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Men's Basketball Welcomes Coppin State for Home Opener Monday

Broncs, Eagles meet for second time in all-time history

GAME 2 - Monday, November 19, 2018
Rider Broncs (0-1) vs. Coppin State Eagles (0-4)

Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gym
Tip: 7 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncsTix.com
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB

What You Need To Know
- The Broncs and Eagles are meeting for just the second time in the two programs' histories. Rider defeated Coppin State, 66-47, on Dec. 21, 2002 at Alumni Gym.
- Rider will have had 12 days off following their season-opening 84-70 loss at UCF on Nov. 6.
- Dimencio Vaughn scored a team-high 14 points in just 17 minutes before fouling out at UCF. Tyere Marshall and Frederick Scott added 11 points each.
- Coppin State has fallen in four-straight, all on the road, to open the season. The Eagles have been defeated by Wisconsin, Dayton, Navy and #4 Virginia. None of the games have been decided by fewer than 19 points.  
- Rider was picked to win the MAAC after winning the 2017-18 MAAC Regular Season Championship.
- The Broncs returned all five starters, their top six scorers and 95 percent of their scoring from last year's team.
- 2017-18 All-MAAC selections Dimencio Vaughn, Stevie Jordan, Frederick Scott and Jordan Allen were all recognized on the Preseason All-MAAC Teams. Vaughn and Jordan were picked to the First Team, Scott to the Second and Allen to the Third. 
- Jordan ranks 10th in program history with 347 assists, more than halfway to Deon Hames' program record of 598.
- Scott earned 2018 MAAC 6th Player of the Year, while Head Coach Kevin Baggett earned MAAC Coach of the Year.
- A pair of Division I transfers - Ahmad Gilbert (Minnesota) and Kimar Williams (FIU) - as well as freshman Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson saw their first action in a Rider uniform on Nov. 6 at UCF.
- Rider won 20 games for just the 10th time in the 90-year history of the program last year. The team record is 23 wins (2007-08, 2010-11).
- Seventh-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 107-90 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jordan Allen

#2 Jordan Allen

G
6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
Ahmad Gilbert

#32 Ahmad Gilbert

G
6' 7"
Redshirt Junior
Stevie Jordan

#23 Stevie Jordan

G
6' 0"
Junior
Tyere Marshall

#20 Tyere Marshall

C
6' 9"
Junior
Frederick Scott

#13 Frederick Scott

F
6' 8"
Redshirt Sophomore
Dimencio Vaughn

#14 Dimencio Vaughn

G/F
6' 5"
Redshirt Sophomore
Kimar Williams

#22 Kimar Williams

G
6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson

#10 Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson

F
6' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jordan Allen

#2 Jordan Allen

6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
Ahmad Gilbert

#32 Ahmad Gilbert

6' 7"
Redshirt Junior
G
Stevie Jordan

#23 Stevie Jordan

6' 0"
Junior
G
Tyere Marshall

#20 Tyere Marshall

6' 9"
Junior
C
Frederick Scott

#13 Frederick Scott

6' 8"
Redshirt Sophomore
F
Dimencio Vaughn

#14 Dimencio Vaughn

6' 5"
Redshirt Sophomore
G/F
Kimar Williams

#22 Kimar Williams

6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
G
Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson

#10 Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson

6' 8"
Freshman
F