LOUDONVILLE, NY – With a clutch come-from-behind overtime win over Manhattan Friday morning, the Siena Saints return back to the ARC for their second home game in three days when they host the Rider Broncs Sunday afternoon. Both teams are undefeated in league play to this point, with the Saints in a tie for first at 3-0, while Rider boasts a 2-0 MAAC record.
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Ten things to know for Sunday's game versus the Broncs:
- The Saints went to overtime for the second time this year on Friday morning, overcoming a 13- point deficit to defeat Manhattan, 62-56.
- Junior Sabrina Piper led the squad with 21 points, posting double figures for the third straight contest and setting a career mark in three-pointers made, going 5-7 from beyond-the-arc.
- Captain Maddie Sims posted a collegiate best in rebounding, putting up 20 points and 13 boards for her MAAC-leading 5th double-double of the season.
- Trailing by as many as 13 with 5:08 remaining in the 3rd quarter, Siena defeated a double-digit deficit to win for the third time this season, also doing so on Nov. 19 at Howard and Nov. 29 against Colgate.
- The Saints improved to 24-29 all-time in free basketball with the victory, winning their seventh straight overtime contest dating back to 2017, their second in a row against the Jaspers and second this season, having previously overcome Wagner in double overtime on Nov. 24.
- The Saints' 3-0 start to conference play is their best since the 2015-16 season, when they won their first seven MAAC contests to begin league action.
- With the win, the team is .500 or better for the first time this year. The Saints will look to win four in a row for the first time since putting together a season-best five-game winning streak form Jan. 18-Feb. 1, 2018.
- Siena has accumulated a 289-211 (.578) record in MAAC play all-time, including a 59-60 (.495) outcome under head coach Ali Jaques.
- In her seventh season as Siena's Head Coach, Ali Jaques holds a 96-108 all-time record, including a 59-60 mark in MAAC play. Jaques is inching closer to becoming the third coach in program history to eclipse the 100-win threshold and the second to reach 60 wins in conference play.
- For the second consecutive year, Siena was picked to finish third in the MAAC in the Preseason Coaches' Poll, with Maddie Sims (Second Team) and Aaliyah Jones (Third Team) earning Preseason All-MAAC honors.