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RIVERDALE, N.Y. – If you surveyed everybody around the MAAC in the preseason on who the best shooter in the conference was, you’d be sure to get a lot of “Brendan Coyle” responses. This season hasn’t been extremely kind to him, though; he is shooting just 28% from deep heading into Saturday’s matchup with Manhattan.
But inside Draddy Gym, we saw the Coyle that we all expected to see. The one who made 94 triples last season at a 39% clip. The one who drilled six treys in the span of six minutes against Mount St. Mary’s.
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Coyle tied his career-high by making seven 3s, and matched his season-best scoring mark at 23 points as Siena cruised to a 74-59 win against Manhattan. He started hot, and kept it rolling, and it carried through the rest of the team, which made a season-best 13 triples. The win pushes the Saints to 5-3 in the MAAC, and gives the team its third consecutive road win.
Siena came down the floor on the first possession of the game and Coyle knocked down a triple, relocating against the Manhattan zone and connecting from the right wing. It was off from there.
“It builds a lot of confidence within myself (to make the first shot),” Coyle said. “It also expands our offense tremendously because it creates gaps for our guards to get downhill.”
As Coyle rained three more 3s in the first half as the Jaspers switched between zone and man, Siena’s advantage expanded. He made his fourth 3 off a Francis Folefac screen early in the shot clock to extend the lead to 37-21, forcing a Manhattan timeout, allowing the Saints bench to erupt.
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Defenses are always worried about Coyle’s 3-point shooting ability, but the Jaspers allowed him to get off a few too many good looks. For John Gallagher, it wasn’t for a lack of scouting.
“I thought we missed the assignments,” Gallagher said. “Their transition offensive play, we went through. All their fade stuff, all his ghost stuff, we went through, we covered it. I just think our attention…
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