Palmieri and UMass host Siena

UMass Minutewomen (2-4) at Siena Saints (1-4)

Loudonville, New York; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UMass faces Siena after Allie Palmieri scored 21 points in UMass’ 56-50 loss to the Army Black Knights.

The Saints have gone 0-1 at home. Siena is 1-0 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 17.4 turnovers per game.

The Minutewomen are 0-1 in road games. UMass ranks ninth in the A-10 with 9.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Megan Olbrys averaging 2.3.

Siena is shooting 35.7% from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points lower than the 37.6% UMass allows to opponents. UMass’ 37.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 7.7 percentage points lower than Siena has allowed to its opponents (45.3%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Ahniysha Jackson is shooting 29.9% and averaging 14.8 points for the Saints.

Palmieri is averaging 15.5 points for the Minutewomen.

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