GAME 10 - Saturday, December 22, 2018
Rider Broncs (4-5) vs. Northern Colorado Bears (6-3)
Location: Las Vegas, NV – Orleans Arena
Tip: 4:30 p.m. (ET)/1:30 p.m. (PT)
Live Video – None
Live Stats –
StatBroadcast.com
Live Audio –
107.7 The Bronc
Twitter –
Twitter.com/RiderMBB
What You Need To Know
- Rider and Northern Colorado 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 and Wednesday at Drake.Â
- Rider concludes a three-city, two time-zone, four-game road trip with Northern Colorado on Saturday and either Southern Illinois University Edwardsville or Cal State Northridge on Sunday.
- Northern Colorado has fallen in consecutive games to San Diego and New Mexico State after starting the season 6-1.
- The Bears are led by Jordan Davis at 23.9 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. Jonah Radebaugh (12.6 ppg.), Trent Harris (12.3 ppg., .500 3ptFG%) and Bodie Hume (11.2 ppg.) have also averaged in double figures.
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Tyere Marshall posted season highs of 21 points and eight rebounds at Drake.Â
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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 40 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 382 assists,
Stevie Jordan has found his three-point stroke this year, shooting a team-best 46.4 percent, and became the 27th Bronc to reach 100 steals with five thefts against Robert Morris.
- 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.
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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.
- 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 111-94 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
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