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Siena Saints Basketball November Fri. 13 at #5/4 Duke+$ L, 92-74 Sun. 15 at #17/17 Wisconsin+$ L, 92-65 Siena Saints (8-4) Fri. 20 vs. Radford+ W, 76-62 Sat. 21 at Bryant + W, 78-59 Tue. 24 at Bucknell W, 83-81 OT Sat. 28 LOYOLA (MD) W, 90-82 OT Vermont Catamounts (6-7) December Tue. 1 at Cornell L, 81-80 Fri. 4 MANHATTAN*~& W, 89-54 Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 2 PM Sun. 6 at Saint Peter’s* L, 72-68 Wed. 9 HOFSTRA~& W, 81-68 Patrick Gym (3,266) - Burlington, Vt. Sat. 12 UALBANY#~& W, 78-70 Tue. 22 ST. BONAVENTURE~& W, 73-70 TV: None Tue. 29 at Vermont 2 p.m. RADIO: WGDJ - AM 1300 (Albany), SienaSaints.com (Robert Lee and Andy Grazulis) January 10 Things You Need to Know Sat. 2 NIAGARA*~& 7:05 p.m. 1) Siena has won three straight and eight of its last 10 since season-opening losses at Duke and Mon. 4 at Manhattan*& 7 p.m. Thu. 7 FAIRFIELD*~& 7:05 p.m. Wisconsin. The Saints are off to their best start since their 2009-10 MAAC Championship season. Fri. 15 at Quinnipiac*! 9 p.m. 2) Siena has already clinched its best non-conference regular-season record since 1998-99 when it Mon. 18 at Monmouth* 4 p.m. Thu. 21 RIDER* 7 p.m. went 9-0. Sun. 24 at Canisius* 2 p.m. 3) The Saints placed five in double figures for the seventh time in 12 games this season in their Tue. 26 at Niagara* 7 p.m. Sat. 30 MARIST*~& 7 p.m. most recent win over St. Bonaventure. Five Saints are averaging double figures. 4) Marquis Wright is shooting 55% (23-42) from three-point range. Wright shot just 24% (20-83) February Mon. 1 MONMOUTH* 7 p.m. from distance in his first two years. Fri. 5 SAINT PETER’S*$# 9 p.m. 5) Javion Ogunyemi is shooting 61% from the field over the last 10 games. Sun. 7 at Marist* 12 p.m. 6) Siena’s 25 turnovers in the St. Bonaventure win were its most in a game since committing 29 in Thu. 11 CANISIUS*~& 7 p.m. Sat. 13 at Iona* 2 p.m. an 85-69 victory at Tennessee State on November 13, 2009 – a span of 206 games. Fri. 19 at Rider*! 10 p.m. 7) The Saints are shooting 64% from the field and 52% from three-point range in the last five min- Mon. 22 IONA*~& 7 p.m. Wed. 24 at Fairfield* 7 p.m. utes of games. Sun. 28 QUINNIPIAC*~& 2 p.m. 8) Brett Bisping leads the MAAC with 9.1 rebounds per game. Bisping has reached double figures in Th-M 3-7 MAAC CHAMPIONSHIPS^ TBA All times are Eastern Standard Time all but two games this season. Home games in BOLD CAPS 9) Siena is averaging 77.9 points per game, up from 69.8 points per game last year. That’s the *MAAC game +2K Classic Benefiting Wounded Warrior Project team’s highest scoring averaging since 1999-00, when it ranked third nationally with 86.7 points # Doubleheader with Siena women per game. $ ESPNU 10) The Saints played just one game in the last 16 days. They play four games in the next 10 days. & ESPN3 ! ESPN 3 or ESPNU ~ Time Warner Cable SportsChannel ^MAAC Championships (Albany, N.Y.) 2015-16 Siena Saints No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Notes Previous Starters 1 Marquis Wright (Waldorf, MD)* Jr. G 6-0 160 17.1 4.8 Has reached double figures in all 12 games this season 5 Kenny Wormley (Upper Marlboro, MD) Fr. G 6-4 179 3.8 1.6 40 of 44 points this season have come in the Saints’ five home games 24 Lavon Long (Baltimore, MD) Jr. G/F 6-7 222 12.3 4.8 Shooting 49% from the field and 80% from the foul line 31 Brett Bisping (Peoria, IL)* R-Jr. F 6-8 238 13.4 9.2 Ranks 49th nationally with 9.1 rebounds per game 0 Javion Ogunyemi (Troy, NY) Jr. F 6-8 239 12.5 5.4 Posted second double-double of season in St. Bonaventure win Off the Bench 2 Willem Brandwijk (Voorberg, Netherlands) So. F 6-8 229 2.5 2.6 Will redshirt this season 3 Ryan Oliver (Inglewood, CA) Sr. G 6-5 200 5.3 2.9 12 of 23 field goals this season atre three-pointers 11 Cameron Gottfried (Raleigh, NC) So. G 6-3 175 1.0 0.2 Son of NC State coach Mark Gottfried scored first career points at Duke 14 Kadeem Smithen (Ajax, ON) So. G 6-2 162 - - Richmond transfer will sit out this season per NCAA rules 15 Nico Clareth (Baltimore, MD) Fr. G 6-5 192 10.4 2.7 Leads team with 20.3 points per 40 minutes played 20 Jimmy Merrill (Rensselaer, NY) Jr. F 6-10 215 0.0 0.0 Walk-on is tallest player on team 21 Jimmy Paige (Brdigeport, OH) So. G 6-4 211 0.1 0.0 Played six of 13 minutes this season in the Hofstra win 30 Kinnon LaRose (Ogdensburg, NY) Fr. G 6-4 181 0.8 1.3 Has 10 rebounds in 43 minutes played this season 32 Evan Fisher (Pasadena, MD) Fr. F 6-8 249 1.5 1.0 Made first career three-pointer in Hofstra win 34 Imoh Silas (Lagos, Nigeria) R-Sr. C 6-9 229 1.0 1.9 Only double figure minute games came in 2K Classic Subregional 40 Nick Cunningham (Camillus, NY) Fr. G 6-0 160 2.0 0.0 Walk-on from West Genesee High School outside Syracuse *Captain Italics = Will not dress Jimmy Patsos #PATSOS - Named 16th head coach in Siena men’s basketball history April 3, 2013 - Guided Siena to a 12-win turnaround that tied for second most in Division I in first season (2013-14) - Led Saints to 2014 College Basketball Invitational Championship - Transformed Loyola from a one-win team to a perennial MAAC contender. Led Greyhounds to first NCAA Tournament in 18 years in 2012. Helped Greyhounds to school- record 24 wins in 2011-12 and a 47-21 (.691) mark in his last two years. - In 2013, Loyola received NCAA Public Recognition Award for posting an Academic Progress Rate (APR) in top-10 of all Division I Programs - Named MAAC Coach of the Year and the Skip Prosser National Man of the Year by College Insider in 2012 - An assistant to Gary Williams at University of Maryland for 13 seasons, helping to guide the Terrapins to 11 consecutive NCAA tournaments, including seven Sweet Sixteen appearances,consecutive trips to the Final Four (2001 and 2002) and the 2002 National Championship - Three-year varsity letterwinner at Most MAAC Wins The Catholic University of America in (All-Time) Washington, D.C. Joe Mihalich, Niagara: 166 Jimmy Patsos*, Loyola/Siena: 104 - A native of Boston, Patsos earned Jeff Ruland, Iona 89 his bachelors degree in history from Bobby Gonzalez, Manhattan: 85 Tim Cluess*, Iona: 82 Catholic in 1989 Don Harnum, Rider: 81 *Active 184-177 Overall (12th season) 39-42 Siena (3rd season) @SienaMBB #SienaSaints 31st Meeting: Siena leads 21-10 Most Recent: Vermont 84, Siena 76 - November 17, 2014 - Siena has dominated the all-time series, but Vermont has won five straight (each of the last five years) and six of seven since the rivalry was renewed after a 15-year hiatus in 2005. Siena’s lone win over that stretch came in Burlington on Jan. 2, 2006 (76-65). - Last year, Ethan O'Day made all eight of his shots from the field, equaling a Times Union Center record, and scored 20 points to lead Vermont to an eight point win at Times Union Center. Vermont shot 68% from the field, including 77% (13-17) in the second half. - The two teams played every year from 1980-89 as members of the North Atlantic Conference. - Siena has a commanding 104-46 (.693) all-time record against the nine America East conference schools and owns a winning record against all seven it has played (have not played UMass Lowell or UMBC). The Saints have lost 11 of their last 14 games to America East schools, but defeated UAlbany December 12 in their only meeting with an America East school this season. INDIVIDUAL CAREER TOTALS 15-16 TOTAL DOUBLE DIGIT SCORING Marquis Wright is one of just three Division I players aver- Marquis Wright 12 46 aging at least 17 pts, four rebounds, four assists and two Siena Career Assists Leaders Lavon Long 8 44 steals per game 4. 577 - Doremus Bennerman (125 games) Brett Bisping 10 37 The others: Ben Simmons (LSU) and Alex Hamilton 5. 444 - Melvin Freeny (100 games) Javion Ogunyemi 10 26 (Louisiana Tech) 6. 426 - Michael Catino (83 games) Ryan Oliver 1 17 Wright shot just 24% (20-83) from three-point range Nico Clareth 7 7 7. 408 - Marquis Wright (81 games) Imoh Silas 0 3 his first two seasons. He’s shooting 55% (23-42) this year 8. 393 - Scott Knapp (119 games) Kenny Wormley 2 2 Wright ranks seventh in the MAAC in scoring and Willem Brandwijk 0 2 third in assists Jimmy Paige 0 2 Wright had 20 points, a season-high 10 assists, and a career-high nine turnovers in the Bonaventure win Wright is on pace to finish his Siena career with the third most assists in program history 10+ REBOUND GAMES Wright is also on pace to score over 1,400 points which would place him 13th on the all-time charts Brett Bisping 3 9 Imoh Silas 0 4 Lavon Long 0 4 Brett Bisping leads the MAAC in rebounding (9.1) and is tied for 13th in the league in scoring (13.2) Javion Ogunyemi 2 3 Bisping scored a career-high 24 points in Siena’s blowout win at Bryant, and had 22 in the Hofstra victory.