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Siena basketball teams set to begin MAAC Tournament play

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:09:44 GMT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (NEWS10) -- The Siena men's and women's basketball teams both have something to prove heading into the MAAC Tournament Thursday. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! In early February, Carmen Maciarello's squad was considered a serious contender for the top overall seed in the men's bracket. But the Saints limped to the finish line of the regular season, losing its' final five games, and seven of its' last nine, en route to garnering the No. 4 seed.Siena will be matched up with No. 5 Niagara in the quarterfinals. The two sides split the regular season series; the Saints won at Niagara University, and the Purple Eagles pulled out a victory in MVP Arena. Despite Siena's recent struggles, anything can happen with March basketball, and Maciarello is using this postseason as an opportunity to hit the reset button."We're the four-seed; no one's expecting us to do anything," said Maciarello. "Five-game losing st...

Mevius, Eley claim MAAC Rookie of the Year honors for Siena hoops

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:09:44 GMT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (NEWS10) -- The future of Siena basketball looks very bright. Major awards for the MAAC were announced Wednesday, and the Saints pulled a sweep of the Rookie of the Year award. Elisa Mevius took home the title on the women's side, and Michael Eley earned the honor for the men's team. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Mevius is the first Siena player since 2015 and the sixth overall to earn the prestigious honor. The Grunberg, Germany native took home the accolade after being named a Third Team All-MAAC and MAAC All-Rookie Team selection during Monday’s MAAC Postseason Awards announcement.Just the third freshman and first since the 2014-15 campaign to earn a Third Team nod, Mevius enters the postseason with the most single-season assists (121) by an individual since that year. The team's third-leading scorer with 10.5 points per-game during the regular season, she wrapped the year as the league lea...

Chatham claws past Moriah to advance to regionals

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:09:44 GMT

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Chatham boys basketball team has lived on the edge. The Panthers beat Stillwater in the Section 2 Class CC title game on a buzzer-beating three by Anthony O'Dell. They then stormed back in the fourth quarter to take down Duanesburg in the Class C-CC game to represent Section 2 in states. The Panthers were in for another close one against Section 7's Moriah at Clinton Community College in Subregional action on Wednesday. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! After jumping out to an early 3-2 lead, the Panthers wouldn't lead again until the fourth quarter. Trailing 37-31 entering the final period, Chatham once again used their classic late game heroics. O'Dell hit another massive three to tie the game at 46 with 11 seconds left. Tyler Kneller then put the Panthers ahead with a bucket in the paint, and Tate Van Alstyne put the nail in the coffin with two free throws, as the Panthers stormed bac...

Greenwich Witches fly to regionals

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:09:44 GMT

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Greenwich girls basketball team is battle tested. They not only won the Class CC section title, they topped powerhouse Duanesburg in the Class C-CC game to represent Section 2 in the state playoffs. They looked to represent them well in Subregional action against Northeastern Clinton at Clinton Community College on Wednesday. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The Witches flew right out of the gate, leading 17-4 after the first quarter. The Cougars flipped the script in the second quarter, cutting it to 21-19 at the half. Greenwich was able to stave off Northeastern Clinton in the second half, advancing with a 49-41 win. Norah Niesz led the way with 19 points. Freshman Brooke Kuzmich tallied 16 points. The Witches will take on Section 10's Clinton in Regionals at SUNY Potsdam on Saturday at 2:45 PM.

NextGenerationEU: Commission disburses first payment of €52.3 million to Malta under the Recovery and Resilience Facility

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:09:44 GMT

The 8 March payment of €52.3 million in grants was made possible by Malta's fulfilment of the 16 milestones and three targets in the first installment. The payment request covers important measures such as the adoption of a strategy to reduce waste through recycling in the construction sector, the establishment of office facilities to enable civil servants to work remotely across the country, reforms to boost industrial research and investments, a national anti-fraud and corruption strategy and reforms to digitalise the justice system.As for all member states, payments under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the key instrument at the heart of NextGenerationEU, are performance-based, and depend on Malta implementing the investments and reforms outlined in its national recovery and resilience plan.On 19 December 2022, Malta submitted to the Commission a first payment request of €52.3 million under the RRF covering 16 milestones and three targets. On 27 January 2023, the Comm...

Ask Amy: He sends my wife distressing letters, and the lawyer says there’s nothing we can do

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:09:44 GMT

Dear Amy: When my wife was a teenager, a 20-something man she knew in her social circle became obsessed with her. He kept calling her and would mainly whine about his life.He started talking about marriage, although for her he was an annoying acquaintance. She finally had enough and told him to stop contacting her.He then started in on her friends and family. When she and I became engaged, he started contacting me and my friends and family.He wrote lots of long, whiny letters about how miserable he was and how terrible she was and why can’t they just be friends.This went on for years. We have bunches of letters he wrote. Finally, he stopped writing, and we hoped he had finally moved on.Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask Amy: Do we have to pretend their relationship isn’t creepy? Advice | Ask Amy: I look like the bad guy in the divorce because they don’t know what my ex did Advice | Ask Amy: My brother lets his kids wander on the...

Harriette Cole: What’s a non-tacky way to say I won’t be paying for dinner?

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:09:44 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m about to host my own birthday dinner. I want to invite a few friends out to a nice restaurant, but I’m stuck on how I should split the check.Do I pay for only my portion and expect everyone else to cover their own? Or should I ask my friends to split the total cost equally? I don’t want to be tacky. How do I let my guests know that I do not plan to cover everyone’s meals? The bill is sure to add up quickly, and I can’t cover the full tab.Birthday EtiquetteDEAR BIRTHDAY ETIQUETTE: What’s most important is that you communicate clearly with your friends so that everybody knows what the expectations are for the party. You may want to start with the restaurant to see if you can select a limited menu from which your guests can choose. That way, you will know what the meal is likely to cost.In your communication with your friends, let them know you want them to join you to celebrate your birthday, but you are asking everyone to pay fo...

Mine collapse in northeastern Spain leaves 3 workers trapped

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:09:44 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Three workers were trapped deep underground in a potash mine in northeastern Spain on Thursday, authorities said.The three were working at the Cabanasses de Súria mine around 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Barcelona. A regional police official in Catalonia said that land collapsed inside the mine just before 9 a.m. (0800 GMT; 3 a.m. EST), and that a rescue mission was underway.Firefighters tweeted that the collapse occurred at a depth of 900 meters (nearly 3,000 feet), and that they were on the scene.The mine is operated by the Iberpotash company, and owned by Tel Aviv-based ICL Group.Source

Bodies of 2 Mexico kidnapping victims expected to be returned to the US to undergo further autopsies, source says

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:09:44 GMT

The bodies of two Americans who were killed in an armed kidnapping in Mexico are expected to be returned to the U.S. on Thursday, a source from the Mexico Attorney General’s Office tells CNN, as the two survivors who were brought to a U.S. hospital have yet to be released back to their families.The remains of Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown will likely be transported to a funeral home in Brownsville, Texas, according to a U.S. official familiar with the investigation. The repatriation of the remains comes two days after the bodies were discovered alongside their two surviving friends in a house around the Mexican city of Matamoros.Autopsies of the bodies were completed in Mexico Wednesday morning, an official from the Tamaulipas Prosecutor’s Office told CNN, though Mexican authorities have not released their causes of death. A second autopsy will be performed once the remains are in the U.S., the U.S. official said.CNN has reached out to the U.S. State Department regard...

Última hora y noticias en vivo de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:09:44 GMT

Tres cohetes rusos lanzados desde la región rusa de Belgorod son vistos al amanecer en Kharkiv, Ucrania, el 9 de marzo. (Foto: Vadim Belikov/AP)Haz clic aquí para ver las actualizaciones más recientesThe-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source