Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Saints Find Offense....Defense and Other Notes

Coming off of one of the worst offensive games of the year, a 53-52 loss to Fairfield, Siena was looking to get back in the offensive swing of things as the headed to western New York.

They did just that on Friday with a 94-84 victory over previously MAAC unbeaten Niagara, a win that coach Fran McCaffery called without question, "the best offensive performance of the year," on Monday.

Then, on Saturday the Saints looked to their defense after a slow start against Canisius in a 72-44 victory.

Sophomore Alex Franklin played in both games, a big step on his road to full recovery. and contributed in both games.

McCaffery said that after Sunday's game Franklin was gassed, but it was big that he could play two games with only one day off in between.

Junior Josh Duell was cleared to begin practicing this week and McCaffery said will either play with a mouthpiece or even a mask, but he should be back in the mix Thursday against Manhattan.

In Joe Lunardi's latest bracketology update on Monday, Siena is the MAAC representative and Lunardi has them headed to Tampa as the 12th seed to matchup against Vanderbilt (16-1) from the SEC.

Obviously this depends on Siena winning the MAAC, but they are currently tied with Niagara and Marist at 5-1.

Lunardi also has some of Siena's opponents in the big dance, most notably Memphis (15-0), who is pegged as a 1-seed, and Stanford (13-3), who Lunardi has selected as a 6-seed.

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