LOUDONVILLE, NY – The Siena Saints women's basketball program officially gets their 2019-20 season underway on Saturday afternoon, as the green and gold take on the Binghamton Bearcats at the Times Union Center, with tip-off at 5 p.m.
2019-20 Siena Women's Basketball season and individual game tickets are on-sale now. Season tickets for all 11 home games at the Alumni Recreation Center start at just $70 for reserved chair back seating, with courtside seats only $100. Individual game tickets are priced at $10 for adult chair back seats, $8 for both adult and senior general admission, and $5 for children's tickets. Both Siena Women's Basketball season and individual game tickets can be purchased by contacting the Siena Fan Relations Management Center during traditional business hours Monday-Friday at (518) 487-2202, online at sienasaints.com/tickets, or by e-mail at
sienatickets2@siena.edu.
Follow the game by clicking on the live stats link at the top of the page, or by tuning into Siena's ESPN3 broadcast featuring Robert Lee and Kelly O'Donnell. You can also listen to the game via Siena All Access radio broadcast, where
Joe Mixie and Steve Amedio will have the call for WVCR The Saint. Click the corresponding links to follow along with the game coverage.
Continuous in-game press box updates will be provided via the women's basketball team's official twitter page @sienawomenshoop. Join the conversation by using the hashtags #MarchOn, #SienaSaints, and #MAACHoops.
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.
Siena is looking to build upon a 12-18 overall record last season in which the Saints finished tied for seventh in the MAAC with an 8-10 league mark. Headlining the team's returnees is senior
Sabrina Piper, who enjoyed a breakout junior season last year in which she averaged 10.9 points while ranking eighth in the MAAC in blocks (0.9) and ninth in free throw percentage (.710). Piper scored in double figures 14 times, highlighted by a career-high 30-point effort vs. Colgate. Piper is one of seven returnees for the Saints to go along with six newcomers including five true freshmen.
In the series history, Siena and Binghamton will be squaring off for the seventh time on Tuesday evening, with the first meeting of the series coming in 2009-10. Head Coach
Ali Jaques is currently undefeated against the Bearcats, standing with a perfect 3-0 record with wins in each of her first three seasons at the helm of the Green and Gold.
The last time these two teams met was back on December 19, 2014. Four Saints scored in double figures as Siena overcame a sluggish start to put away Binghamton 62-53 at the Events Center in Vestal, NY. Junior forward Symone Kelly, sophomore captain
Meghan Donohue and freshman forward
Margot Hetzke all scored 12 points apiece for the Saints which head into a nine-day holiday break riding back-to-back road wins. Senior captain Tehresa Coles once again filled the stat sheet with 11 points, a career-high tying seven assists, six rebounds and five steals for Siena which completed the road portion of its non-conference schedule with a perfect 4-0 record that season.
Binghamton finished 12-18 last season and was fifth in the America East Conference. Senior guard Kai Moon, who was named second-team all-conference, averaged 13.1 points per game. The Bearcats return two other seniors (Carly Boland and Karlee Krchnavi) as well as three other starters (Boland, Krchnavi and junior forward Olivia Ramil). In the America East preseason poll, the Bearcats were picked fourth out of nine teams. Binghamton is seeking its second consecutive opening-day win. Last season, the Bearcats defeated Charleston (W.V.) 69-62 on Nov. 6 at the Events Center.
