Saints march all over Marist at McCann
Jim Urso
Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: Sports
The Siena Saints continued their steamroll through the MAAC conference on Saturday, defeating Marist 79-60 at the McCann center.
The victory marked Siena's thirteenth consecutive win, and Marist's tenth consecutive loss. For the second time this season, Marist has lost 10 consecutive games.
Saints forward Alex Franklin dominated in the paint. Franklin scored 22 points on 8-for-9 shooting, and grabbed eight rebounds. Forward Ryan Rossiter recorded a double-double, hitting all six of his shot attempts, scoring 16 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
Korey Bauer led the Red Foxes with 18 points on 8-for-13 shooting. Bauer has led Marist in scoring for three of the last four games and leads the team in minutes per game.
"As the season's gone on, the more minutes I'm playing, I just feel more relaxed every game," Bauer said.
Junior forward Daye Kaba added a career high 17 points on 7-for-11 shooting
"I was just trying to be aggressive," Kaba said. "I feel like the last couple games, I've been kind of timid."
Siena point guard Ronald Moore had 11 assists against two turnovers. Marist freshman point guard Devin Price had 7 assists and just one turnover.
The Red Foxes fell to 1-21 overall and 1-11 in the MAAC, while Siena remained undefeated in the conference (12-0) and improved their overall record to 19-4.
In a season where slow starts have been characteristic, the Red Foxes kept it close for entire first half.
"For us to have a young team, we handled their pressure very, very well," coach Chuck Martin said.
Siena created some separation between the teams when senior and Poughkeepsie High School graduate Edwin Ubiles came off the bench mid-way through the first half.
Ubiles scored seven consecutive points, giving the Saints a 29-17 advantage with 6:29 left in the first half.
A jump shot from freshman forward Rob Johnson just before halftime cut the lead to seven. However, Ubiles hit a jump shot of his own at the buzzer to extend Siena's lead to 39-30.
The victory marked Siena's thirteenth consecutive win, and Marist's tenth consecutive loss. For the second time this season, Marist has lost 10 consecutive games.
Saints forward Alex Franklin dominated in the paint. Franklin scored 22 points on 8-for-9 shooting, and grabbed eight rebounds. Forward Ryan Rossiter recorded a double-double, hitting all six of his shot attempts, scoring 16 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
Korey Bauer led the Red Foxes with 18 points on 8-for-13 shooting. Bauer has led Marist in scoring for three of the last four games and leads the team in minutes per game.
"As the season's gone on, the more minutes I'm playing, I just feel more relaxed every game," Bauer said.
Junior forward Daye Kaba added a career high 17 points on 7-for-11 shooting
"I was just trying to be aggressive," Kaba said. "I feel like the last couple games, I've been kind of timid."
Siena point guard Ronald Moore had 11 assists against two turnovers. Marist freshman point guard Devin Price had 7 assists and just one turnover.
The Red Foxes fell to 1-21 overall and 1-11 in the MAAC, while Siena remained undefeated in the conference (12-0) and improved their overall record to 19-4.
In a season where slow starts have been characteristic, the Red Foxes kept it close for entire first half.
"For us to have a young team, we handled their pressure very, very well," coach Chuck Martin said.
Siena created some separation between the teams when senior and Poughkeepsie High School graduate Edwin Ubiles came off the bench mid-way through the first half.
Ubiles scored seven consecutive points, giving the Saints a 29-17 advantage with 6:29 left in the first half.
A jump shot from freshman forward Rob Johnson just before halftime cut the lead to seven. However, Ubiles hit a jump shot of his own at the buzzer to extend Siena's lead to 39-30.
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