Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Championship Sunday
The Siena Saints (14-7, 8-2 MAAC) visit the Marist Red Foxes (7-12, 3-7 MAAC) at McCann Arena in Poughkeepsie, New York on Sunday for a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game. Siena defeated the Iona Gaels 70-53 on Friday. The Saints have won 9 of the last 11 and are first in MAAC. Marist was defeated by Rider 68-52 on Friday and has lost three straight. Siena will play without Jordan Kellier and Taihland Owens, while Javian McCollum is questionable. Marist does not have any players listed on its injury list.
Siena is allowing an average of 66.7 (107th) points per game, while opponents are shooting 45.1% (284th) overall and 32.3% (125th) from behind the 3-point line. The Saints are scoring an average of 69.9 (221st) points per game, while shooting 44.9% (164th) overall and 35.6% (99th) from behind the 3-point line.
Javian McCollum, who is questionable for Sunday and missed Friday’s victory over Iona, is the leading scorer with an average of 15.8 points per game while shooting 46.3% overall and 36.0% from long range. Jackson Stormo is the second leading scorer with an average of 13.9 points per game. Stormo shoots 54.8%. Two of the next three high scorers are shooting 37.4% or less. McCollum is the leader in assists with an average of 3.8 dishes per contest. Siena is averaging 34.4 rebounds per game led by Jared Billups with an average of 6.7 boards per contest. Michael Eley is the leader in steals with an average of 1.0 per game and Stormo is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 1.6 swats per contest.