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Siena (12-12, 7-4 MAAC) at Rider (12-11, 7-4 MAAC) – 2:00 PM EST (ESPN+)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to the MAAC – this has quietly become one of the more competitive conferences in the country, even if the winner is likely to be going to Dayton for a First Four berth come NCAA Tournament time. The Rider Broncs will play host to the Siena Saints. To say Rider has hit a snag would be an understatement; they have lost three games in a row that included a loss at home against Canisius on Friday night; the Golden Griffins hit a 3-point shot with under 10 seconds remaining that turned out to be the difference maker. Frederick Scott leads the Broncs with 12.1 PPG and 5.5 RPG.
Four teams are tied for second in the MAAC; Siena is one of those 4 teams at the moment (along with Rider, Canisius and Quinnipiac). The Saints only had 5 wins out of conference, but 3 of those wins came against GW, Harvard and Robert Morris. They have currently won seven out of their last nine games in conference play; the only two losses were against Monmouth. Evan Fisher leads the team with 15.6 PPG and 6.1 RPG.