2017-18 Rider University Women's Basketball
GAME 20: Thursday, January 25, 2018
Rider Broncs (7-12, 4-4 MAAC) at Iona Gaels (0-19, 0-8 MAAC)
Location: New Rochelle, NY – Hynes Center (2,611)
Tip: 7:00 pm
Live Video: ESPN3
Live Stats: SideArmStats
Twitter: @RiderWBB & @RiderAthletics
Listen: 107.7 The Bronc
Notes: Iona

What You Need to Know
- Rider closes out a two-game road trip in the Empire State on Thursday, January 25, traveling to New Rochelle to face Iona. Outside of Lawrenceville the Broncs are 4-7 in 2017-18 and the team is looking to put an end to a two-game skid on the road. 

- Rider has won back-to-back games against the Gaels after sweeping the regular-season series last year. Iona is still in search of their first win of the season. 

- Last time out, Marist scored the final five points of regulation to upend the Broncs, 68-67, in Poughkeepsie. Rider held the Red Foxes to 37 percent shooting, but Marist was able to get to the free-throw line 32 times (converting 25 attempts). Junior point guard Lexi Posset was one of four Rider players in double figures with a team-high 19 points.

- Iona enters the mid-week clash with an 0-19 overall record and an 0-8 mark in conference play after suffering a 68-56 setback on the road versus Monmouth on Monday evening. The Gaels are in search of their first win of the campaign and the team is 0-9 at home in 2017-18. It is a three-headed attack for Iona with Alexis Lewis, Toyosi Abiola and Treyanna Clay accounting for nearly 70 percent of the team's points. All three average in double figures led by Lewis with over 14 points per game. Lewis is hitting 38 percent of her shots from the field and pulling down a team-high 8.2 rebounds per contest. Abiola, who has been named the MAAC Rookie of the Week seven times this season, is scoring over 12 points per tilt and is second on the team with 21 steals. Clay has played well in the post, scoring more than 10 points per game and shooting over 42 percent from the field. Clay also leads the team in blocked shots with 10. As a team, Iona ranks last in the conference in both points per game (53.7) and field-goal percentage defense with opponents hitting over 44 percent of their shots on the year.

- Rider snapped a two-game losing streak versus Iona in early January of 2017 thanks to scoring an 85-65 victory at home. In the second meeting between the two, the Broncs secured a season sweep thanks to holding the Gaels to a season-low 36 points. In both meetings a year ago, Kamila Hoskova averaged over 15 points, while Stella Johnson averaged 15 points, three assists, three steals and seven rebounds in the victories.

- This season, Rider is 6-0 when holding opponents to under 60 points. The Broncs are also 7-2 (4-1 in MAAC play) in 2017-18 when they shoot a higher percentage than their opponents. Rider has forced 18 or more turnovers in three of its last seven games. The Broncs have forced at least 17 turnovers in a game 11 times this season. Rider has a +1.1 turnover ratio this year which ranks third in the MAAC. 

- Rider is 1-5 this year in games decided by five points or fewer. The Broncs had dropped their first four such games of the season, including an overtime setback at home versus Siena, before topping the Peacocks on January 2. Last time out, Marist rallied to hand Rider their fifth loss on the year in a game decided by five points or fewer. 

- Four players scored in double figures for the Broncs versus Marist on January 21. It marked the 12th time this season that three or more Broncs scored in double figures in a game. It was the third game in which four players scored 10 or more points for Rider.

- Rider hit seven three-pointers in their 68-67 loss at Marist on January 21. This season, the Broncs are 2-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play when knocking down seven or more three-pointers in a contest. Entering Thursday, the Broncs are third in the MAAC in three-point shooting, hitting 31.6 percent (100-of-316) of their shots from beyond the arc. Stella Johnson is shooting a team-high 37.5 percent from deep (21-of-56) and Lexi Stover has hit a team-best 29 treys. Stella ranks sixth in the MAAC in three-point field-goal percentage this year.