Women's Basketball
Home Opener – Tuesday, November 6, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Rider Broncs vs. Princeton Tigers
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gymnasium
Tip: 7:00 pm
Live Stats: Sidearm Sports
Live Video: ESPN3
How to Video: How to access ESPN3 & ESPN+
Twitter: @RiderWBB
Tickets: GoBroncsTix
Complete Game Notes: Princeton

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.

- Coming off another trip to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Tournament Semifinals, the Rider University women's basketball team is looking to make an impact and take the next step forward in the MAAC in 2018-19.

- The Broncs were picked to finish fourth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll as announced by the league office on October 23. Rider earned 85 points in the poll.

- Junior guard Stella Johnson was named to the Preseason All-MAAC First Team, while senior point guard Lexi Posset landed on the Preseason All-MAAC Third Team. Rider was one of three schools in the MAAC to have two or more players garner preseason distinction.

- The Broncs return four starters from last season's team led by Posset and Johnson.

- The captains for this year's team are Posset, Johnson and junior Lexi Stover.

- Four Broncs will be making their debut at home for Rider. They are graduate transfer Mia Farmer, freshman guard Amanda Mobley, redshirt junior Amari Johnson and freshman forward Teresa Wolak. After sitting out last season due to the NCAA transfer rules, Amari is looking to jump into the starting lineup and make an impact in 2018-19.

- The Tigers were tabbed as the favorite in the Ivy League Preseason Coaches' Poll. Princeton, the defending Ivy League champion, received 14 of 17 first-place votes to top the poll. The Tigers return four starters from last year's squad that fell to Maryland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

- Princeton leads the all-time series, 24-9. The Broncs won the last meeting, 70-62, between the two teams in November of 2016. The Rider win two years ago snapped a seven-game losing streak for the Broncs versus the Tigers.

- Posset started all 30 games in which she appeared at point guard for the team and set new career-highs in points per game (9.8), minutes per game (34.6), free-throw percentage (.805), rebounds per game (4.6) and assists per game (3.3) last season. She has scored 646 in her career thus far. Posset scored in double figures 13 times last season and was once named the College Sports Madness MAAC Player of the Week.

- Stella Johnson started all 31 games for the Broncs as a sophomore and she averaged a team-high 16.0 points per game. Johnson earned Second Team All-MAAC honors in 2017-18 and she was also named to the 2018 MAAC All-Championship Team at the MAAC Tournament. Stella had a team-high five double-doubles and she ranked second in the MAAC with 2.45 steals per game last winter. She ended her season on a high note last year by scoring 20 or more points in four of Rider's last six contests. Stella also shot a team-best 40 percent (40-of-100) from three-point range.

- Lexi Stover enjoyed a strong comeback season last winter after missing much of the 2016-17 campaign to an injury. Stover started 15 games last season and averaged a career-best 5.8 points per game. Stover's was the team's most dangerous weapon behind the arc as she jarred a team-high 41 treys. She hit four or more three-pointers in a game twice last year for Rider.

- Rider has a packed non-conference schedule in the early portion of the season. After facing the two-time defending Ivy League champion Princeton Tigers, the Broncs will face opponents from the A10 (Saint Joseph's) and Big EAST (Georgetown). Rider will face one team that played in last year's NCAA Tournament (Princeton) and four squads that appeared in the WNIT (Saint Joseph's, Navy, Bucknell and Georgetown).

- Rider defeated TCNJ, 96-55, on Thursday, November 1. Junior Amari Johnson scored a game-high 20 points off the bench to lead the Broncs. Against the Lions, Amari was 7-of-13 from the field, including 3-of-3 from beyond the arc. She also added five rebounds and three steals for the hosts. Junior Lexi Stover and freshman Amanda Mobley each had 12 points apiece for Rider, while junior Aubre Johnson  added 11 points and six rebounds for the Broncs.