Women's Basketball
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Rider Broncs (3-5) at Binghamton Bearcats (4-5)
Location: Vestal, NY – Dr. Bai Lee Court at Events Center
Tip: 12:00 pm
Live Stats: BuBearcats.com
Live Video: ESPN+
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Live Audio: 107.7 The Bronc
Twitter: @RiderWBB
Complete Game Notes: Binghamton

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. Jeff Nolan has the call on Saturday as Rider squares off with Binghamton.

- Binghamton leads the all-time series, 3-2, thanks to winning two straight contests against the Broncs. The teams are playing for the sixth time on Saturday and it's just the second meeting between the two teams since 2014-15. The home team has won two of the last three meetings.

- The Bearcats enter Saturday's matinee with a 5-4 overall record after falling on the road to Niagara, 79-72, on Wednesday evening. At home, Binghamton is 5-1 this year with back-to-back double-digit wins against Army and Fairleigh Dickinson. The Bearcats have four players averaging over eight points per game, led by Rebecca Carmody with over 14 points per contest.

- Last time out, a 9-0 run to start the third quarter proved to be the difference as visiting Navy defeated Rider, 66-60, last Sunday in Lawrenceville. A season-high four Broncs scored in double figures in the setback to the Mids.

- As a team, Rider leads the MAAC in blocks per game this season with 3.75. The Broncs have blocked 30 shots in eight games this year. The team also ranks second in the conference in scoring offense (63.0), field-goal percentage (39.7%) and assists per game (13.5). The Broncs also rank third in the MAAC in turnover margin (+1.5) and assist-to-turnover ratio (0.94).

- Junior guard Stella Johnson leads the MAAC in five different statistical categories this season. She is tops in the conference in scoring (20.5 PPG), field-goal percentage (49.3%), assists (5.0 APG), assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3) and steals (3.0 SPG). Stella ranks 20th in the country with 24 steals and she is also 26th in all of Division I in points per game.

- On November 28, Rider defeated NJIT, 67-46. The Broncs took zero free-throw attempts in the win. It marked the first time under Head Coach Lynn Milligan that the Broncs did not get to the charity stripe in a game. Last time out, against Navy the Broncs got to the line 14 times, hitting 11 attempts. Versus the Mids, the Broncs shot a season-best 78.6 percent from the foul line and it marked the second time this year that Rider hit more than 10 free-throw attempts in a game.

- Stella Johnson has scored 986 points in her career through 72 games. She is averaging 13.7 points per game in her collegiate career and she is on pace to become the 23rd player in program history to score 1,000 career points. She would be the fourth different Bronc in the last three seasons to reach the milestone.  

- Rider had a season-high seven blocks last Sunday versus Navy. It came on the heels of the team recording six blocks in the win over NJIT on November 28. Stella Johnson and Amari Johnson each had two blocks apiece against the Mids, it marked the second game in a row in which they both blocked two shots apiece. The seven blocks were the most for the Broncs since recording nine blocks in a MAAC win over Manhattan in February of 2018. Stella Johnson is averaging 1.1 blocks per game this year, which currently ranks fifth in the MAAC.

- Lea Favre had a season-high 20 points on 10-of-16 shooting versus NJIT. She also added six rebounds and three assists. She has two games in her career with 20 or more points and both of those contests have come against NJIT. Last time out, she had 14 points to go along with six rebounds versus Navy. In her last two games, she is shooting 75 percent from the free-throw line (6-of-8) and 66 percent (14-of-21) from the field.

- 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 have faced opponents from the A10 (Saint Joseph's) and the ACC (Boston College). Rider still has to face a team from the Big EAST (Georgetown) in December. 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). The Broncs are 0-1 against NCAA Tournament teams and 1-1 versus teams that appeared in last year's WNIT.