Siena Saints vs. Duke Blue Devils

Mar 19, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
SIE	43	22	65
DUKE	32	39	71

Game Recap

No. 1 overall seed Duke survives 16-seed Siena, rallies for 71-65 win in 1st round of March Madness. For most of Thursday, Duke looked nothing like the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Not with 16th-seeded Siena challenging the Blue Devils at every turn, determined to pull off the...

Player Stats

SIENA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Francis Folefac	40	7-16	2-4	2-2	7	2	0	0	1	4	18
21Brendan Coyle	40	4-9	4-9	0-0	5	0	1	0	1	4	12
55Riley Mulvey	40	3-9	0-0	0-0	6	4	1	1	2	4	6
4Gavin Doty	40	7-20	3-12	4-4	4	2	2	0	0	1	21
0Justice Shoats	40	4-11	0-1	0-0	6	7	1	1	2	3	8
3Christian Jones	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOTAL	-	25-6538.5%	9-2634.6%	6-6100%	28	15	5	2	6	16	65

DUKE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
6Maliq Brown	26	3-3	0-0	0-0	8	0	0	0	2	4	6
12Cameron Boozer	39	4-11	1-5	13-14	13	3	0	1	5	1	22
7Dame Sarr	31	1-7	0-4	3-4	2	2	1	2	0	1	5
3Isaiah Evans	32	6-14	2-8	2-3	10	1	0	0	1	1	16
2Cayden Boozer	39	9-16	1-4	0-0	2	5	2	0	0	1	19
14Nikolas Khamenia	24	1-5	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	3
8Darren Harris	9	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	24-5940.7%	5-2619.2%	18-2185.7%	39	11	3	3	8	10	71

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSIEDUKE

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Duke.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Siena.
+2 (19:37) Maliq Brown makes 0-foot dunk (Cayden Boozer assists).
02
(19:19) Gavin Doty misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(19:17) Maliq Brown Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:10) Cayden Boozer makes driving layup.
04
+3 (18:45) Gavin Doty makes 23-foot three point jumper (Riley Mulvey assists).
34
+3 (18:24) Cameron Boozer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dame Sarr assists).
37
+3 (17:57) Francis Folefac makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gavin Doty assists).
67
+3 (17:41) Isaiah Evans makes 27-foot three point jumper (Cayden Boozer assists).
610
(17:23) Justice Shoats misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(17:20) Isaiah Evans Defensive Rebound.
(17:09) Dame Sarr misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:06) Brendan Coyle Defensive Rebound.
(17:06) Foul on Maliq Brown.
(16:47) Gavin Doty misses 14-foot floating jump shot.
(16:44) Maliq Brown Defensive Rebound.
(16:42) Isaiah Evans misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(16:37) Brendan Coyle Defensive Rebound.
(16:11) Riley Mulvey misses layup.
(16:11) Francis Folefac Offensive Rebound.
(16:11) Foul on Cameron Boozer.
+1 (16:11) Francis Folefac makes free throw 1 of 2.
710
+1 (16:11) Francis Folefac makes free throw 2 of 2.
810
(15:49) Isaiah Evans misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:45) Gavin Doty Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:32) Francis Folefac makes layup (Riley Mulvey assists).
1010
(15:20) Cameron Boozer misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:13) Francis Folefac Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:09) Justice Shoats makes layup (Francis Folefac assists).
1210
(14:44) Foul on Brendan Coyle.
+1 (14:44) Dame Sarr makes free throw 1 of 2.
1211
+1 (14:44) Dame Sarr makes free throw 2 of 2.
1212
+2 (14:18) Justice Shoats makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot.
1412
(13:58) Dame Sarr misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:55) Cameron Boozer Offensive Rebound.
(13:53) Foul on Riley Mulvey.
+1 (13:53) Cameron Boozer makes free throw 1 of 2.
1413
+1 (13:53) Cameron Boozer makes free throw 2 of 2.
1414
(13:39) Foul on Darren Harris.
+2 (13:31) Gavin Doty makes driving layup.
1614
(13:12) Cameron Boozer misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:09) Duke Offensive Rebound.
(12:53) Foul on Justice Shoats.
+1 (12:53) Cameron Boozer makes free throw 1 of 2.
1615
+1 (12:53) Cameron Boozer makes free throw 2 of 2.
1616
(12:43) Gavin Doty misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(12:39) Maliq Brown Defensive Rebound.
(12:29) Darren Harris misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(12:25) Brendan Coyle Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:11) Brendan Coyle makes 27-foot three point jumper (Justice Shoats assists).
1916
(11:45) Isaiah Evans misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:42) Isaiah Evans Offensive Rebound.
(11:40) Darren Harris misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(11:38) Francis Folefac Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:32) Brendan Coyle makes 27-foot three point jumper (Justice Shoats assists).
2216
(11:17) Cameron Boozer bad pass turnover.
(11:04) Brendan Coyle misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(10:58) Isaiah Evans Defensive Rebound.
(10:57) Isaiah Evans bad pass turnover.
(10:57) Gavin Doty Steal.
+2 (10:52) Francis Folefac makes layup.
2416
(10:39) Isaiah Evans misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:35) Francis Folefac Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:21) Francis Folefac makes layup (Riley Mulvey assists).
2616
(10:01) Cameron Boozer bad pass turnover.
(10:01) Justice Shoats Steal.
(9:32) Francis Folefac misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(9:30) Duke Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:18) Maliq Brown makes 1-foot dunk (Cameron Boozer assists).
2618
+2 (8:50) Riley Mulvey makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
2818
(8:34) Foul on Francis Folefac.
+1 (8:34) Cameron Boozer makes free throw 1 of 2.
2819
+1 (8:34) Cameron Boozer makes free throw 2 of 2.
2820
(8:21) Justice Shoats misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(8:17) Gavin Doty Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:07) Gavin Doty makes 27-foot three point jumper (Francis Folefac assists).
3120
+2 (7:54) Cayden Boozer makes 16-foot floating jump shot.
3122
(7:32) Gavin Doty misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:28) Cameron Boozer Defensive Rebound.
(7:23) Foul on Maliq Brown.
(7:23) Maliq Brown turnover.
+2 (6:58) Gavin Doty makes driving layup.
3322
+2 (6:37) Cameron Boozer makes 9-foot floating jump shot.
3324
(6:16) Francis Folefac misses layup.
(6:12) Francis Folefac Offensive Rebound.
(6:09) Francis Folefac bad pass turnover.
(6:09) Cayden Boozer Steal.
(6:04) Dame Sarr misses driving layup.
(6:01) Brendan Coyle Defensive Rebound.
(5:37) Francis Folefac misses 8-foot hook shot.
(5:33) Riley Mulvey Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:33) Riley Mulvey makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
3524
(5:20) Cameron Boozer misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:15) Darren Harris Offensive Rebound.
(5:11) Cayden Boozer misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:07) Justice Shoats Defensive Rebound.
(4:47) Foul on Nikolas Khamenia.
(4:27) Gavin Doty misses 6-foot jumper.
(4:24) Nikolas Khamenia Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:19) Cayden Boozer makes driving layup.
3526
(3:50) Brendan Coyle bad pass turnover.
+2 (3:38) Cayden Boozer makes 9-foot floating jump shot.
3528
(3:12) Foul on Isaiah Evans.
+1 (3:12) Gavin Doty makes free throw 1 of 2.
3628
+1 (3:12) Gavin Doty makes free throw 2 of 2.
3728
(2:55) Nikolas Khamenia misses driving layup.
(2:55) Riley Mulvey Block.
(2:51) Gavin Doty Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:49) Francis Folefac makes 1-foot dunk (Gavin Doty assists).
3928
+2 (2:33) Cameron Boozer makes driving layup (Cayden Boozer assists).
3930
+2 (2:11) Gavin Doty makes 16-foot turnaround jump shot.
4130
+2 (1:51) Maliq Brown makes layup (Cameron Boozer assists).
4132
+2 (1:34) Gavin Doty makes layup (Riley Mulvey assists).
4332
(1:15) Cayden Boozer misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(1:10) Brendan Coyle Defensive Rebound.
(0:58) Riley Mulvey bad pass turnover.
(0:50) Dame Sarr misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:46) Justice Shoats Defensive Rebound.
(0:39) Francis Folefac misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:36) Foul on Gavin Doty.
(0:35) Maliq Brown Defensive Rebound.
(0:11) Nikolas Khamenia misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:08) Gavin Doty Defensive Rebound.
(0:03) Brendan Coyle misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Francis Folefac Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

SIE

DUKE

65Points71

25-65(38.5%)Field Goal(%)24-59(40.7%)

9-26(34.6%)3-Point(%)5-26(19.2%)

6-6(100.0%)Free Throw(%)18-21(85.7%)

31(11)Rebounds(Offensive)43(16)

15Assists11

5Steals3

2Blocks3

6Turnovers8

16(0)Fouls(Technical)10(0)

13Largest Lead6

Game Details

Thursday, March 19, 2026 · 3:00 PM

Bon Secours Wellness Arena · Greenville, SC

attendance: 13,919 (92.8%)

tv: CBS

spread: DUKE -28.5

over/under: 137.5