ALBANY, NY – Siena Basketball whittled a 16-point deficit midway through the second half to as little as three down the stretch, but couldn't complete the comeback in a 68-61 setback to Mount St. Mary's at MVP Arena.
 
Dola Adebayo matched a career-high with 16 points and grabbed five of his seven rebounds off the offensive glass for Mount St. Mary's (9-13, 5-6), which posted back-to-back road wins this weekend after having dropped five of their previous six overall.
 
Michael Eley returned from a four-game absence to score a game-high 24 points off the bench for Siena (3-19, 2-9) which shot just 36%.
 
The Mount led for more than 36 minutes and secured their first of several 16-point leads following a 10-2 run to take a 33-17 advantage with 7:33 left in the opening half. The Saints battled back to halve the deficit before trailing 43-31 at the break.
 
Mount regained its final 16-point cushion at 56-40 with 11:54 to go before Siena mounted its comeback bid.
 
The Saints responded with a 13-2 run to quickly pull within five, and ultimately rallied back within as close as a possession at 62-59 with 2:48 remaining. But Siena had a pair of missed shots and turnovers apiece on its ensuing four possessions thereafter as the comeback bid stalled out.
 
The Saints mostly neutralized the Mount's leading scorer Dakota Leffew (18.4 points per game) to just 13 points on only 4-14 shooting, although he registered his 1,000^th career point.
 
Recently back from an extended injury absence, freshman Michael Ojo started and scored a career-high 14 points on a perfect 4-4 from three, while grabbing six rebounds and blocking three shots in a spirited effort for Siena.
 
The Saints conclude a stretch where they play five of seven at home when they return to action for a rare Thursday night MAAC matchup vs. I-87 rival Marist at 7 p.m. at MVP Arena.