GAME 10 – Sunday, December 18, 2016
Rider Broncs (7-2, 2-0 MAAC) at Seton Hall Pirates (6-3, 0-0 Big East)
Location: South Orange, NJ – Walsh Gymnasium
Tip: 12:00 p.m.
What You Need To Know
- Rider and Seton Hall are meeting for the 10th time, with the Pirates winning all of the first nine, including a 66-47 decision in November 2014 in South Orange.
- The Broncs' 7-2 start is the best nine-game start in program history, tied with the 1982-83 and 1993-94 squads. - Rider won its first league opener since 2002-03 with a 71-70 win at Canisius and extended to 2-0 in MAAC play and swept the league's Western New York road trip for the first time in 20 years in the league with a 78-58 win at Niagara.
- The Broncs extended to a four-game winning streak with a 75-68 at Lehigh and a 79-75 victory at Towson. All four wins have come on the road.
- Sunday's game wraps up a seven-game stretch away from home.
- Seton Hall (6-3), coached by former Iona head man Tony Bozzella, is led by JaQuan Jackson 16.2 ppg.), LaTecia Smith (12.7 ppg., 6.8 rpg.), Kaela Hilaire (11.7 ppg., 5.0 apg.) and Lubirdia Gordon 10.5 ppg., 8.2 rpg.).
- Rider is 7-0 when it's scored 70 points or more and/or led at halftime.
- Rider started the season 3-0 with wins at Princeton, vs. Lafayette and vs. La Salle. It was the program's first 3-0 start in 34 years.
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Robin Perkins ranks second in the MAAC at 16.8 points per game after scoring a career-high 29 points at Niagara and another 19 points at Lehigh and 23 at Towson. Perkins earned MAAC and Met Basketball Writers Player of the Week.
- Rider ranks first in the MAAC in field-goal percentage (.417) and second in scoring offense (66.7), scoring margin (+4.3), free-throw percentage (.722), three-point field-goal percentage defense (.278), steals per game (10.7) and turnover margin (+1.7).
