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Men's Basketball Faces hOURglass Rival Saint Peter's Thursday

Broncs look to tie program record with 17th straight home win

GAME 20 - Thursday, January 31, 2019
Rider Broncs (11-8, 6-1 MAAC) vs. Saint Peter's Peacocks (6-13, 3-4 MAAC)

Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gymnasium
Tip: 7 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncsTix.com
Live Video – ESPN+
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Live Audio – None
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB

What You Need To Know
- Rider and Saint Peter's are meeting for the 66th time, with the Broncs owning a 35-30 lead in the all-time series. After a sweep in the 2017-18 regular season, the Peacocks defeated the Broncs in the MAAC Quarterfinals.
- The Broncs have won their last 16 home games, including all six this year. Rider's longest home winning streak on record, dating back 59 years to the 1960-61 season, is 17 games, spanning parts of the 1992-93 and 1993-94 seasons. 
- Though Rider has trailed by double-digits in four of seven MAAC games, the Broncs have erased the deficit in all four and won three of the four. Included was a 16-point deficit to Marist on Jan. 27, which resulted in an 86-85 Rider win.
- Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett's next win would be his 119th and would tie him with former mentor Tommy Dempsey (119-105) for fifth all-time at Rider.
- Rider has had six players score in double figures in a single game twice in the last four games after not achieving the feat since Feb. 16, 2011.
- Stevie Jordan now ranks 5th all-time in assists at Rider with 422. He's also closing in on 1,000 career points, currently standing at 941.  
- Anthony Durham has shot 75% (21-28) over the last five games.
- RU has outscored MAAC opponents by 10.6 points per game in the paint.
- Rider ranks 14th nationally at 9.0 steals per game. 
- The Broncs have been outscored by 37 points combined in the first halves of seven MAAC games. By comparison, Rider is +80 in the second halves.  
- Saint Peter's fell last time out, 77-58, at Quinnipiac. Four of the Peacocks' seven league games have been decided by five points or less.
- Saint Peter's is led by Davauhnte Turner at 18.1 points and 2.9 assists per game, while Samuel Idowu also averages in double figures at 11.4 points per game on a team-best 53.1 percent from the floor. He's also blocked 1.5 shots per game.
- 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 118-97 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
 
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Anthony Durham

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Players Mentioned

Anthony Durham

#12 Anthony Durham

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Graduate Student
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Stevie Jordan

#23 Stevie Jordan

6' 0"
Junior
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