LOUDONVILLE, NY – The Siena Women's Basketball's 19th Annual "Pink Zone" game presented by Berkshire Bank, CAP COM and Nigro Companies benefiting To Life! will be kicking off on Friday. The Saints host Marist at 7 p.m. at the Alumni Recreation Center. The event, which seeks to raise money and awareness for local breast cancer survivors, has raised over $182,000 to date.
2018-19 Siena Women's Basketball individual game tickets are on-sale now. Women's individual game tickets can be purchased online at sienasaints.com/tickets or in-person at the Alumni Recreation Center Box Office on game days.
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Joe Mixie and Steve Amedio will have the call for WVCR The Saint on today's radio broadcast. 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 Friday's game versus the Red Foxes:
- Siena is 9-9 all-time when playing a Pink Zone contest and has won during the event over the last two years. They are 0-2 against Marist in a Pink Zone contest, having faced the Red Foxes in 2011 and 2007.
- The Saints put together a furious fourth quarter comeback against Fairfield on Tuesday, but fell short on the road, 59-55. Redshirt-senior Aaliyah Jones rallied together a career-high 22 points, going 6-12 from the three-point line, while Sabrina Piper added 15. Jones became the first Saint since Jackie Benitez (Feb. 18, 2017) to knock down six treys in a game.
- The team connected on 12 threes in the effort, marking the first time since Dec. 6, 2016 that they compiled double-digit triples in a contest and the most overall in a tilt since Mar. 6, 2014.
- Following a win over Monmouth on Saturday, Jan. 19, Head Coach Ali Jaques became the second women's head coach in program history to reach 60 conference victories. Currently in her seventh year at the helm, Jaques holds a 98-112 all-time record, now just two wins away from becoming the third coach in program history to eclipse the 100-win threshold.
- Siena has accumulated a 291-214 (.576) record in MAAC play all-time, including a 61-64 (.488) outcome under head coach Ali Jaques.
- Adding a season-high seven assists to her total on Sunday, senior Deja Rawls moved into sole possession of 15th all-time in program history in assists with 289. Rawls needs two more helps to tie Lisa Speach (291, 1982-86) for 14th place.
- Maddie Sims is now 10th all-time in program history in blocks with 81. The junior needs six swats to tie Bronwyn Tobin (87, 1996-00) for ninth place.
- Maddie Sims currently leads all players in the MAAC in double-doubles, with five so far this season, including three in conference play.
- Dating back to 1977, Siena is 32-37 all-time against Marist. The Red Foxes claimed an 88-59 victory in the first edition of the Battle of I-87 back on Jan. 17.
- Junior Maddie Sims became the first Siena player to earn a MAAC weekly honor this season when she was named the conference's Player of the Week on Dec. 17. The accolade came after the Mount Laurel, N.J. native recorded her third double-double of the year, which propelled the team to a non-conference win over UMass on Dec. 16.
- The team registered 10 blocks in their victory over Saint Peter's on Jan. 27, marking the first time since at least the 2001-02 campaign they have gone into double-figures in swats. Maddie Sims registered seven blocks individually in the contest, tying a single-game program record.