GAME 9 - Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Rider Broncs (4-4) vs. Drake Bulldogs (7-2)
Location: Des Moines, IA – Knapp Center
Tip: 8 p.m. (ET)/7 p.m. (CT)
Tickets – GoBroncsTix.com
Live Video – ESPN+
Live Stats – DrakeBulldogs.com
Live Audio – 107.7 The Bronc
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB

What You Need To Know
- Rider and Drake are meeting for the first time.
- The Broncs were winners of two-straight games over Norfolk State and Robert Morris, before falling Monday at Washington State. 
- Rider continues a three-city, two time-zone, four-game road trip. The Broncs will played Monday at Washington State, play Wednesday at Drake and a pair of games in Las Vegas, Dec. 22 and 23, accumulating 8,731 miles of travel. 
- Drake is 7-2, including a 79-66 win over SIUE on Monday.
- The Bulldogs are led by Nick McGlynn at 15.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. He's shot a team-best 54.7 percent. Nick Norton has also added 14.6 points and 6.4 assists per game.
- Jordan Allen matched his career-high with seven three-pointers made at Washington State on Dec. 17. Allen has now buried three or more trifectas in 24 of 39 career games played.
- Rider forced a season-high 29 turnovers against Robert Morris on Dec. 15.
- Known for ranking 8th all-time at Rider with 380 assists, Stevie Jordan has found his three-point stroke this year, shooting a team-best 54.2 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. 
- 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 111-93 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.