ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Siena Basketball begins its quest for a seventh Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Championship when the third seeded Saints take on No. 11 Quinnipiac in the MAAC Quarterfinals Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall.

Siena (15-13) arrives in Atlantic City in search of the program's second MAAC Championship in three seasons. The Saints rank second all-time amongst all MAAC programs in both Tournament Championships (six) and wins (40). 

Siena enters postseason play looking to regain their February form, in which they posted a strong 7-3 record to position themselves for March. However, the Saints opened the month and concluded regular season action on the wrong side of a sweep in Western New York. 

Siena is a stellar 24-8 (.750) all-time in MAAC Tournament openers, and 21-9 (.700) in the quarterfinal round. The Saints are seeking to advance to the MAAC Semifinals for a 22nd time in 33 Tournaments, and fifth time in seven seasons. Siena is 7-6 all-time as the No. 3 seed, including a perfect 6-0 in the MAAC Quarterfinals. 

The Saints are set to battle a rejuvenated Quinnipiac (13-16) squad which shot the lights out in an eye-opening 77-52 rout of No. 6 seed Marist Tuesday night. The Bobcats erupted for 17 threes - the second-highest total in MAAC Tournament history - to snap a six-game losing streak entering postseason play. 

Siena swept the regular season series from Quinnipiac, winning 85-76 on Jan. 30 in Albany and 78-71 on Feb. 24 in Connecticut. The Saints shot 52% from both the field and three and 81% from the free throw line while averaging 81.5 points in the sweep, and posted two of their four highest scoring outputs all season. Second Team All-MAAC selection Colby Rogers led Siena, averaging 22.5 points in the sweep. Siena has won four straight overall against the Bobcats, and leads the all-time series 12-6. 

The winner of tonight's game will advance to the MAAC Semifinals to take on No. 2 seed Saint Peter's Friday night at 8:30 p.m. The Peacocks defeated seventh-seeded Fairfield 77-63 in a MAAC Quarterfinal Wednesday night. 

Eddy Occhipinti, Chris Williams, and Daryl Fein have the call of the game on ESPN+, which can be viewed 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. 

Emmanuel Berbari and Joe Mixie have the call of the action locally in the Capital Region on Talk 1300 AM and 98.7 FM, which can also be listened to free of charge by clicking the corresponding link. Pregame coverage courtside from Boardwalk Hall commences at 6:30 p.m. 

In-game updates will be provided courtside via the team's Twitter account @SienaMBB. For more information on the matchup, including both teams' game notes and live stats links, click the corresponding links.