Stags and Saints meet in MAAC championship game

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03/08/2010 - Albany, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Siena Saints make their fourth straight appearance in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament championship game as they clash with the Fairfield Stags tonight in familiar surroundings at Times Union Center in Albany, New York.

The top seed in the 29th annual tournament, the Saints are the two-time defending champs following victories over Rider in 2008 and Niagara last year. Siena has won 37 straight games in this building, the second-longest run behind only Kansas at the moment. On Sunday afternoon, the squad defeated fifth-seeded Rider by a final of 72-62, a day after knocking off Manhattan, 78-61.

Winners of four straight and five of the last six outings, Siena is second in the conference with four tournament crowns over the years.

As for the second-seeded Stags, on Saturday night they took care of Canisius in the quarterfinals with a 67-57 victory and then last night it was Niagara that went down in a 69-63 final.

Siena won both meetings against the Stags during the regular season which means the all-time series now stands at 29-23 in favor of the Saints.

Anthony Johnson scored a game-high 21 points, leading four players in double figures, as the Stags picked up the six-point win over the Niagara Purple Eagles last night. Also scoring in double figures for the second-seeded Stags were Derek Needham with 17 points, Colin Nickerson 14 and Ryan Olander 11 points to go along with his nine rebounds. Starters in all 31 games this season for Fairfield, Needham and Johnson spearhead the offense for the squad with 16.3 and 15.7 ppg, respectively, but there's no doubt the team is still feeling the loss of an injured Yorel Hawkins. A tremendous force in the paint, Johnson is also averaging 9.8 rpg and has posted 72 blocked shots along the way. From a defensive standpoint, Fairfield is holding opponents to 66.0 ppg and has forced those foes into almost 15 turnovers per contest.

Edwin Ubiles scored just nine points on 4-of-14 shooting from the floor, the only starter for the Saints not to score in double figures on Sunday as the team advanced to this title tilt. Ryan Rossiter registered a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 18 rebounds, while Ronald Moore had one of his own with 15 points and a game-high 10 assists as he continued to close in on the all-time assist record in MAAC history. Alex Franklin was the high man with his 18 points and Clarence Jackson chipped in 17 for the victors. Moore, who is just a 31.4 percent shooter from the field this season, clearly understands that his role is to get the rest of his teammates into scoring situations and deliver the ball in a timely manner. Moore leads the nation in assists with 7.7 per game, while Rossiter continues to average a double-double for the program with his 14.1 points and 11.1 rebounds per outing.

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