Siena Basketball Returns to Dayton Tuesday

DAYTON, OHIO – Siena Basketball returns to the site of some of the program’s most memorable March Madness moments when the Saints take on perennial Atlantic 10 power Dayton Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at UD Arena.   Alex Mikos and Brian Roberts have the call on ESPN+. The “Voice of the Saints” Emmanuel Berbari and former Saint Conner Fenlon ’12 will have the radio call of the action locally in the Capital Region on JAMZ 96.3 FM and online at jamz963.com, with pregame coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m.   Siena (1-1) has only won four of its 18 previous contests in the Buckeye State, but two of the most memorable moments in program history occurred at UD Arena. The Saints secured both their second and fourth NCAA Tournament wins in Dayton, defeating Alcorn State 81-77 in a 2002 NCAA Tournament Opening Round game, before an epic 74-72 double overtime triumph over in-state opponent Ohio State in the First Round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament. The victory over the Buckeyes lives on in NCAA Tournament lore with CBS broadcaster Bill Raftery’s “Onions, double order!” call of Ronald Moore’s decisive, go-ahead three-pointer with 3.9 seconds remaining.   Now, a new generation
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