ALBANY, NY - Surging Siena Basketball aims for its fifth win in its past six games and looks to complete the regular season series sweep of Fairfield when the Saints host the Stags on Military Appreciation Night at 7 p.m. at the Times Union Center. The game will be televised locally in the Capital Region on My4 Albany, in addition to being simulcast on ESPN3.
Tickets to tonight's game start as low as just $10 for adults (service fees apply if purchasing through Ticketmaster), and can be secured by clicking the corresponding link, in-person at the Times Union Center Box Office (opens at 10 a.m.), or by contacting Ticketmaster by phone at (800) 745-3000. The Siena Fan Relations Management Center is at your service to handle all your ticket inquiries, and can be reached by phone at (518) 487-2202, online at sienasaints.com/tickets, by e-mail at sienatickets2@siena.edu, or by stopping by the office located at the Times Union Center (opens at 8:30 a.m.).
In conjunction with Military Appreciation Night, active or retired military who show their military ID at the Times Union Center Box Office will receive $3 off tickets. Siena's Military and Veterans Club as well as other local veterans' organizations will be on-hand and can be supported via donations and/or by trying out the $1 military-style pull-up challenge in the front atrium.
Tonight's game is also the second of four Siena Basketball Slam Dunkin' games this season. Fans can secure a voucher at their local participating Capital Region-area Dunkin' locations, which may be redeemed at the Times Union Center Box Office for a $5 ticket to tonight's game. Future Siena Basketball Slam' Dunkin games are set for Feb. 13 vs. Iona and Feb. 19 vs. Saint Peter's. Vouchers are also good for FREE admission to any Siena Women's Basketball regular season home game on campus at the Alumni Recreation Center. The Siena Basketball Slam Dunkin' offer is valid on select seat locations only for men's and women's basketball games.
At halftime, the Saints will recognize the 2018 New York-Penn League Champion Tri-City ValleyCats. Tri-City mascot SouthPaw will be in attendance, and the ValleyCats will have a table set up on the concourse with more information promoting their upcoming 2019 season.
Siena (10-12, 5-4) is playing its best basketball of the season, having won four of five punctuated by a thrilling road win at three-time defending MAAC Tournament Champion Iona Saturday afternoon. Tonight marks the Saints' lone home game during a five-game stretch, as Siena looks to secure its third straight victory at the Times Union Center.
The Saints posted a 57-48 triumph over Fairfield (7-16, 4-7) 11 days ago in Bridgeport.
Jalen Pickett scored a game-high 20 points on 8-12 shooting, while Siena's defense held the Stags to just 36% shooting and the MAAC's top three-point shooting attack at the time to just 4-23 (17%) from distance. The Saints have captured eight of the past 12 meetings between the programs, including four of the last six in Albany
Robert Lee and Kelly O'Donnell have the call of the game locally on My4 Albany as well as on ESPN3. My4 Albany is available in HD to Spectrum subscribers in the Capital Region on Channel 4. The ESPN3 broadcast is accessible by clicking the corresponding link, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, and on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Gameday Central coverage commences with The Anderson Group Pregame Show at 6:30 p.m. with A.J. Kanell and Andy Grazulis '92 on the radio locally on Talk 1300 AM and 98.7 FM, and online at SienaAllAccess.com. Complimentary online audio of the broadcast can also be accessed by clicking the corresponding link at the top of the page.
Social media updates will be provided courtside throughout the day by following the Saints' official twitter page @SienaMBB. Join the conversation by using the hashtags #UnleashMayhem #MarchOn, and #MAACHoops. Upload pictures of yourself and your friends enjoying tonight's game through the Selfiefinder platform by clicking the corresponding link at the top of the page, or by downloading the Selfiefinder app and searching "Siena." The best selfies from tonight's game will be displayed on the video scoreboard during the first timeout of the second half.
