Women's Basketball
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Rider Broncs (6-7, 2-0 MAAC) at Siena Saints (7-7, 3-0 MAAC)
Location: Loudonville, NY – Alumni Recreation Center (2,148)
Tip: 2:00 pm
Live Stats: SidearmStats
Live Video: Siena All-Access $$$
Live Audio: 107.7 The Bronc
Twitter: @RiderWBB
Complete Game Notes: Siena

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. Chris Mackowiak has the call for Sunday's tilt with Siena.

- Rider and Siena are playing for the 46th time in the series history with the Saints holding a 33-12 advantage. Rider has won two of the last three meetings between the two squads. The last four meetings between the two teams have all been decided by four points or fewer with each team claiming a pair of wins.

- The Saints enter this weekend's matinee with a 7-7 overall record and a 3-0 mark in conference play after outlasting Manhattan, 62-56, in overtime on Friday. Siena is 4-4 at home this season and they've won three of their last four contests in front of their home crowd, including two straight MAAC wins. It was a two-headed attach for the Saints last time out as Maddie Sims and Sabrina Piper combined to score 41 of the team's 62 points. Sims recorded her MAAC-best fifth double-double of the season against Jaspers with a 20-point, 13-rebound performance. Piper and Sims both average in double figures for the Saints, pouring in over 13 and 11 points per game, respectively. Sims leads the team in rebounding with over eight boards per game and Piper has hit a team-high 23 shots from three-point range.

- Last time out, three Broncs scored in double figures as Rider rallied to defeat hOURglass rival Monmouth, 55-43, on Thursday. Rider ended the first half on a 7-2 spurt to enter halftime tied at 23. In the third quarter, the Broncs held Monmouth to just nine points to take a five-point edge into the fourth. The Rider lead would balloon to as many as 12 at 44-32 midway through the final stanza following a trey from Mia Farmer.

- On Monday, January 7, junior Stella Johnson was named the MAAC Player of the Week for the third time this season. She is the only player in the league to pick weekly accolades more than twice this year. She was also named the College Sports Madness MAAC Player of the Week for the third time this season. On Tuesday, Stella was also named the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week. She is the first MAAC player to earn that distinction this year. On November 19, College Sports Madness also named Stella the National Division I Mid-Major Player of the Week.

- Rider began MAAC play last Sunday. The Broncs were picked to finish fourth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll. Rider earned 85 points to land behind Quinnipiac, Marist and Siena in the poll that is voted on by the league's Head Coaches. Rider has won their first conference road game in each of the last two seasons. The Broncs have started conference play 2-0 for the second time in the last three years.

- Stella Johnson leads the MAAC in three different statistical categories. She ranks tops in the MAAC in points per game (19.8), assists per game (4.3) and steals per game (3.2). Her nine steals at Binghamton were the most by a player in the MAAC in this season as were her 10 assists against Mount St. Mary's. She is also the only player in the MAAC this year to record multiple 30-point games. Her 35 points (against both Mount St. Mary's and Fairfield) are the most by any player in the MAAC this year.

- Rider held Monmouth to just 11 points on 20 percent shooting (3-of-15) over the final 10 minutes on Thursday. In the fourth quarter, Rider is outscoring their opponents, 40-25, in MAAC play through two games. The Broncs have forced five turnovers in the fourth quarter in each of their two conference tilts this year.

- Senior point guard Lexi Posset played in her 100th career game last time out against Monmouth. The Broncs have had a senior top the 100 games played plateau in each of the last four seasons. Posset has started 45 games in her career, including every game in which she's appeared over the last two seasons.