LOUDONVILLE, NY – For the third straight year, Siena Basketball will compete in a Thanksgiving Week Tournament in the Sunshine State. The Saints have been selected to participate in the Fort Myers Tip-Off, featuring a pair of games to open Thanksgiving Week in Florida, preceded by a third, campus site contest.  
 
Siena is part of the four-team field comprising the Fort Myers Tip-Off Palms Division along with Jacksonville, Mercer, and Miami (Ohio). The Saints will tip-off action in the Sunshine State vs. Miami (OH) on Monday, Nov. 25 at 11 a.m. at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers, Florida. Siena will then face either Jacksonville or Mercer in the Palms Division Championship (1:30 p.m.) or Third-Place Game (11 a.m.) the following day on Tuesday, Nov. 26 to conclude tournament play. All games will be streamed on FSWBucs.com. 
 
The Fort Myers Tip-Off also includes the previously announced Beach Division, featuring Michigan, South Carolina, Virginia Tech, and Xavier. Each team from the Beach Division will host one squad from the Palms Division in a campus-site game prior to competing in Fort Myers. Siena will square off with Xavier on Wednesday, Nov. 20 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Travel packages to the 2024 Fort Myers Tip-Off can be secured by visiting fortmyerstipoff.com/travel. The Marriott Sanibel Harbour will serve as the Siena team and fan host hotel. Ticket packages are also on-sale now, and can be secured online at fortmyerstipoff.com/tickets. Tickets are sold as division-specific tickets, which are good for all games in a particular division. Single-session tickets, based on availability, may become available at a later date. For more information on the Fort Myers Tip-Off, visit fortmyerstipoff.com.
 
The only Palms Division program which the Saints have previously faced is Jacksonville. Siena dropped both ends of a home-and-home series with the Dolphins back during the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons. The Saints have never before played Mercer or Miami (Ohio).
 
Siena and Xavier are set to meet for the sixth time. The Musketeers have prevailed in four of the first five matchups, including an 81-63 win by 19^th ranked Xavier in the most recent meeting on Nov. 8, 2019 in Cincinnati.
 
Led by new head coach Gerry McNamara, excitement surrounding Siena Basketball is at a fever pitch heading into the upcoming 2024-25 season. McNamara has already announced eight new additions to the program who are poised to lead the Saints back to MAAC Championship contention. 
 
Siena is now accepting deposits on 2024-25 men's basketball season tickets online at sienasaints.com/tickets or by contacting the Siena Fan Relations Management Center by phone at (518) 487-2202 or by e-mail at sienatickets2@siena.edu.