2019-20 SIENA SAINTS BASKETBALL SIX NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES (1989, 1999, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010) FIVE-TIME MAAC CHAMPIONS (1999, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010) FIVE NIT APPEARANCES (1988, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2003) 2014 CBI CHAMPIONS November (2-3) 5AMERICAN&+W, 96-80 8at #19/21 Xavier%L, 81-63 12 ST. BONAVENTURE^+ W, 78-65 GAME #6 14 at Harvard+ L, 59-56 20 at Yale+ L, 100-89 (3 OT) 30 at Colgate 2 PM Siena (2-3) at Colgate (4-3) December (0-0) 7 at Cal Poly 10 PM 21 BUCKNELL@+ 6 PM Saturday, November 30, 2019 - 2 PM 23 CANISIUS*@# 6 PM Cotterell Court (1,750) - Hamilton, NY 29 HOLY CROSS@+ 2 PM January (0-0) TV: RADIO: ONLINE: 3MONMOUTH*@#7 PM 5at Rider*+ 2 PM A.J. Kanell 9 SAINT PETER’S*@# 7 PM Conner Fenlon 12 at Manhattan*+ 2 PM 17 at Canisius*+ 7 PM Siena College Athletic Communications 19 at Niagara*+ 1 PM Marcelle Athletic Complex 24 MARIST*@+ 7 PM 515 Loudon Road - Loudonville, NY 12211-1462 26 QUINNIPIAC*@# 2 PM Ph: 518-783-2377 - Fax 518-783-2992 - SienaSaints.com Assistant Athletic Director for Communications: Mike Demos 31 at Iona*+ 7 PM Press/Cell Phone: 336-675-7374 E-mail: [email protected] February (0-0) Previous Starters 2019-20 Stats 2 at Saint Peter’s*+ 4 PM 7FAIRFIELD*@#7 PM# - POS NAME/CL/HT/WT/HOMETOWN PPG RPG APG MPG 14 RIDER*@# 7 PM 1 - F Elijah Burns (Gr., 6-8/236, Troy, NY) 16.8 5.4 1.0 29.0 16 MANHATTAN*&@# 2 PM 3 - G/F Manny Camper (Jr., 6-7/203, Chestertown, MD) 13.4 11.8 1.8 35.4 19 IONA*@# 7 PM 5 - G Matt Hein (Gr., 6-4/190, Windermere, FL) 3.2 2.6 0.8 23.0 23 at Fairfield*+ 2 PM 26 at Quinnipiac*+ 7 PM 0 - G Donald Carey (So., 6-5/185, Upper Marlboro, MD)16.4 3.6 3.0 36.4 28 at Marist*# 7 PM 22 - G Jalen Pickett (So., 6-4/192, Rochester, NY) 16.0 4.6 4.6 37.4 March (0-0) 4NIAGARA*@#7 PMReserves (Listed Numerically) 6 at Monmouth*+ 7 PM # - POS NAME/CL/HT/WT/HOMETOWN PPG RPG APG MPG 10 MAAC First Round$# TBA 2 - G Gary Harris, Jr. (Fr., 6-6/193, Los Angeles, CA) 1.8 1.4 0.2 10.6 11-12 MAAC Quarterfinals$# TBA 12 - F Kyle Young (Fr., 6-9/239, Bethlehem PA) 1.7 2.0 0.0 4.7 13 MAAC Semifinals$= TBA 14 MAAC Championship$! 4 PM 13 - G Ben Diamond (Sr., 5-11/152, Loudonville, NY) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 14 - G Jordan King (Fr., 6-0/185, Albany, NY) 3.4 2.2 0.6 20.4 All times are Eastern Standard Time 15- G Robert Mahala (So., 6-5/168, Jackson, NJ) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Home Games in BOLD CAPS 2 0 - F D e n z e l Tc h o u g a n g (Jr., 6-10/218, Geneva, Switzerland) N / A N / A N / A N / A *MAAC Game &Doubleheader with Siena women 24 - G Jimmy Ratliff (So., 6-8/186, Middletown, OH) 0.4 1.2 0.2 5.8 ^Br. Ed Coughlin Franciscan Cup 30 - F Luke Sutherland (Fr., 6-7/203, Syracuse, NY)1.0 1.3 0.0 4.3 %FSN 3 3 - G Geor ges Dar wi c he (So., 6-1/192, Bucharest, Romania) N/ A N/ A N/ A N/ A =ESPN2 !ESPNU 35 - F Sammy Friday IV (Sr., 6-9/237, Jersey City, NJ) 3.4 3.6 0.2 10.8 +ESPN+ @SienaSaints SienaSaints @SienaSaints thesienasaints #ESPN3 @SienaMBB SienaBasketball @SienaMBB =ESPNEWS @My4 Albany $MAAC Tournament (Atlantic City, NJ) The Series With Colgate 26th Meeting: Siena leads, 19-6 Away - 8-2 Division I - 18-3 Last Meeting - Colgate 84, Siena 79 November 24, 2018 - Albany, NY Of Note The programs are meeting for the 26th time - and second straight year - after having gone 19 years between matchups This marks the first matchup between the programs in Hamilton in 21 years Tale of The programs met 11 times as North Atlantic Conference rivals from 1984-89 Siena defeated Colgate during one of the infamous “measles outbreak” games in 1989 in the which no spectators were allowed to attend Tape Last Meeting 2-3 Record 4-3 Siena shot 53% from the field, but Colgate connected at a 55% clip including 11-23 from three Colgate went on a late 10-2 run to reclaim a four-point lead with 2:10 to play 0-0 Conf. 0-0 Jalen Pickett led the Saints with 21 points, nine rebounds, and seven steals N/A NET N/A Jordan Burns led four in double figures with 25 points on 9-14 shooting including 5-9 from 76.4* Points 73.7 three for Colgate 77.0 Opp Points 72.0 Siena vs. the Patriot League Siena vs. the Patriot League .415 FG% .444 Siena is an impressive 96-51 (.653) against the 10 current .449 OPP FG% .462 league members American 5-2 Four of the Saints’ nine non-conference games this Army West Point 6-4 .284 3FG% .349 season are against Patriot League programs (defeated Boston University 8-9 .730 FT% .818* American 96-80 in the season opener) Bucknell 4-1 Siena has achieved a .500 or better record vs. nine of the Colgate 19-6 40.4 Rebounds 35.1 10 schools (8-9 vs. Boston University) Holy Cross 9-6 Lafayette 2-1 12.4 Assists 15.6 The Saints are 39-20 vs. former MAAC foe Loyola (MD) Lehigh 2-2 13.2 Turnovers 12.7 Loyola (MD) 39-20 Navy 2-0 2.0 Blocks 1.9 TOTAL 96-61 6.0 Steals 5.3 *Leads Conference (Through Thursday) Siena Basketball alumnus named 18th head coach in Recently completed 11th season as a Carmen Maciariello program history on March 25th Division I assistant coach, which has Siena ‘01 included stops at Siena (2018-19), George 41-year-old native of nearby Clifton Park completed Washington (2014-18), Boston University first season as an assistant coach in second stint on (2011-14), and Fairfield (2008-11) First Season staff last season 2-3 (.400) Teams have made seven national Helped guide Siena to a 17-16 overall record postseason tournament appearances while including an 11-7 mark in the MAAC last season averaging 20.5 wins and a .624 winning percentage, and has also helped guide his Saints’ 17 wins tied for the most of any MAAC team, programs to a 124-70 (.639) conference and the squad’s nine-win improvement was tied for mark and, including his time as an the 11th best turnaround nationally. Siena finished undergraduate at Siena, has won a in a tie for second place in the MAAC – placing nine conference regular season or postseason spots higher than their preseason poll prediction – title at each school which tied UT Arlington for the largest improvement nationally. 2012 Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Served as coordinator for Siena defense last season which ranked 42nd nationally allowing 66.0 points 1996 Albany Times Union Player of the Year per game, the third best mark during the program’s at Shenendehowa High School 43-year Division I era. Earlier last season, Maciariello’s defense held the opposition to 70 Married to wife, Laura, and has a two-year- points or fewer for 15 straight games, marking the old daughter, Reese program’s longest such streak in 26 years. First entered the collegiate ranks as Siena’s director of basketball operations during the 2005-06 season under the direction of 2017 Siena Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Fran McCaffery Graduated cum laude from Siena in 2001, while helping guide the Saints to 20 wins and a share of the MAAC Regular Season Championship during his senior season, after having sat out the previous year per NCAA transfer regulations following his matriculation from the University of New Hampshire Siena concludes the month of November this afternoon with its first game in 10 days Conversely, Colgate is playing for the fifth time in 12 days The Saints are in the midst of a span where they play just four times in 36 days Siena continues its season long four-game road trip today The Saints are facing their third straight conference regular season champion (Ivy Co-Regular Season Champs Harvard and Yale) This is the first time the Saints have played four consecutive true road games since Feb. 12-26, 2010 This matches the Saints’ longest road trip since playing five straight away from home Dec. 22, 1994 - Jan. 7, 1995 Siena won eight true road games last season, to secure the program’s highest road win total in nine years (nine in 2009-10) The Saints are a perfect 2-0 at home so far this season, and winless at 0-3 on the road Siena will go 39 days between home games (Nov. 12 vs. St. Bonaventure - Dec. 21 vs. Bucknell), marking the longest in-season stretch between home games in the program’s Division I history (1976-77) Coppin State (42 days) is the only Division I team which will go a longer stretch between home games this season The Saints currently lead the MAAC in scoring offense at 76.4 points per game Siena averaged just 64.6 points per game last season, and only 67.7 points in 2017-18 Siena routed American 96-80 in the season opener The 96 points scored was the program’s most in a season-opener in 35 years, dating back to a 110-64 thrashing of East Stroudsburg to tip off the 1984-85 campaign The 16-point margin of victory was the largest in a season-opener since an 82-52 triumph over Boise State in Albany to start the 2008-09 MAAC Championship season, and the largest margin by a coach in his Siena debut since Dan Cunha in 1941-42 The Saints boast three of the top-six and four of the top-16 scorers in the MAAC The quartet of Elijah Burns (16.8 - 3rd), Donald Carey (16.4 - 5th), Jalen Pickett (16.0 - 6th), and Manny Camper (13.4 - 16th) has combined to average 62.6 points to account for 82% of the team’s scoring Carey has scored in double figures in all five games, while the other three have scored 10 or more points in four of five contests The Saints’ streak of 39 consecutive games committing 15 turnovers or fewer was snapped Nov.