LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Jordan Allen (Dover, DE/Dover) led four Broncs in double figures with 22 points as the Rider University men's basketball team defeated West Chester, 87-81, in an exhibition game Saturday evening at Alumni Gym. Tyere Marshall (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King/Putnam Science) added 19 points, while Stevie Jordan (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan/API) had 14 points, seven assists and five rebounds. Dimencio Vaughn (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School) also chipped in 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting.  

The Broncs quickly jumped out to an 8-0 lead to begin the game and never trailed. The advantage extended to 20 on two occasions in the first half before West Chester went on an 11-0 run to make it a single-digit Rider lead with 4:36 remaining in the half. The Broncs maintained an 11-point lead, 46-35, at the half. Allen led the way with 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, while Jordan had 10 points and six assists.

The Golden Rams wouldn't go away, methodically whittling the lead down to two at 80-78 and 82-80 with 1:59 and 1:00 remaining, respectively. But Marshall hit a jumper on the next Broncs' possession with 39 seconds left and West Chester couldn't get the game back to within a single possession the rest of the way.  
 
Quotes & Notes
"Definitely not happy. Just a lack of maturity that I talk to this group about all the time."

"We've got to grow up fast. We've got two days to grow up to go play Central Florida who won't feel sorry for us and they're certainly going to battle us the same way that West Chester did tonight. Give West Chester credit because those guys kept competing and battling." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

- The Broncs open the 2018-19 season Tuesday, when they travel to the University of Central Florida. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on ESPN3.

Broncs by the Numbers
- Rider made its first seven field-goal attempts and nine of its first 10 to help jump out to a lead of as many as 20 on two occasions in the opening 20 minutes. 
- Rider's starting five of Allen, Jordan, Vaughn, Marshall and Anthony Durham (Philadelphia, PA/Abington/Putnam Science) scored 75 of Rider's 87 points on 26-of-40 shooting (65.0%) from the floor, including 9-of-18 (50.0%) from long range. The rest of the team shot 4-of-17 (23.5%) from the floor and 1-of-7 (14.3%) from long range.
- Rider outshot West Chester, 52.6 percent (30-57) to 44.8 percent (30-67) from the floor.
- The Golden Rams took a 42-29 edge on the glass, including a 13-5 advantage in offensive rebounds.