Siena

Official Name: 
Siena College
Nickname: 
Saints
Mailing Address: 

515 Loudon Road
Marcelle Athletic Complex
Room 220
Loudonville, NY 12211-1462

Telephone: 
(518) 783-2411
Fax: 
(518) 783-2992
Enrollment: 
2,900
Arena: 

Alumni Recreation Center
Capacity: 4,000
Year Opened: 1974
Knickerbocker Arena
Capacity: 15,500

School Colors: 
Green and Gold
Conference: 

Metro Atlantic Athletic (since 1990)
Former Member of Northeast (1982-84) and ECAC North Atlantic (1985-89)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(6) 1989, 1999, 2002, 2008, 2009, and 2010
4-6 record (.400)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1974
2-1 record (.667)

NIT Appearances: 

(5) 1988, 1991, 1994, 2000, and 2003
9-5 record (.643)
Finished 3rd in 1994

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Dan Cunha (21 years from 1942-65, 246-225 record, .522)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Marc Brown (2,284 points from 1988-91)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Lee Matthews (1,037 from 1990-93)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Doremus Bennerman (51 points as senior vs. Kansas State on 3/30/94 in NIT third-place game at Madison Square Garden)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Doremus Bennerman (51 vs. Kansas State in NIT third-place game at Madison Square Garden)
March 30, 1994 (senior/26 ppg)

1

2

Total

Siena

39

53

92

Kansas State

35

44

79

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Bidlingmyer

1-3

1-1

0-0

3

Walker

3-6

0-0

0-0

6

Gras

6-10

0-0

4-4

16

Downing

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Bennerman

9-15

0-0

27-30

51

Shorkey

0-2

0-0

2-2

2

Balser

2-3

0-0

2-2

8

McGhee

2-3

0-0

1-3

5

Thies

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Muszynski

0-0

0-0

1-2

1

Attewell

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Gadot

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Arrigale

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Hayden

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

23-44

9-14

37-43

92

Percentages

.523

.643

.860

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Davis

3-8

0-1

0-1

6

Noland

2-7

0-2

0-0

4

Cunningham

10-14

1-1

3-6

24

Beane

3-8

2-5

0-0

8

Jones

8-21

1-8

14-15

31

Lucas

0-1

0-0

3-4

3

Gavin

0-5

0-2

1-2

1

Hamilton

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Hill

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Schmidt

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Lewis

1-2

0-1

0-0

2

Warta

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Mourning

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Strickland

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

27-66

4-20

21-28

79

Percentages

.409

.200

.750

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Jack Carroll

1

1939

8-2

.800

1939

8-2

Henry Bunoski

2

1940-41

21-16

.568

1940

12-7

Dan Cunha

21

1942-65

246-225

.522

1950

27-5

Bill Kirsch

10

1973-82

142-111

.561

1974

18-9

John Griffin

4

1983-86

70-44

.614

1985

22-7

Mike Deane

8

1987-94

166-77

.683

1989

25-5

Bob Beyer

3

1995-97

22-59

.272

1997

9-18

Paul Hewitt

3

1998-2000

66-27

.710

1999

25-6

Louis Orr

1

2001

20-11

.645

2001

20-11

Rob Lanier

4

2002-05

60-70

.462

2003

21-11

Fran McCaffery

5

2006-10

112-51

.687

2010

27-7

Mitch Buonaguro

1

2011

13-18

.419

2011

13-18

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,008-814 (.553) from 1939 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Siena (NY) permanently moved up to major-college status in 1977 after moving down to the small-school level in 1961
  • Siena did not field a formal team from 1944-46.