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Jack McCaffery
For The Record

SAMMARINESE, San Marino — Siena may have taken only a one-point lead into the final quarter of a game against Fulgor Libertas Friday night, but it also took something just as important into those final 10 minutes: The knowledge that Kenny Hasbrouck hadn't yet stirred.

Haunted by two fouls in the first two minutes, then by a third in the first minute of the second half, Hasbrouck spent most of the game on the bench, watching Clarence Jackson respond with a game-high 22 points. But with the game and the emotions tight in the fourth quarter, Hasbrouck scored nine points to help solidify a 103-92 victory.

"I am very confident that I can be the go-to guy in that situation," said the Saints' captain, who finished with 14 points. "It seemed like they (the officials) were taking me out in the first half. They didn't let me play. So I was just ready to go off. And I found my time."

As per the blueprint for their five-game trip, all of the Saints receive playing time, resulting in multiple lineup combinations. Friday, Siena was able to silence Fulgor Libertas with a three-guard set in the fourth quarter, with Hasbrouck turning unstoppable along the baseline.

"The team that really got the lead for us was Hasbrouck, (Ryan) Rossiter, Jackson, (Ronald) Moore and (Alex) Franklin," said associate head coach Mitch Buonaguro, who took control in the fourth quarter after head coach Fran McCaffery was ejected in a dispute with the officials. "And Kenny did a great job of getting the players going."

Stepping In: To Buonaguro, taking over for the head coach on an excursion through Italy was nothing new. As an assistant to Rollie Massimino at Cleveland State, Buonaguro was thrust into a similar situation and guided the Vikings to their only victory on their 10-game trip.

"He was thrown out of the last game on the trip — so I was ready for this," Buonaguro said, smiling. "But, no. Fran saw the game turning with the officiating and he got the guys going. So I just called some plays and it was fun."

Notes: After missing the Saints' game in Castellanza with a pulled groin, Josh Duell started Friday night. He did not score, but he contributed seven rebounds, two in the fourth quarter ... For the second consecutive game, Ryan Rossiter both led the Saints in rebounding — he had nine — and knocked down a three-point jumper. Friday, that shot was a fourth-quarter dagger to Libertas. "Rossiter played well," Buonaguro said ... Erik Harris, who had been hobbled since Selection Sunday with an ankle injury, played about four first-half minutes Friday and returned to the bench. Saints coach Fran McCaffery said he was just being cautious and that Harris was not re-injured.