Lawrenceville, NJ – Three different players scored in double figures to lead the Rider University women's basketball past visiting TCNJ, 72-42, in an exhibition game on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium.

Senior Kamila Hoskova (Brno, Czech Republic/Sportvoni Gymazium Ludvika Danka) and sophomore guard Stella Johnson (Denville, NJ/Morris Catholic) each scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Broncs offensive charge. The duo shot an efficient 15-of-21 (71.4 percent) and combined for 15 rebounds with Hoskova pulling down seven and Johnson grabbing eight of her own. Freshman guard Jaiden Morris (Richmond, VA/Monacan) was the other Bronc in double figures with 14 points thanks to a 4-for-4 showing at the charity stripe.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Broncs held TCNJ to 28 percent shooting and forced 27 Lion turnovers. Johnson had a game-high five steals, while both Morris and junior guard Lexi Posset (Pittsburgh, PA/Beaver Area) had four apiece.

Rider and TCNJ traded baskets early before the hosts used an 8-0 run in the first quarter to build a lead they would not relinquish.

NOTES & QUOTES
"We are young," Rider Head Coach Lynn Milligan said. "If you didn't watch us play last year you probably didn't know who anyone was on the court. All of our new kids got to play a lot of minutes today. They put the uniform on for the first time."

"We need to slow ourselves down a little bit on the offensive end," Milligan added. "I think defensively we did a really good job. Overall, our defense was terrific. Our defense is going to help us early because it is ahead of our offense. We are going to need defensive pressure and to score in transition. It is important that we have kids that can make a play off the ball."

"We are deeper than I thought," Milligan noted. "We have a lot of different lineups we can put out there. We have a lot of players that are willing to play multiple positions and do a lot of things for us."

- Rider closed the 1st quarter on an 8-2 run.
- Broncs were 2-of-5 from free-throw line in the 1st Q.
- Rider hit one-of-nine from three-point range in the 1st half.
- Johnson and Hoskova scored 13 of the team's 31 first-half points.
- Broncs forced 15 turnovers in the first half.
- Rider held TCNJ without a field goal for the final 3:52 of the first half.
- The two squads met for an exhibition in Lawrenceville for the second year in a row.

Broncs By The Numbers
- Johnson and Hoskova had 13 of the team's first 15 points in the third quarter.
- Rider shot 55% from the field (11-of-20) in the 3rd quarter.
- Four different Broncs made their debut in front of the home crowd.
-  Three different Rider players had four or more steals apiece.
- Tracey Goodman had 10 rebounds off the bench in 11 minutes of action.
- Lexi Stover knocked down a pair of three-point field goals.
- Rider held TCNJ to single digits in both the first and second quarters.