GAME 3 - Saturday, November 24, 2018
Rider Broncs (1-1) vs. Wagner Seahawks (2-3)
Location: Staten Island, NY – Spiro Sports Center
Tip: 2 p.m.
Live Video –
NEC Front Row
Live Stats –
WagnerAthletics.com
Live Audio –
107.7 The Bronc
Twitter –
Twitter.com/RiderMBB
What You Need To Know
- Rider and Wagner are meeting for the 25th time, with the Broncs in control of the series, 19-5. The Broncs have won seven of the last eight against the Seahawks. Rider took a 90-84 win in overtime last Dec. 16. The lone Wagner win came in Dec. 2015 on a putback in the closing seconds.
- Rider evened its record at 1-1 with an 87-67 victory on Monday against Coppin State.
Dimencio Vaughn had 19 points and
Jordan Allen added 18.
- Wagner is 2-3 with one win against a Division I squad - a 79-73 win at Fairfield.The Seahawks also got a win over Division III Cortland.
- 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.Â
- Jordan ranks 10th in program history with 354 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, while walk-ons
Noah Buono and
Ryan O'Leary checked in for the first time on Nov. 19 against Coppin State.
- 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 108-90 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
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