LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University men's basketball team held an opponent to its fewest points in nearly four years in a 60-47 win over Manhattan Saturday night at Alumni Gymnasium. The Broncs improve to 10-7 (5-0 MAAC) in limiting the Jaspers (4-14, 2-4 MAAC) to the fewest points since holding Canisius to 46 points on Jan. 24, 2015.

An early 8-0 run gave Rider a double-digit lead at 20-9 with just under seven minutes to go in the first half and they'd never trail again. A 7-0 Manhattan run cut the Broncs' lead to four before Rider finished the half with buckets from Dimencio Vaughn (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School) and Tyere Marshall (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King/Putnam Science) to take a 31-23 lead into the locker room at halftime. The Broncs shot 50 percent (12-24) in the opening 20 minutes.

Manhattan whittled the Broncs' advantage to six with 14:15 remaining, but could draw no closer in the second half.
 
Quotes & Notes
"Glad that we were able to pull out this game. I thought they did a good job trying to control the tempo. Certainly not the tempo that we want to play at. But like I said, give Steve and his team credit for trying to slow it down. We found a way to still maintain and execute when we needed to. It wasn't pretty, but a win is a win." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

- The game was the 53^rd in the all-time series with Manhattan. The Broncs now lead the all-time series, 30-23, including wins in five straight.
- Rider has won 18 of its last 19 home games, including its last 15 dating back to the last home game of 2016-17.
- Rider is 5-0 in MAAC play for just the second time in 22 years in the league. The first time came in 2000-01, when the Broncs began league play with six-straight wins. 
- Rider returns to action Friday, when it travels to Iona for a nationally-televised 7 p.m. tip on ESPNU.   
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Vaughn led the Broncs with 16 points, including 4-of-7 shooting from long range. The four three-point field goals are one off of his career high of five, last season at Saint Peter's. He also had a game-high nine rebounds, all on the defensive glass, in 33 minutes off the bench.
- Anthony Durham (Philadelphia, PA/Abington/Putnam Science) chipped in with 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting to go along with five rebounds, while Frederick Scott (Munster, IN/Simeon [DePaul]) also had 11 points and five rebounds.
- Rider outscored its fifth-straight MAAC opponent in the paint with a 22-20 advantage tonight. The Broncs have now outscored league foes, 228-144, in the paint.
- Jordan had a pair of steals, giving him 117 for his career, good for 19^th all-time at Rider. He moved past former teammate Jimmie Taylor '17 (115) and Jerome Culmer '92 (116).
- Rider outrebounded Manhattan, 37-33.