Overview: After stealing a game from Marist on Friday, it'll be interesting to see how the Saints come out this afternoon against Fairfield. 

They should be realizing that they have to play their hardest every game, especially on the road, but they could come out slow again because they were rewarded for not playing their best last time out.

Either way, this should be a great game. 

The Stags have won four in a row and find themselves at 5-2, one-half game ahead of both Rider and Niagara, who are 4-2. 

So far this season, Siena has found ways to win games even when they didn't play their best, while every other team in the league has had played poorly and lost. 

After Niagara lost their second game in a row on Thursday against Iona, after a 4-0 start, coach Joe Mihalich said this to The Buffalo News.   

"We got off to a good start here and people think that we've separated ourselves - maybe we even think that - that we've separated from the rest (of the conference)," Mihalich said. "We haven't. It's Siena and everybody else."

Siena and Niagara meet on Saturday, Jan. 24 at noon on MSG in Albany. 

Records: Siena 7-0, 13-5. Fairfield 4-2, 12-6

Injury Report: According to at least once source, Fairfield senior Jonathan Han broke his nose in Thursday's game against Saint Peter's. 

On the Siena side, Josh Duell (ACL, MCL) and Cory Magee (concussion) didn't make the trip to Marist, so one would assume since the team didn't return home, those two are also not in Bridgeport today.  

Prediction: Siena 83, Fairfield 75 (My record is 14-4)