NEW ROCHELLE - If there's one big positive to Monday's 73-60 victory over Iona, it was senior Edwin Ubiles returning to form in the second half.

Here's what Ubiles said after the game.

“I think it’s coming back slowly,” said of Ubiles of his injured right knee. “It’s still a little bit tender. I can definitely feel it getting a lot better every day. It’s not bothering me much after the game at all, so I can tell it’s getting better.”

Franklin told him he was back after the game and Siena coach Fran McCaffery said Ubiles' big second half was more a product of Iona's smaller lineup.

“They went with a downshifted lineup and he had some size advantage, so we just started going to him,” said McCaffery.

Ubiles said he was cramping throughout the game, but he did a good job shaking that off to score 14 points in the second half and be a big reason why the Saints pulled away.

While the Gaels did a good job of taking the game to a helter-skelter pace in the first half, McCaffery was impressed with how his team shook it off and finished the game.

“I thought the way we responded in the second half, in particular, was very impressive,” said McCaffery.

Something else to look at is Ronald Moore's minutes.

While I didn't mention him in the game story, but for missing a shot that Rossiter finished to start the game-changing run, the nation's assist leader played all 40 minutes, something that might draw the notice of some.

McCaffery said Moore, like almost every player doesn't want to come out and that he could have gone another 40 minutes after the game was over.