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Thrilled to play: Siena stops Niagara in MAAC first round By Ray Floriani on Mar 9, 2021, 6:46pm EST + Siena, the ninth seed upset eighth seed Niagara 74-65 in the MAAC opener Tuesday at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Siena advanced to 4-8 while Niagara fell to 4-7. The game was at warp speed. A 78 turnover uptempo affair. Siena committed 23 turnovers for an extremely high 30% turnover rate. Niagara didn’t fare much better turning it over 22 times at a 28% rate. "The...

Tuesday’s college roundup: No. 2 Baylor stays unbeaten, tops No. 6 Texas, 83-69 Baylor uses a big run to pull away to dispose of Texas. Associated Press Share Baylor’s MaCio Teague drives to the basket against Texas’ Greg Brown, right, during the second half Tuesday night at Austin, Texas. Eric Gay/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Davion Mitchell scored 27 points and No. 2 Baylor used a big run to pull away for an 83-69 victory over sixth-ranked Texas on Tuesday night. Baylor (17-0,...

The Associated Press Before the Siena bus departs, Saints coach Ali Jaques stands near her seat in the front and counts to ensure that everyone has boarded. That task won’t take long today. Siena — a team that has spent nearly half this season in quarantine — will have only six players aboard when the bus rolls away from the Saints’ campus in Loudonville, for the trip to Monmouth today. The total travel party is 10: the players, two coaches, an athletic trainer and a bus driver. That’...

That’s it. “The novelty of it, I think it’s a thing you have to accept,” Jaques said. “We’re in this weird situation and we have to accept what it is and then understand how we can be successful - and find opportunity in that situation.” This much is certain: It is a weird situation. Siena has 14 players on the roster; of the eight who won’t be on the trip to Monmouth, most are in quarantine for virus-related reasons - which can include positive tests or contact tracing suggesti...