ALBANY, NY – Tyere Marshall (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King/Putnam Science) scored a team-high 22 points on 10-of-15 shooting, but the fourth-seeded Rider University men's basketball team fell at fifth-seeded Siena, 87-81, Saturday night at the Times Union Center. The Saints (17-15) hit 65.1 percent (28-43) from the floor and will move on to Sunday's semifinals against top-seeded Iona. Rider ends its season at 16-15.

Siena established an early 17-10 lead, with five of its first six made field goals coming from long range. The Broncs later responded with a 9-2 spurt, capped by consecutive Stevie Jordan (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan/API) buckets to take a 25-23 lead with five minutes remaining in the period. But a late Sloane Seymour three gave the Saints a 30-29 lead at the break.

The Saints led by as many as seven in the early going of the second half, but the Broncs whittled away until Dimencio Vaughn's (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School) three-point play with 7:35 remaining tied the game at 59-59 and consecutive buckets from Marshall and Jordan gave the Broncs' one-point leads, the last with 5:16 left. But Jalen Pickett's bucket in the paint at the 4:52 mark sparked a 12-1 Siena run and the Saints never trailed again. Rider cut the deficit to four, 82-78, on three Jordan Allen (Dover, DE/Dover) free throws with 41 seconds remaining, but could draw no closer.

Quotes & Notes
"When you don't rotate and run out of the doubles the way that we needed to, we left some guys open and then, once they started to make some shots, we couldn't get them stopped. So give those guys credit. They did a better job than we did."

(On Siena's home court advantage) "We're not going to make any excuses. We just didn't get it done."

"We weren't disciplined enough all year long and it starts with me." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

"Our rotations were just a second late. They just continued to knock down open shots based off of our rotation." – Rider junior center Tyere Marshall

"On the offensive end, in late game, we turned the ball over. So that's on us."

"We always beat ourselves in the end. It comes down to us. The whole team. We need to get stops. When we need to get stops, we need to get them. Being late with rotations, stuff like that. We just have to get our stuff together." - Rider junior guard Stevie Jordan

- The game was the 50^th meeting in the all-time series, with the Saints holding a 33-17 lead.
- Rider is now 0-4 in MAAC Championship contests against Siena, with the last three coming on the Saints' home court.  
- Rider played Siena at the Times Union Center for the first time since Jan. 17, 2017.
- The Broncs were playing in the No. 4 vs. No. 5 MAAC Quarterfinal game for the fifth time, the first as the No. 4 seed. Rider is now 1-4 in the No. 4 vs. No. 5 game.
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Marshall topped 20 points for the fourth time this season. He also added a team-high eight rebounds and two blocks.
- Jordan finished with 14 points and three assists. He now has 1,107 career points, good for 33^rd in program history, while his 475 assists rank fifth and his 145 steals rank eighth.
- Anthony Durham (Philadelphia, PA/Abington/Putnam Science), Allen and Vaughn each scored 12 points to give Rider five in double figures.
- Siena outshot Rider, 65.1 percent (28-43) to 46.3 percent (31-67) from the floor, 57.1 percent (12-21) to 30.4 percent (7-23) from long range and 82.6 percent (19-23) to 70.6 percent (12-17) from the free-throw line.
- The Broncs outrebounded Siena, 32-24, including a 17-2 edge on the offensive glass, resulting in a 27-3 advantage in second-chance points.
- Rider outscored Siena, 44-22, in the paint and the Broncs' bench outscored that of Siena, 24-11.
- Allen knocked 3-of-9 three-point attempts for the 31^st time in 63 career games played that he's knocked down at least three triples. He finishes the season with a team-high 73 three-pointers made for the season and 165 for his career, 10th-most in program history.
- Entering the game eighth in the nation in steals per game (9.2 spg.), Rider made five steals today.   
- With the 44-22 margin in points in the paint, Rider finished the year outscoring league foes, 716-588, in the paint – an average of +6.7 points per game.