LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Tyere Marshall (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King/Putnam Science) scored a team-high 19 points, but the Rider University men's basketball team fell to Siena, 59-57, Sunday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium. With the loss, the Broncs fall to 12-12 (7-5 MAAC), while the Saints are now 13-12 (8-4 MAAC).

After Stevie Jordan (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan/API) opened the scoring with a bucket in the opening minute, the Saints went on an 11-0 run and never trailed again. Siena's lead swelled to 10 on five occasions the rest of the way. Rider whittled the deficit to one at the half, but the Saints used a 6-0 early second-half run to push it back to double digits twice, the second of which came on a pair of Kadeem Smithen free throws at the 13:48 mark.

Marshall began to impose his will after that, scoring Rider's next six points to cut the deficit to four. The Broncs would tie the game at 49-49 on a 7-0 run, highlighted by Ahmad Gilbert's (Philadelphia, PA/Constitution [Minnesota]) three-point play, a Marshall bucket in the paint and Dimencio Vaughn's (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School) conversion at the 8:14 mark.

Siena again had the answer with five-straight points, but a pair of Jordan free throws, a highlight-reel Vaughn drive and scoop and Jordan's putback tied the game at 55-55 with 4:09 remaining. The teams would exchange successful trips to the free-throw line, before the Broncs found a lid on the basket. They'd miss their last six attempts from the floor, while the Saints got 1-of-2 free throws from Manny Camper to take the lead with 36 seconds left and another 1-of-2 from Smithen with four seconds remaining. Jordan Allen (Dover, DE/Dover) got a look at a three to win it at the buzzer, but it would not fall.
 
Quotes & Notes
"Another tough loss. A lot of missed lay-ups. We had opportunities, that's for sure."

"When you're losing, things just happen. When you're winning, the balls bounce your way, they bounce in. We're losing, so we've got to find a way."

"Everybody wants to win and get off this losing streak, for sure. Everybody's pressing. We know everybody else's expectations and we know ours and we're not living up to them." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

"We all know we're struggling, but we're just trying to stay together and stay strong. We know what we're capable of. So, our goal is to move on to the next game and prepare for Quinnipiac."

"We're just struggling right now. This defines people, when you're struggling, because you're going to let it take you down or you're going to stand up to it and keep fighting. And we're going to keep fighting." – Junior center Tyere Marshall

- The game was the 49^th in the all-time series with Siena. The Saints now lead, 32-17.     
- After winning 17-straight games at home dating entering the weekend, the Broncs fell in their second-straight at Alumni Gymnasium.
- Rider trailed at the half for the eighth time in 12 MAAC games. The Broncs erased a double-digit deficit for the eighth time in league contests. After winning four of the first five games in which it found itself down by double digits to league foes, Rider has now lost the last three.  
- Rider returns to action Tuesday, when it travels to Quinnipiac at 7 p.m.      
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Marshall finished with 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the floor. He also added five rebounds and a block.
- Frederick Scott (Munster, IN/Simeon [DePaul]) narrowly missed his third double-double of the year with nine points and 10 rebounds.
- Jordan finished with eight points, pushing his career total to 999. His next point would make him Rider's 37^th 1,000-point scorer.
- Both teams struggled from the floor, with Siena outshooting the Broncs, 36.0 percent (18-50) to 33.9 percent (20-59). Rider made just 1-of-16 from long range.
- Jordan's 130^th steal pulled him into a tie for 13^th in program history with Mike Ringgold.
- Gilbert gave the Broncs solid minutes, finishing with six points, three rebounds and three steals in 17 minutes off the bench.
- Entering the game 10^th in the nation at 9.1 steals per game, Rider had four steals today.
- Rider outscored its opponent in the paint for the 11th time in 12 MAAC games, taking a 36-22 edge. The Broncs have now outscored league foes, 472-344, in the paint for an average of +10.7 points per game.