2017-18 SIENA SAINTS BASKETBALL November (1-5) 10 at College of Charleston L, 68-60 (OT) 13 FLORIDA GULF COAST L, 86-53 17 at Lehigh L, 91-90 (OT) GAME #10 20 at Bucknell L, 115-92 25 HOFSTRA+ W, 85-76 29 ST. BONAVENTURE L, 75-55 Siena (2-7) at Vermont (6-4) December (1-2) 2 ROBERT MORRIS@# W, 76-74 6 at RV/RV Louisville^$ L, 86-60 Monday, December 11, 2017 - 7 PM 9 UALBANY^+%# L, 74-69 Patrick Gymnasium (3,266) - Burlington, VT 11 at Vermont# 7 PM 17 at Bryant^ 1 PM 20 at Memphis^# 8 PM TV: NONE RADIO: ONLINE: 22 HOLY CROSS@# 7 PM 29 at Marist* 7 PM A.J. Kanell Scott Knapp January (0-0) 1 QUINNIPIAC*@# 1 PM Siena College Athletic Communications Marcelle Athletic Complex 5NIAGARA*! 7 PM 515 Loudon Road - Loudonville, NY 12211-1462 7 CANISIUS*+@# 3 PM Ph: 518-783-2377 - Fax 518-783-2992 - SienaSaints.com 11 at Iona*# 7 PM Assistant Athletic Director for Communications: Mike Demos 13 at Manhattan* 7 PM Press/Cell Phone: 336-675-7374 E-mail: [email protected] 18 MARIST*+# 7 PM 21 at Quinnipiac* 2 PM Previous Starters 2017-18 Stats 25 at Monmouth*# 7 PM 29 SAINT PETER’S*# 7 PM # - POS NAME/CL/HT/WT/HOMETOWN PPG RPG APG MPG February (0-0) 32 - F Evan Fisher (Jr., 6-8/230, Pasadena, MD) 6.1 4.6 1.2 25.3 2 MANHATTAN*! 7 PM 15 - F Prince Oduro (Fr., 6-8/253, Toronto, ON) 9.1 5.3 1.3 25.1 5 at Fairfield* 7 PM 21 - G Ahsante Shivers (So., 6-4/206, Seat Pleasant, MD) 11.1 4.3 1.0 28.9 8 at Canisius*# 7 PM 12 IONA*%# 7 PM 2 - G Christian Bentley (Fr., 6-2/204, Brampton, ON) 3.1 3.0 1.1 17.7 15 at Rider* 7 PM 20 - G Roman Penn (Fr., 5-11/170, Calumet City, IL) 8.4 4.7 2.9 28.1 18 MONMOUTH*# 2 PM 21 FAIRFIELD*@# 7 PM Reserves (Listed Numerically) 25 at Saint Peter’s* 2 PM March (0-0) # - POS NAME/CL/HT/WT/HOMETOWN PPG RPG APG MPG 1 MAAC FIRST ROUND TBA 3 - G/F Manny Camper (Fr., 6-5/208, Worton, MD) 0.0 0.5 0.0 5.0 2 MAAC QUARTERFINALS TBA 5 - G Kadeem Smithen (R-Jr., 6-3/170, Ajax, ON) 4.0 3.3 1.3 13.2 3 MAAC QUARTERFINALS TBA 11 - F Thomas Huerter, Jr. (So., 6-7/210, Clifton Park, NY) 1.9 1.5 0.5 8.6 4 MAAC SEMIFINALS TBA 12 - G Ben Diamond (So., 5-8/145, Loudonville, NY)0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 5 MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP 7 PM 13 - G Khalil Richard (S0., 6-0/179, Baltimore, MD) 8.0 2.1 0.9 21.6 All times are Eastern Standard Time 23 - G Jordan Horn (Fr., 6-3/196, St. Paul, MN) 1.9 0.8 0.3 6.4 Home Games in BOLD CAPS 25 - G Nico Clareth (Jr., 6-5/187, Baltimore, MD) 15.9 3.1 1.6 29.0 *MAAC Game 34 - F Kevin Degnan (R-Jr., 6-9/215, Pearl River, NY) 1.3 0.7 0.0 3.7 ^Gotham Classic 35 - F Sammy Friday (So., 6-9/243, Jersey City, NJ) 5.0 4.8 0.1 12.7 +Doubleheader with Siena women @My4 Albany @SienaSaints SienaSaints @SienaSaints thesienasaints $ESPN 2 @SienaMBB SienaBasketball @SienaMBB %SNY #ESPN3 !ESPNU (potentially) The Series With Vermont 35th Meeting: Siena leads, 22-12 Away - 9-7 Division I - 14-10 Last Meeting - Vermont 76, Siena 60 Dec. 29, 2016 - Albany, NY Of Note The programs are meeting in non-conference action for the eighth consecutive season Vermont has won the previous seven meetings after Siena had won 22 of the first 27 Tale of Five of those seven UVM wins have been by single digits including three by four points or less Jimmy Patsos is 2-6 vs. Vermont (0-4 at Siena) the John Becker is 6-0 vs. Siena Tape Last Meeting 2-7 Record 6-4 Vermont held a 40-31 advantage in rebounding and a 42-28 edge in points in the paint 0-0 Conf. 0-0 Darren Payen led all scorers with 17 points in 16 minutes off the bench for UVM 250 RPI 43* Brett Bisping posted a double-double to lead Siena with 10 points and 14 rebounds 71.1 Points 74.5 Siena vs. the America East Conference 82.8 Opp Points 70.3 Siena is 106-53 (.667) vs. the nine programs which currently comprise the America East .426 FG% .469 The Saints have lost 10 of their last 11 games vs. America East opponents, all of which have .453 OPP FG% .458 come vs. UAlbany and Vermont Siena vs. the America East Siena has posted winning records against every America East .367 3FG% .385 school they’ve faced (never played Binghamton or UMass Lowell) Albany 30-24 .677 FT% .726 Binghamton 0-0 Hartford 25-9 37.2 Rebounds 33.0 Maine 13-5 New Hampshire 12-2 11.6 Assists 14.3 Stony Brook 1-0 UMass Lowell 0-0 16.3 Turnovers 12.1 UMBC 3-1 3.7 Blocks 2.4 Vermont 22-12 TOTAL 106-53 4.9 Steals 2.8 *Leads Conference (Through Saturday) Named the 16th head coach in program histo- Year-by-Year With Coach Patsos Jimmy Patsos ry on Apr. 3, 2013 Catholic ‘89 YEAR SCHOOL OVR MAAC Led the Saints to a pair of 20-win seasons and 2004-05 Loyola (MD) 6-22 5-13 14th Season as a Head Coach national postseason tournament appearances 2005-06 Loyola (MD) 15-13 8-10 216-210 (.507) over his first four seasons at the helm 2006-07 Loyola (MD) 18-13 12-6 2007-08 Loyola (MD) 19-14 12-6 Fifth Season at Siena 2008-09 Loyola (MD) 12-20 7-11 Propelled Siena to the program’s first-ever 71-75 (.486) 2009-10 Loyola (MD) 13-17 6-12 Division I national postseason tournament 2010-11 Loyola (MD) 15-15 10-8 championship in winning the College 2011-12! Loyola (MD) 24-9 13-5 Basketball Invitational in his first season with 2012-13^ Loyola (MD) 23-12 12-6 the program in 2013-14 TOTALS NINE SEASONS 145-135 85-77 2013-14$ Siena 20-18 11-9 Guided the Saints to the program’s first MAAC 2014-15 Siena 11-20 7-13 Championship Game appearance since 2010 2015-16$ Siena 21-13 13-7 last winter 2016-17 Siena 17-17 12-8 2017-18 Siena 2-7 0-0 TOTALS FIVE SEASONS 71-75 43-37 Over the past seven seasons has steered his OVERALL 14 SEASONS 216-210 128-114 teams to four national postseason tournament appearances, an average of 19.3 victories, and !MAAC Tournament Champions/NCAA Tournament .500 or better records six times ^CollegeInsider.com (CIT) Tournament $College Basketball Invitational Began his head coaching career at former MAAC rival Loyola which he led to 145 wins, and national postseason tournament appear- Most MAAC Wins ances in his final two seasons (All-Time - Regular Season) 1.) Joe Mihalich Niagara 1998-13 164 Ranks second all-time in MAAC history with 2.) Jimmy Patsos LOY/SIE 2004-pr. 128 128 career regular season conference victories 3.) Tim Cluess Iona 2010-pr. 101 Siena continues its stretch where they play five of seven games on the road to close out December The stretch is bookended by a pair of season long three-game homestands The Saints have dropped five straight road games dating back to last season (had won previous four) Siena concludes a grueling stretch tonight where they play three games in six days against some lofty competition The Saints’ opponents include perennial national power Louisville and America East contenders UAlbany and Vermont The three teams combined to post a 75-29 (.721) overall record last season and have a collective 22-7 (.759) record this year Siena is playing its eighth 2016-17 20-win opponent over its first 10 games to open the season The nine teams the Saints have faced so far this year have posted a collective record of 58-29 (.667) this season Eight of Siena’s first nine opponents currently hold winning records Siena’s 2017-18 Non-Conference Opponents Sixteen of the Saints’ 31 regular season contests are vs. teams which played in national postseason tournaments last season School 2016-17 Record Postseason 14 games are vs. programs which won 20+ games last year College of Charleston 25-10 NIT The Saints’ 13-game non-conference schedule features eight 20-win teams and Florida Gulf Coast 26-8 NCAA six postseason squads highlighted by four NCAA Tournament teams Lehigh 20-12 NONE Siena’s 2017-18 non-conference opponents combined to average 20.5 wins and Bucknell 26-9 NCAA post a .617 win percentage last season Hofstra 15-17 NONE St. Bonaventure 20-12 NONE Louisville is receiving votes in both major polls this week, and five other non- Robert Morris 14-19 NONE conference foes are ranked in the latest College Insider Mid-Major Top-25 Poll includ- Louisville 25-9 NCAA ing three in the top-eight UAlbany 21-14 CIT The Saints played the 82nd hardest schedule nationally last season, including the Vermont 29-6 NCAA 32nd toughest non-conference schedule Bryant 12-20 NONE Siena played nine games vs.