Overview
- No. 3 seed Siena beat No. 7 Fairfield 76-61 in Atlantic City to advance to Tuesday’s championship game.
- Justice Shoats scored 26 points and Gavin Doty added 25 as the Saints built a double-digit halftime lead and closed out the Stags.
- Top-seeded Merrimack is next in the final at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, with the MAAC’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid at stake.
- The Saints are playing short-handed after the NCAA ruled forward Antonio Chandler ineligible and with multiple injuries thinning the rotation.
- Siena reached the semifinal by edging Mount St. Mary’s 63-58, powered by Brendan Coyle’s five threes and Doty’s late free throws.