GAME 8 - Monday, December 17, 2018
Rider Broncs (4-3) vs. Washington State Cougars (5-3)
Location: Pullman, WA – Beasley Coliseum
Tip: 10 p.m. (ET)/7 p.m. (PT)
Live Video – Pac-12 Network
Live Stats – WSUCougars.com
Live Audio – 107.7 The Bronc
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB

What You Need To Know
- Rider and Washington State are meeting for the first time.
- The Broncs are winners of two-straight games over Norfolk State and Robert Morris. Rider has won 13-straight games at home.
- Rider begins a three-city, two time-zone, four-game road trip. The Broncs will play Monday in Pullman, Wednesday at Drake (Des Moines, Iowa) and a pair of games in Las Vegas, Dec. 22 and 23, accumulating 8,731 miles of travel. 
- Washington State fell last time out, Dec. 9 against Montana State, 95-90. The Cougars had been 5-0 at home prior to the setback.
 - The Cougars are led by Robert Franks at 24.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. Franks has shot 53.7 percent from the floor. CJ Elleby has also produced 14.4 points and 7.9 boards per game, hitting at 45.0 percent from long range.
- Rider forced a season-high 29 turnovers against Robert Morris on Dec. 15.
- Known for ranking 8th all-time at Rider with 378 assists, Stevie Jordan has found his three-point stroke this year, shooting a team-best 61.1 percent, and became the 27th Bronc to reach 100 steals with five thefts against Robert Morris.
- Jordan Allen displaced Jordan as the third-fastest to 500 career points in the last 26 years at Rider, reaching the plateau in his 38th game, Dec. 12 vs. Norfolk St.
- Dimencio Vaughn was named MAAC Player of the Week on Nov. 26 after averaging 19.0 points per game in a pair of victories over Coppin State and Wagner.
- Allen buried six three pointers and scored a team-high 24 points in the Broncs' 89-65 road win at Wagner. Jordan also dished out 10 assists, his fifth-career game with double-digit dimes.
- Allen has now buried three or more trifectas in 23 of 38 career games played. 
- 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.
- Seventh-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 111-92 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.