ALBANY, NY - Siena Basketball continues a pivotal midseason stretch where they play six of eight at home when the Saints host current MAAC frontrunner Quinnipiac in a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. at the Times Union Center in Teacher and Staff Appreciation Day presented by Transfinder. Siena is in search of its ninth straight home victory, which would match the longest home win streak since winning a program record 38 straight at the Times Union Center from 2008-10.
Tickets to the 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. on weekdays).
Fans can
enjoy basketball and bloody mary's at Sunday's game. For just $20 receive a ticket to the game and a 14-ounce build-your-own bloody mary with all the fixins. The coaching staff will also be participating in
Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers Week in part by wearing sneakers at the game in an effort to help raise awareness in the nationwide initiative to save lives from cancer.
Siena (8-9, 4-4) looks to complete the sweep of its conference home weekend while improving its overall record back to .500 and continuing its ascent in the MAAC Standings. The Saints are looking to build off of their best defensive performance of the season in Friday night's 70-57 win over Marist, in which Siena allowed a season-low in both points and opponent's field goal percentage (.328).
Quinnipiac (10-7, 5-2) enters play tied atop the MAAC Standings with Monmouth just over one-third of the way through the league slate. The Bobcats rank eighth nationally in free throw percentage (.784), ninth in threes (10.4), and 17th in fewest fouls committed (14.6). Kevin Marfo leads the nation in rebounding (13.9), while Rich Kelly leads the MAAC in scoring (17.6).
The relatively new MAAC rivals meet for just the 15th time overall, with Siena leading the all-time series 8-6. However, Quinnipiac has won four straight including an historic 107-100 triple overtime win in the lone meeting between the team's last season on Feb. 17 here in Albany. The Bobcats' Cameron Young (55 points) and the Saints'
Jalen Pickett (46) combined for 101 points in the contest, as Young broke the MAAC's single-game scoring record while Pickett added 13 assists to become just the second player nationally this century with 45-plus points and 10-plus assists in a game.
Kelly O'Donnell and Conner Fenlon '12 have the call of the game on ESPN3, as well as the simulcast locally in the Capital Region on My4 Albany. The ESPN3 broadcast is accessible by clicking the corresponding link, on smartphones and tablets via the ESPN app, and on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. My4 Albany is simulcasting all 12 remaining Siena Basketball regular season home games, which are available to Spectrum subscribers in the Capital Region to view on Channel 4.
Pregame coverage commences at 1:30 p.m. locally on Talk1300 AM and 98.7 FM with A.J. Kanell and Andy Grazulis '92 on the call. 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 hashtag #MarchOn. Upload pictures of yourself and your friends enjoying the 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 the game will be displayed on the video scoreboard during the first timeout of the second half.
