Women's Basketball
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Rider Broncs (2-4) vs. NJIT Highlanders (1-6)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gymnasium
Tip: 7:00 pm
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
Live Video: ESPN+
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Tickets: GoBroncsTix.com
Twitter: @RiderWBB
Complete Game Notes: NJIT

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- All regular-season home games in 2018-19 will be carried on either ESPN3 or ESPN+. Road games only will be carried on 107.7 The Bronc. No radio broadcasts for home games will be provided.

- The Highlanders enters Wednesday's midweek clash with 1-6 record after going 1-1 at their Thanksgiving weekend tournament. NJIT had dropped five straight to open the year, before topping Western Carolina, 79-71. NJIT was picked to finish ninth in the ASUN Preseason Poll. The Highlanders have a balanced offensive attack with three players averaging in double figures, led by Kelly Guarino with just under 14 points per tilt. Guarino is shooting a team-best 46.9 percent (23-of-49) from three-point range. Danielle Tunstall and Ellyn Stoll are both pouring in over 11 points per tilt for the Highlanders this year. Tunstall is grabbing a team-best seven rebounds per tilt and Stoll has dished out 17 assists in 2018-19 thus far. As a team, NJIT is committing over 22 turnovers per game and they have a -8.7 turnover margin.

- Rider scored a 79-64 victory on the road against NJIT in December of 2017. Three Broncs scored in double figures in the contest, led by Lea Favre. Favre poured in a career-high 22 points on 8-of-10 shooting. She also knocked down all six of her free-throw attempts. Rider opened the fourth quarter on a 12-3 run over the first four-plus minutes of the frame to take back a double-digit lead they would not relinquish.

- The Broncs lead the all-time series, 2-1. Wednesday's meeting is the fourth all-time between the in-state foes. The two squads are playing for the second straight year and for just the second time since the 2012-13 campaign. The road team has won all three meetings in the series history.

- Rider went 1-1 at the 25th Annual Hawk Classic hosted by Saint Joseph's University last weekend. The Broncs edged host St. Joe's, 56-54, on Saturday before falling to Boston College in the championship game.

- Sophomore Daija Moses has made four straight starts for the Broncs. Last time out against Boston College, she tied her career-high in points with nine on 3-of-7 shooting from the field. In her last three games, she is shooting 7-of-16 from the field. Versus Saint Joseph's on Saturday, she set a new career-high with three steals.

- Freshman point guard Amanda Mobley has made three consecutive starts for Rider filling in for injured captain Lexi Posset. In her starts, she is averaging over six points and three assists per contest.

- Junior wing Amari Johnson has scored in double figures in three straight games for the Broncs. At the Hawk Classic, she scored 17 points against host Saint Joseph's before adding 10 points against Boston College. Also versus the Eagles, Amari set new career-bests with three steals and four assists.

- Junior Stella Johnson recorded the second triple-double in program history for the Broncs against Mount St. Mary's. She scored a career-high 35 points to go along with 12 rebounds and 10 assists. She is the first player in program history to record a triple-double with points, rebounds and assists. It marked the first triple-double by a player in the MAAC since January of 2005. It was also the first triple-double by a Bronc since Jessica Beck had 19 points, 18 rebounds and 12 blocks in February of 1995.