Siena Saints NCAA Basketball News

The annual men's basketball game between Siena College and the University at Albany presents this riddle: When does a game mean so much and so little? Despite the fact that the schools play in different leagues and harbor much larger goals than winning one early season game, Siena vs.

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.

Now that Siena is back home from playing at Georgia Tech, it's time to focus on what is the biggest game of the year for local basketball fans -- Siena vs.

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

Freshman forward O.D. Anosike, who posted 10 rebounds in Tuesday's win over Delaware, said he looks forward to playing against a school that recruited him Friday, when Siena faces St.

Ronald Moore scored 19 points and dished out 11 assists, Clarance Jackson had 23 points and Siena dominated Brown in a 99-79 rout on Saturday.

Siena's Ryan Rossiter had 24 points and 13 rebounds, but St. John's got 23 points from D.J. Kennedy to take a 77-68 victory last night.

D.J. Kennedy scored 23 points to lead the St. John's Red Storm to a 77-68 win over the Siena Saints as part of the Philly Hoop Classic at The Palestra Dwight Hardy added 13 points off the bench for the Red Storm .

The Siena Saints will face off against the St. John's Red Storm today at the Cathedral of College Basketball in Philadelphia.

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

The season is still very young, but the Siena Saints find themselves at something of a crossroads.

At Monday's media luncheon Fran said he would need more from his bench. They showed more and then some tonight.

Ryan Rossiter scored 22 points and Siena used a strong first half to pull away early from Delaware in a 90-56 win on Tuesday night.

I never tire of seeing the effort of Junior C Ryan Rossiter . We saw it last year in the MAAC Championship , and we saw it Tuesday against Northeastern - leaping into the bench last year, jumping across the floor on Tuesday, the extra inch to tip the ball for an open rebound- it's this effort that goes unsaid on the stat sheet, but Ryan has made ...

Photo Courtesy of sienasaints.cstv.com Head Coach Fran McCaffery and the Siena Saints were handed their first loss of the season by the Temple Owls The Siena Saints were handed their first loss of the season last night in Philadelphia Pa.

Juan Fernandez scored a career-high 20 points and Ramone Moore scored 12 of his career-high 16 points in the second half as Temple rallied from a six-point halftime deficit to beat Siena 73-69 on Saturday night.

Twice a week, from his high school years through college, Fran McCaffery played summer-league basketball on Temple's campus, located in the heart of Philadelphia.

The bandwagon started filling two years ago, after Siena upset Vanderbilt in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.