ALBANY, NY – Siena Basketball begins a two-game home week when the Saints host Fairfield for an MLK Day holiday matinee Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. at MVP Arena.
 
Tickets start as low as $15 (service fees apply if purchasing through Ticketmaster) and can be secured by clicking the corresponding link, in-person at the MVP Arena Box Office, or by contacting Ticketmaster by phone at (800) 745-3000. 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.
 
Siena (12-7, 5-3) returns home to take aim at a major milestone while also looking to keep its unblemished afternoon record intact. Now in the program's 37^th season of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action, the Saints need just one more win to secure a milestone 400^th all-time overall MAAC victory (regular season and tournament combined). Meanwhile, Siena is a perfect 7-0 in afternoon games, while allowing an average of only 57.7 points.
 
Monday's matchup pits one of the nation's top scoring defenses against the conference's most prolific offense. The Saints rank 19^th nationally in scoring defense (65.1), and are 12-1 when holding the opposition under 70 points. Meanwhile, Fairfield (11-8, 3-5) paces the MAAC in scoring offense (77.6). The Stags also lead the conference in both rebounding (39.8) and fewest turnovers committed (9.6).
 
Monday also features three of the top freshmen – and arguably top trio of first-years big men – going head-to-head for the first time in the Saints Francis Folefac and the Stags frontcourt duo of Brandon Benjamin and Declan Wucherpfennig. The trio has combined to claim eight of the first 11 MAAC Rookie of the Week awards, with Folefac and Wucherpfennig sharing the honor for the most recent week. Wucherpfennig is the son of former Siena Basketball players Craig '98 and Bronwyn (Tobin) '00, who was a 2000 Second Team All-MAAC and MAAC All-Tournament Team selection.
 
Siena and Fairfield meet for the 84^th time in a series which the Saints lead, 48-35. Siena snapped a three-game losing streak to the Stags with a 68-64 Senior Day triumph last Mar. 6 in Albany in the only meeting last season between the programs.
 
Kelly O'Donnell, former Saint Conner Fenlon '12, and Steve Jones have the call of the game on ESPN+, which can be viewed by clicking the corresponding link. The "Voice of the Saints" Emmanuel Berbari and Joe Lemery will have the radio call of the game locally in the Capital Region on JAMZ 96.3 FM, with pregame coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m.
 
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