Siena and Canisius LIVE from the TU Center; Siena rout continues, 67-43

Siena is showing no mercy to the No. 9 Griffs as the blowout is officially on. Siena leads, 67-43, with 8:31 left and Canisius has brought on its famous walk-on, Bob Bevilacqua. Siena will take on Fairfieild tomorrow. On a side note, Hasbrouck has gone below 50 percent shooting on the night. He's 7-of-16 for 16 points.

With 15:14 left in the game, Siena has opened up a wide margin and looks poised to move on. The Saints lead, 50-36. Kenny Hasbrouck has a game-high 16 points while Frank Turner leads Canisius with 12.

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An awkward play led to a lengthy delay after Robert Goldsberry fouled Alex Franklin and landed strangely. Goldsberry was called with an intentional foul, but he needed to be helped off the floor. Right now, Siena leads, 29-24, as halftime approaches.

Canisius pulled into a 13-13 tie, but Siena countered with a 6-0 run. With 7:35 remaining in the first half, Siena is leading by a small margin at 19-15. Hasbrouck has a game-high 10 points, but Frank Turner has been the best player on the floor so far for either team. Poughkeepsie's own Edwin Ubiles has spent a considerable amount of time on the bench and hasn't gotten anything going.

MAAC player of the year Kenny Hasbrouck has been lighting up the net early with eight points. Although Siena looked like it was going to pull away, Canisius has hung around and trails by only three at 13-10. There is 11:57 remaining in the first half.

Siena jumped out to the early 5-0 lead, but Canisius responded with a 4-0 run of its own. Siena leads, 7-4, at the first official timeout, although the Saints don't look particularly impressive. Luckily for them, they have probably the easiest path to the MAAC finals that a team could possibly have. A win here this afternoon means a date with all seven of Fairfield's players tomorrow.

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A raucous crowd has filled the Times Union Center for Siena's first game against No. 9 Canisius. Canisius played last night and arrived here today by virtue of knocking off Jimmy Patsos' Greyhounds. Tip-off is slated for three minutes. Marist and Niagara will follow at 7:30 with Rider and Saint Peter's getting the luxury of the 9:30 p.m. slot.

In the game prior to this one, Fairfield pulled a slight upset by beating the No. 4 Manhattan Jaspers. Even with Fairfield missing half its team and Greg Nero battling multiple injuries, Manhattan still crumbled. Fairfield will play the winner of the Siena-Canisius game.