Clarence Jackson News

Clarence Jackson has stepped in nicely in his new starter role for the shooting guard position.He is averaging 14.2 ppg and nearly 2 steals per game.

Cedar Falls, Ia. - This one was for the suits in Indianapolis. A message game. A keeper.

The Siena men's basketball team meets its opposite today. The Saints are small and quick and looking to play fast, while the Northern Iowa Panthers are big and strong and wanting to play physical.

Northern Iowa's Kwadzo Ahelegbe, center, looks to shoot as Siena's Owen Wignot, left, and Clarence Jackson defend.

Cedar Falls, Ia. - Upset wins in the 2008 and '09 NCAA Tournaments validated Siena's status as one of college basketball's elite mid-major programs.

The Siena Saints hit the road to face the University of Northern Iowa Panthers at the McLeod Center in Ceder Falls, Iowa at 7:05pm CT on Saturday, December 12th.

Siena is running into the same problem they had last year - a cold start to the season from the stripe.

The 29-point beating that UAlbany took from Siena on Saturday was the final straw that convinced Great Danes coach Will Brown he must change the way his team plays basketball.

George Harrison poured in 24 points off the bench on 10-of-13 shooting from the floor, and Turner King scored 20 points, including 18 in the second half Wednesday, as Hampden-Sydney pulled away late for a 90-76 Old Dominion Athletic Conference victory over Roanoke College.

Junior guard Clarence Jackson scored 25 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the Siena mena s basketball team to an 83-54 romp over the University at Albany on Saturday night in the 49th meeting between the areaa s two Division I programs.

With his very first shot of the game, Clarence Jackson cut to the basket and tried a wild one-handed toss that glanced off the side of the backboard, an attempt that drew the ire of his coach.

Siena forward Owen Wignot misses a dunk as Georgia Tech guard D'Andre Bell defends during the first half on Wednesday, Dec.

Freshman Mfon Udofia scored a career-high 26 points and Georgia Tech beat Siena 74-61 on Wednesday night.

The Siena men's basketball team employs a full-court defense that harasses the ball-handler for all 94 feet, which quickens the game's pace to the Saints' preferred level -- full throttle.

PHILADELPHIA About the only the Siena men's basketball team couldn't do Saturday was score 100 points.

If Friday's game against St. John's were a 100-yard dash, the Siena men's basketball team would have finished a distant second.

As the minutes wind down in a laugher, not everyone on the Siena bench is smiling.

The Siena men's basketball players received their 2008 NCAA Tournament rings with as little fanfare as possible.

It was a painful exercise, but Fran Dunphy thought it was necessary, so the Temple coach gathered his players and made them relive Thursday's gut-wrenching one-point loss at Georgetown by making them watch it on tape.

" Siena's final possession of a 73-69 loss to Temple on Saturday was pretty typical of the final five minutes of the game, which included some terrific play but also some glaring miscues.