BURLINGTON, VT – The Rider University women's basketball team fell on the road to Vermont, 54-49, on Friday evening in non-conference action inside Patrick Gymnasium.

The Catamounts (1-0) avenged a setback to the Broncs (0-2) in Lawrenceville with the victory.

Trailing, 47-40, with 3:29 left in regulation, Vermont closed the game on a 14-2 spurt to secure the triumph. Down the stretch, the Broncs missed their final six shots from the field. Rider's lone points over the final three minutes of play came at the foul line from senior point guard Lexi Posset (Pittsburgh, PA/Beaver Area).   

With 49 seconds left in the fourth, Posset was fouled hard driving to the hoop. She would hit both free-throw attempts to tie the score at 49 apiece. Vermont scored on the following possession and grabbed a defensive rebound after a Bronc miss in the paint. The final three Catamount points in the game came at the foul line.

Offensively, Stella Johnson (Denville, NJ/Morris Catholic) led the charge for the Broncs. She poured in a game-high 23 points on 10-of-24 shooting. Posset added eight points for the guests, while sophomore Daija Moses (Toronto, Ontario/Henry Street) had a career-high nine points on an efficient 4-of-7 shooting.

In the post, junior Lea Favre (Vevey, Switzerland/Lycee Jeanne D'Arc) scored seven points and grabbed a career-best 13 boards for the Broncs.

NOTES & QUOTES
"We didn't make a shot when we needed and we couldn't get a stop when we needed down the stretch. We dug ourselves into a hole. Defensively, we were strong, but we couldn't get anything to drop early on. We need to be able to put together a full 40 minutes." – Rider Head Coach Lynn Milligan

- Vermont leads the all-time series, 3-1.
- The Broncs rallied in the third quarter, outscoring UVM, 16-11, while forcing six Catamount turnovers.
- Vermont was 7-of-9 from the field in the fourth quarter and Rider shot 6-of-17 from the floor over the final 10 minutes.
- Stella Johnson was 10-of-22 from the field. The rest of the Broncs were 10-of-42.

BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Stella Johnson has now scored over 20 points in her last four games. She also added four steals, five rebounds, five assists and one blocked shot. Stella connected on 3-of-7 attempts from three-point range for the second game in a row.
- Moses had all nine of Rider's bench points. She also grabbed four rebounds and added a career-high two blocks. The three-pointer she hit in the fourth quarter was the first of her career.
- Posset also had six rebounds and two assists.
- Amari Johnson had seven rebounds for the Broncs.
- It marked Favre's second career game with over 10 rebounds.

UP NEXT
Rider closes out a busy weekend on the road on Sunday, November 11, with a non-conference showdown against Holy Cross that is slated to begin at 7:00 pm at The Hart Center in Worcester. The Broncs are looking to avenge a setback to the Crusaders last season in Lawrenceville.