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Rider (14-9, 8-5) at Siena (11-10, 7-5) – 9:00 PM EST (ESPNU)
Tonight’s final game of the Valentine’s Day slate of games takes place in Albany between the hometown Siena Saints and the Rider Broncs in a matchup of MAAC contenders. The Broncs came into the season looking like one of the favorites to win the conference, but sputtered out of the gates looking great one night and utterly mediocre a couple days later. Now they have won five out of six – the only loss was at Monmouth; their best win came at home against Saint Peter’s. Dimencio Vaughn (14.1 points a game) is also shooting 45.6% from outside the perimeter this season.
Siena is the ultimate homecourt hero in this conference – they are a perfect 10-0 at the Times-Union Center but a horrid 1-10 away from home so far. Their lone road win came against perennial conference contender Iona back on the final day of January. Tonight begins a three-game homestand that will also include matchups against Manhattan and Iona. While Jalen Pickett leads the Saints with 15.2 points a game, Manny Camper (13.7 PPG/10.4 RPG) is averaging a double-double this week.
And since this is Valentine’s Day, watch this classic moment between both Rider and Siena: