawls sits in 21st in program history in the category (260). Rawls needs seven more helps to tie Cori Drummond (267, 1995-99) for 20th.
- The Saints hold a 13-8 all-time advantage over the Bonnies, having won the most recent contest between the two, 70-62, on Nov. 12, 2017.
- St. Bonaventure is the first of two straight Atlantic 10 Conference opponents that Siena will face over the next 10 days, with the team hosting Massachusetts at the ARC on Dec. 16 at 2 PM. This marks the first time since 2015 that the Saints will have played consecutive non-league opponents from the same conference (Albany & New Hampshire, America East Conference) .
- Overall, Siena is 19-24 against nine different A-10 schools.
- Sabrina Piper recorded a career performance in the team's win over Colgate on Nov. 29, dropping 30 points while going 10-15 from the field, 4-6 from three-point range and 6-9 from the free throw line, all personal bests. Piper was the first Saint since Kollyns Scarborough last season to have a 30-point game and connect on 10 or more buckets.
- Piper accounted for 54.5 % of the team's scoring in the contest, believed to be the second-high single output percentage in program history, with Scarborough scoring 56 % of the Saints' points on Jan. 13, 2018. Piper and Sims combined for 45 total points, good for 81.8 % of the team's output, a new program mark for a scoring effort by two players in a game by percentage.
- Siena posted several notable team numbers in its 86-81 thriller over Howard on Nov. 19. The team posted its highest point total since defeating Monmouth, 91-86 in double-overtime on Jan. 12, 2017. The team's nine made three-pointers were its most in a contest since draining nine in a win over Canisius on Feb. 18, 2017. Furthermore, four Saints put up double-digit scoring for the first time since a Feb. 25, 2018 win over Saint Peter's.