Marist turned the ball over 26 times and went ice cold from the field in the final minutes of its match-up against MAAC rival Siena. Siena closed out the game on a 22-4 run.
With 3:46 left, Siena has gone on a 16-2 run and made a respectable Marist effort look somewhat lopsided. The final score won't indicate how close this game was at one point, but Chuck Martin's team picked a bad time in the game to start missing shots. The plethora of turnovers is finally starting to haunt the Foxes.
Siena is beginning to pull away as Marist has gone cold from the field. The Saints lead the Red Foxes, 67-58, with 4:57 remaining. Marist led, 56-55, after a Ryan Schneider three-pointer, but a 12-2 Siena run has put a Marist upset out of everyone's mind.
Matt Brady jokingly said in a press conference last year that if Alex Franklin could sprain an ankle before the second Marist-Siena meeting, that would be great. Although Brady made the comment in jest, the fact remains that Marist still does not have an answer for Alex Franklin. Franklin has 21 points with 7:32 left and Siena leading, 64-58.
Turnovers continue to plague the Red Foxes throughout this game, but Marist is hanging on as Siena leads, 60-58, with 10:12 left to play
Ryan Schneider just buried a three-pointer to put Marist up 53-51 at the official timeout. There is 13:59 remaining in the game and every Red Fox showed up for this one.
Chuck Martin just took a 30 second timeout with 16:02 remaining in the game. Alex Franklin is diminating Marist in the paint, but the Red Foxes are shooting the lights out thus far and have a 48-47 lead. This is a match-up of preseason MAAC picks No. 1 and No. 10.
*****
Marist is surprising Siena early in the Times-Union Center, trailing only by two. A late 5-0 Marist run punctuated by a David Devezin jumper pulled Marist to 39-37, the score at halftime. Dejuan Goodwin continues to emerge as a star in the making as he drained two late three-pointers. Devezin and Goodwin have a team-high eight points apiece. Alex Franklin leads all scorers with 11 points. This is not surprising because Lawrence Williams ran into foul trouble early, forcing Korey Bauer and Alex Vouyoukas into a tough assignment. Marist finished with 17 turnovers in the first half, while Siena had just five. Marist shot 62.5 percent from the field though, so the shooting is keeping the Foxes in the game.
At the last official timeout, Marist is hanging with MAAC favorite, Siena. The Saints cling to a 30-29 lead with 3:01 remaining in the half. Everyone's gotten involved in the scoring for Marist, and the Red Foxes are shooting 57.1 percent from the field. During halftime, Chuck Martin will get on his team for an abundance of first-half turnovers.
With Lawrence Williams in foul trouble, Chuck Martin has gone to freshman Alex Vouyoukas and the 6-foot-9 big man has responded. Vouyoukas has six points on 3-of-4 shooting. With 6:22 left in the first, Siena leads, 28-25.
With 11:42 remaining in the first half, Siena is up, 16-12. Alex Franklin leads all scorers with seven points while freshman forward Alex Vouyoukas leads the Foxes with four points.
At the first official timeout, Marist has turned the ball over six times. Luckily for the Red Foxes, the score is knotted at six. R.J Hall just stole the ball from Siena point guard Ronald Moore and fed Ryan Schneider for a streaking dunk. There's 15:35 left in the first half.
*****
The game's about to start and the starting lineups are as follows:
Marist:
G David Devezin
G Javon Parris
G Dejaun Goodwin
F Ryan Schneider
F Lawrence Williams
Siena:
G Ronald Moore
G Kenny Hasbrouck
G/F Edwin Ubiles
F Ryan Rossiter
F Alex Franklin
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