GAME 11 – Sunday, December 18, 2016
Rider Broncs (7-3, 1-1 MAAC) at North Carolina A&T Aggies (1-9, 0-0 MEAC)
Location: Greensboro, NC – Corbett Sports Center
Tip: 1 p.m.
Live Stats – None
What You Need To Know
- Rider and North Carolina A&T are meeting for the first time.
- The Broncs have won four-straight games over Siena, Pacific, Kennesaw State and Drexel.
- The Aggies have fallen in nine-straight games following a season-opening win over Division III Greensboro College. N.C. A&T fell Thursday at Pacific, 66-57.
- Rider is 5-0 when holding the opposition to fewer than 70 points.
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Stevie Jordan scored a career-high 26 points against Drexel and has dished out 8.3 assists per game over his last four, including 12 against Kennesaw State, tied for the most by a Bronc in at least 21 seasons.
- Rider is 3-1 this season in games decided by five or fewer points and 3-0 in games decided by three or fewer.
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Kahlil Thomas has posted five double-doubles on the year, including an 11-point, 10-rebound effort against Drexel.
- The Broncs have outrebounded their opponent in seven of 10 games and won all three that they were outrebounded.
- Rider started the season 2-0 with wins at Hampton and Hartford. It was just the program's third 2-0 start in the last 42 years (2003-04, 2009-10) and the first since the Broncs defeated Mississippi State and Lehigh to begin the 2009-10 season.
- The Broncs were picked to finish seventh in the MAAC by the league's coaches.
Kahlil Thomas was selected to the Preseason All-MAAC Second Team.
- The Broncs are led by fifth-year Head Coach
Kevin Baggett, whose teams have posted a 74-67 record and reached the MAAC Quarterfinals in each of his first four seasons in Lawrenceville. Baggett was the 2015 MAAC Coach of the Year.
