ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Siena men's basketball ended its first season under coach Gerry McNamara in agonizing fashion on Tuesday night. Rider center Tariq Ingraham scored on a layup with 0.7 seconds left to beat the ninth-seeded Saints 78-76 in the first round of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament at Boardwalk Hall.

Tariq Ingraham made the game-winning layup with seven-tenths of a second remaining as No. 8 seed Rider handed ninth-seeded Siena Basketball a heartbreaking 78-76 defeat in the First Round of the Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall.

Not all prospective guests were invited to the dance. Still, the pursuit hasn’t changed. Someone hopes to leave the boardwalk as this year’s Cinderella of the Metro Atlantic