The Siena Saints look to bounce back after a tough three-point loss to the Rider Broncs on Sunday, as they head down I-87 to take on the Marist Red Foxes on Thursday night. Siena has beaten the Red Foxes each of the last three years during the regular season, with one of those matchups coming at McCann Arena.
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Joe Mixie and Steve Amedio will have the call for WVCR The Saint on today's radio broadcast. The game will also be video streamed on ESPN3 via Marist. Click the corresponding links to follow along with today's game coverage.
Social media updates will be provided courtside throughout the day via the Saints' official twitter page @sienawomenshoop. Join the conversation by using the hashtag #MarchOn during the game.
Ten things to know for Saturday's game versus Marist:
- The Saints fell at home to Rider Sunday afternoon in a tightly contested 55-52 decision. Redshirt-senior Joella Gibson paced the team with 14 points and six rebounds, marking the second time this season she has led the team in points in a contest.
- The Saints' 3-1 start to conference play is their best since the 2015-16 season, when they won their first seven MAAC contests to begin league action.
- Siena has accumulated a 289-212 (.577) record in MAAC play all-time, including a 59-61 (.492) outcome under head coach Ali Jaques.
- In her seventh season as Siena's Head Coach, Ali Jaques holds a 96-109 all-time record, including a 59-61 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.
- The team has won six of its last eight contests against MAAC schools, including five of six regular season games dating back to last season.
- Adding three assists to her total on Friday, senior Deja Rawls sits in 19th all-time in program history in the statistic, with 275. Rawls needs one help to tie Katelyn Dooley (2003-07, 276) for 18th.
- With 71 rejections to her name, Maddie Sims needs seven more blocks to enter the all-time top-10 in program history.
- Maddie Sims currently leads all players in the MAAC in double-doubles, with five to her name this season, including three in conference play.
- Dating back to 1977, Siena is 32-36 all-time against Marist. The Saints went 1-2 against the Red Foxes last season, taking a 58-53 win at the Times-Union Center to begin the season series, and then falling 73-54 on the road and 67-51 in the MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals.
