POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Siena Basketball produced yet another magical moment at McCann Arena Friday night. The Saints posted their largest come-from-behind win in more than a decade, rallying from 18-down - including a 17-point deficit with 12:28 remaining - to stun I-87 rival Marist 67-60 in Poughkeepsie. 

Siena (6-6, 3-1) finished off Marist (7-8, 2-4) with a decisive 34-10 game-ending run over the final 11:48 to emerge victorious once again in another edge-of-your seat outcome at McCann Arena. The 18-point deficit overcome matched the Saints' largest comeback victory since rallying from 19-down to defeat UAlbany on Dec. 5, 2011. 

Playing for the first time in 34 days, leading scorer Colby Rogers came off the bench to lead the way with 16 points in 23 minutes on his 21st birthday for surging Siena, which has won four straight to improve its record to .500 overall for the first time this season. Anthony Gaines added 11 of his 13 points in the second half - including the go-ahead three-point play with 76 seconds remaining - for the Saints which opened what has now become a season-long three-game road trip with their fourth straight road win. 

Three-time MAAC Rookie of the Week Jao Ituka scored a game-high 20 points for the Red Foxes, while Ricardo Wright added 17. 

Marist out-shot Siena 52%-32% in a decisive first half performance. The Red Foxes stormed out to a commanding 18-point advantage on three separate occasions in the opening stanza, the final of which came at 38-20 at the 3:11 mark. Marist led 38-24 at the half. 

The Red Foxes retained a seemingly comfortable double-digit cushion well into the second half, and still led by as much as 17 at 50-33 with 12:38 remaining. But the resilient Saints then switched from man-to-man to a 1-3-1 zone defense which gave Marist fits, and the rest was history. 

Siena's defensive adjustment, in part, led to season-highs of 13 steals and 20 turnovers forced as the Saints quickly began to chip away. Siena scored the ensuing 10 points, and ultimately responded with a 23-5 run, to rally all the way back to reclaim their first lead since the opening moments at 56-55 on a pair of Rogers free throws with 2:59 remaining. 

Two possessions later, Ituka completed a game-tying three-point play to draw the Red Foxes even, but Gaines responded with a three-point play on the ensuing possession to put the Saints back in front for good. Freshman Jared Billups sealed the victory with 29 seconds remaining, securing a steal in the backcourt and finishing a three-point play of his own to double the lead and send the Saints to the their seventh victory in their last eight meetings with Marist, and 25th in the past 31 matchups overall. 

The reigning MAAC Rookie of the Week, Billups tied a season-high for a second straight game with 11 points, and was the lone Siena player to achieve a double-digit plus-minus with a whopping +19. Aidan Carpenter rounded out four double figure scorers with 11 points in 17 minutes for the Saints, who converted on 15-18 (83%) second half free throws as opposed to just 1-4 (25%) for the Red Foxes. 

Siena continues its season-long three-game road trip next Friday night at Manhattan at 7 p.m.