ALBANY - While Siena played well and came away with a comfortable victory, senior Edwin Ubiles sat out the game with a muscle strain in his back.

"It just kind of happened out of nowhere," said Ubiles following Monday's game. "I went for a pass (in Sunday's practice) and I just felt a little strain in my back. From there on, it just got worse."

The rest of the team stepped up with Ubiles on the sideline.

"Hopefully Eddie will be back soon," said junior Ryan Rossiter. "We definitely need him in the starting lineup, but I think Owen (Wignot) played solid for us today, Kyle Downey played well of the bench and O.D. (Anosike) and Davis (Martens) played great."

Ubiles couldn't make it through practice on Sunday and wasn't medically cleared to play Monday night.

"He couldn't go yesterday in practice, felt like he was going to be okay today," said Siena coach Fran McCaffery. "He wasn't cleared, was having some discomfort with his back. We'll see he is tomorrow and we'll see if he can play Thursday, but we won't know until we get there."

Ubiles said he was having trouble moving at all when it first happened, but is hoping to be back Thursday.

"I don't want to force anything and re-injure it," Ubiles said. "I'm shooting for Thursday."