Siena Loses at #23 Georgia Tech
ATLANTA, GA - Prior to tonight's game against #23 Georgia Tech, Edwin Ubiles was scratched from Siena's line-up due to recurring knee pain. Without their senior tri-captain the Saints never led the Yellow Jackets and lost 74-61 at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.
Siena (4-3) trailed 29-28 late in the first half. But a Mfon Udofia 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer gave Georgia Tech a 32-28 lead at the intermission. Udofia led all scorers with 26 points.
Clarence Jackson was Siena's lone double figure scorer with 19 points, but they came on 24 shot attempts including 3-14 from beyond the arc. As a team Siena missed 24 of a whopping 28 3-point shots. Siena shot just 32% from the field.
"It was a frustrating game for us on a lot of levels," Saints head coach Fran McCaffery said. "We competed, but we did not play well. You can’t come in here and play the way we did and expect to win."
Shaker High School graduate Brad Sheehan did not score in limited playing time off the Georgia Tech bench. Yellow Jackets head coach Paul Hewitt was Siena's head coach between 1997 and 2000.
