HEMPSTEAD, NY – The Rider University men's basketball team shot a season-high 57.4 percent (27-47), but was defeated on the road by Hofstra, 89-73, Saturday evening at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Center. With the loss, the Broncs fall to 2-3, while the Pride is now 7-3.

Rider shot upwards of 60 percent for much of the game, but Hofstra used strong shooting of its own (53.4 percent, 31-58), a 35-17 edge on the glass (15-5 in offensive rebounds) and a 17-4 advantage in second-chance points to take the victory. Hofstra also took advantage from the free-throw line, shooting 18-of-21 to the Broncs' 9-of-20.

Trailing 44-39 at the half, Rider scored the first six points of the second half to retake the lead and twice more reclaimed one-point leads, the last at the 10:15 mark on a Stevie Jordan (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan/API) fast-break lay-up. But 2018 CAA Player of the Year Justin Wright-Foreman scored two of his game-high 24 points on the next Pride possession to give Hofstra the lead for good with 9:53 remaining. Still a one-possession game with five and a half minutes remaining and a five-point Rider deficit with less than three minutes left, Hofstra ended the game on an 11-0 run to account for the final 89-73 Hofstra margin of victory.      
 
Quotes & Notes
"No blocking out. Lack of discipline. Lack of execution. I keep saying the same things about our team. We lack discipline. Everybody is going to the glass on us because we don't block out. We gave up key second-chance points, drives in the end, free-throw blockouts when you need to block out when the game is on the line. It's just a lack of discipline."

"We're not totally bought in yet. We're not doing the things that we to do to be a good team at this point. Until everybody buys into that and stops reading the clippings, we're not going to be good." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

- Hofstra leads the all-time series, 21-18, including the last five meetings.
- Entering the game, the Broncs had played the fewest games in NCAA Division I (four).
- The Broncs return to action Dec. 12, when they play host to Norfolk State at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- The Broncs shot 65.2 percent (15-23) from the floor in the first half, their highest single-half percentage since shooting 67.5 percent (27-40) in the first half against Iona last Feb. 25.
- Jordan led the Broncs with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and added two steals, while Dimencio Vaughn (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School) added 16 points and a team-high five rebounds.
- Jordan Allen (Dover, DE/Dover) scored nine points on 3-of-7 shooting from long range – his fourth-consecutive game with three or more trifectas and the 22^nd in 36 career games played.
- Frederick Scott (Munster, IN/Simeon [DePaul]) also scored nine points off the bench on 3-of-4 from the floor.
- Hofstra outscored Rider, 44-30, in the paint and 24-17 off turnovers.
- The Broncs' bench outscored Hofstra's, 16-12.