LOUDONVILLE, NY – After beginning the 2024 calendar year with a tough Kids Day loss, Siena Women's Basketball returns home Saturday afternoon in search of a win to start a crowded month of home action. The Saints (4-7, 1-2) will play host to conference foe Saint Peter's (4-8, 1-2) at the UHY Center on Saturday, January 6, with tip-off set for 2 PM.

 Tickets to Saturday's game can be purchased by clicking the corresponding link or in-person at the UHY Center. The Siena Fan Relations Management Center is on-hand to handle all ticket-related inquiries, and can be reached by phone at (518) 487-2202 or by e-mail at sienatickets2@siena.edu. For all Siena Basketball ticket-related information, log onto sienasaints.com/tickets.

Come out for Family Day in Loudonville and help fight food insecurity by supporting the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. Fans who bring at least three non-perishable food item donations will receive a voucher for buy one, get one tickets to a future Siena game, while the first 100 fans who donate will receive a Dunkin' gift card. The team will also sign autographs postgame, and fans are invited for a postgame shootaround on the UHY Center court.

Saturday's contest can be viewed on ESPN+, with the "Voice of the Saints" Emmauel Berbari and Brian Rubino on the call and Michelle Knesovic working the sidelines, and can be heard locally on 88.3 FM The Saints or anywhere on iHeartRadio. Pregame coverage tips off at 1 PM, with the radio "Voice of the Saints" Joe Mixie and longtime color commentator Steve Amedio on the call. Fans can also follow along with the corresponding live stats link, while continuous in-game press row updates will be provided via the women's basketball team's official X page @Siena_WBB. Join the conversation by using the hashtags #MarchOn, #SienaSaints, and #MAACHoops.

The Saints will look to get back in the win column after opening the new year with a 60-53 Kids Day road loss at Manhattan on Thursday. The contest featured a season-high 19 points from senior Ahniysha Jackson, as well as 15 points from Teresa Seppala.

Siena will look to get to at least 2-2 to start MAAC play for the third time in as many seasons in the current stint of head coach Jim Jabir. The Green and Gold have enjoyed at least five wins in each of the past two January slates under Coach Jabir.

Continuing the program's 50^th varsity season, Sophomore Elisa Mevius and junior Anajah Brown continue to rank at or near the top of the MAAC and among the national leaders in multiple statistical categories. Mevius leads the league and is third nationally in steals per-game (3.8), 12th nationally in total steals (42), and 48th nationally in minutes per-game (34.9). Brown is second in the MAAC in blocks per-game (1.4) and third in total blocks (15). Mevius' steals mark represents the most swipes by a Siena player since 2000 through 11 games, while Brown is tied for the sixth-most blocks through nine contests by a Siena player since 2000.

Winners of three straight against the Peacocks, Siena earned the series sweep last year beginning with a monster 94-45 victory at home on January 14, with the Saints recording the most points in a game since 2001 and the largest margin of victory in a contest since 1994. Sophomore Teresa Seppala went for what is still her career high with 24 points, while also recording 18 points in the teams' most recent meeting. Siena has won 12 straight home meetings over Saint Peter's dating back to 2010, while head coach Jim Jabir is 4-3 all-time against them over the course of his 36-year coaching career.

After going 0-30 in head coach Jennifer Leedham's first year at the helm of the program, Saint Peter's snapped a 32-game losing streak in November and is 4-8 on the season, including a conference win over Rider. The Peacocks lead the league in free throws made per-game with just over 11, and rank second with 8.7 steals per-contest. Freshman Fatmata Janneh ranks second in the conference with five double-doubles thus far this season, while sophomore Jada Leonard leads the team with 12.8 points per-game and ranks fourth in the MAAC with 1.91 steals per-outing.