{"id":413142,"date":"2026-01-14T21:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/413142\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:25:10","slug":"siena-falls-at-sacred-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/413142\/","title":{"rendered":"Siena Falls at Sacred Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/peacockslogo.png\" alt=\"Saint Peter's\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Saint Peter&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>1\/17\/2026 | 2 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Jan. 17 (Sat) \/ 2 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/peacockslogo.png\" alt=\"Saint Peter's\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Saint Peter&#8217;s&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/sienasaints.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/opponent-history\/saint-peter-s\/1306\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    FAIRFIELD, CT \u2014 Siena Women&#8217;s Basketball fell 70-58 at Sacred Heart on Thursday, as the Pioneers shot 51.0% from the field and 42.9% from three.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSiena (6-10, 4-3 MAAC) jumped out to a 23-17 lead after one quarter, with balanced scoring and early hot hands. But the Saints went scoreless from the field in the second quarter, managing just four points, and trailed 37-27 at halftime.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sienasaints.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/francesca-schiro\/10249\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10249\" target=\"_blank\">Francesca Schiro<\/a> led Siena with 17 points, going 6-for-20 from the field and a perfect 5-for-5 at the free-throw line. She also had three rebounds and an assist. <a href=\"https:\/\/sienasaints.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/nicole-melious\/10253\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10253\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Melious<\/a> added 11 points on 3-of-9 three-point shooting and grabbed six rebounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/sienasaints.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/garrisen-freeman\/10258\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10258\" target=\"_blank\">Garrisen Freeman<\/a> scored 8, while <a href=\"https:\/\/sienasaints.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/valencia-fontenelle-posson\/10246\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10246\" target=\"_blank\">Valencia Fontenelle-Posson<\/a> had 7 points and a team-high 8 rebounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/sienasaints.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/caydence-hadley\/10252\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10252\" target=\"_blank\">Caydence Hadley<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sienasaints.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/alden-yergey\/10248\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10248\" target=\"_blank\">Alden Yergey<\/a> each scored 6. Overall, Siena shot 30.8% (20-of-65) from the field and 18.2% (4-of-22) from beyond the arc.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSacred Heart (7-9, 5-2 MAAC) was led by Amelia Wood with 21 points, Sophie Nascimento with 17 and Nalyce Dudley with 12. The Pioneers hit 6 of 14 threes and shot 66.7% from the free-throw line. Both their field goal and three-point percentages were their second highest in a game this season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Saints led 23-17 after the first quarter thanks to nearly 59% shooting from the field. However, after a slow second quarter, Siena made a pair of runs in the second half but could not cut into the lead enough to regain control. The Saints scored 15 in the third and 16 in the fourth, but Sacred Heart&#8217;s efficiency and depth proved decisive.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSiena returns home to host Saint Peter&#8217;s on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m. at the UHY Center.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Saint Peter&#8217;s 1\/17\/2026 | 2 PM &#13; Jan. 17 (Sat) \/ 2 PM&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-413142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}