ALBANY, N.Y. — A long and miserable winter season has mercifully come to an end. Rider wrapped its 29-game slate with a 76-61 loss to Siena on Sunday afternoon. The Broncs (4-25, 3-17) set a program record for losses in a season, surpassing the 1988-89 team that went 5-23. The four wins were also the second fewest ahed of only the 1943-44 team that won just three times. They also went a winless 0-16 on the road. Rider led by two at halftime but were overwhelmed in the second half as Siena (20-11, 13-7) shot 15-of-28 from the floor and made nine of its 10 free throws. Flash Burton scored 20 points for the 10th time overall and fourth time in the last five games to lead the Broncs in scoring. Zion Cruz added 16 points and Caleb Smith finished with 13. Rider, which ranks last nationally in 3-point shooting percentage at 27.5%, was right on that average at 6-for-22 (27.3%). Francis Folefac scored a game-high 23 points — he was 13-of-15 from the free throw line — for the Saints and Brendan Coyle added 20. Here are the seeds for the MAAC Tournament that gets underway on March 5: 1. Merrimack; 2. Saint Peter’s; 3. Siena; 4. Quinnipiac; 5. Marist; 6. Mount St. Mary’s; 7. Fairfield; 8. Iona; 9. Sacred Heart; 10. Manhattan Rutgers 69, Maryland 65 COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Tariq Francis scored 19 points and Rutgers, which once led by 20 points in the first half, defeated Maryland to sweep the season series between the teams. Rutgers won 68-57 at home against Maryland in the other meeting this season. Trailing by 19 at halftime, Maryland stormed back early in the second half. Elijah Saunders and Andre Mills hit 3-pointers and the Terrapins added five three throws in a 13-0 run that got them within 45-41 six minutes into the second half. Maryland took the lead once at 48-47 and the score was tied at 54 with a little under five minutes remaining. Rutgers quickly went back ahead 60-54 and led the rest of the way. The Terrapins were within two points twice in the final half-minute but both times Rutgers delivered at the free-throw line to preserve the win. Darren Buchanan Jr. scored 14 points and Jamichael Davis had 12 for Rutgers (12-17, 5-13). Mills had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Saunders had 11 and 14 for Maryland, which had a 50-26 advantage on the boards but had 19 turnovers to six for Rutgers. Solomon Washington had 15 points and four blocks and David Coit scored 10 for the Terps (11-18, 4-14). Maryland made only 1 of 14 3-pointers and had 14 turnovers in the first half. Rutgers had a 14-0 advantage in points after turnovers, helping the Scarlet Knights take a 39-20 halftime lead. In one eight-minute stretch the Scarlet Knights outscored the Terrapins 18-4. ...read more read less