Women's Basketball
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Rider Broncs (10-8, 6-1 MAAC) at Marist Red Foxes (15-6, 7-2 MAAC)
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY – McCann Arena (3,200)
Tip: 7:00 pm
Live Stats: SidearmStats
Live Video: ESPN+
How to Access ESPN3: Click here
Live Audio: 107.7 The Bronc
Twitter: @RiderWBB
Complete Game Notes: Marist

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. Daryl Fein will be on the call for Wednesday's tilt at Marist.

- Rider and Marist are playing for the 58th time in the all-time series history with the Red Foxes holding a 42-15 advantage. The two teams have split the last four meetings after Rider swept the regular-season series during the 2016-17 season. Rider's win in Poughkeepsie in mid-January of 2017 snapped a 27-game losing streak to the Red Foxes.

- Last time out, Canisius defeated the Broncs, 62-49, in Lawrenceville. The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for Rider to begin conference play. The Golden Griffs pulled away thanks to outscoring the hosts, 19-8, in the fourth quarter. Over the final 10 minutes versus Canisius, the Broncs shot just 15 percent (2-of-13) from the field. In a losing effort, junior Amari Johnson scored 21 points and Stella Johnson added 15 points.

- Amari Johnson and Stella Johnson were the only Broncs in double figures against Canisius. The duo combined to score 36 of the team's 49 points. Amari had 21 points, four rebounds and two steals, while Stella poured in 15 points to go along with eight rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block. The pair hit all five of Rider's three-point attempts in the game. Stella and Amari shot 14-of-37 (.378) from the field and the rest of the Broncs hit just 5-of-18 attempts.

- Entering the week, the Broncs rank in the top-three in the MAAC in six different statistical categories. Rider is tied with Manhattan for tops in the league with 4.1 blocks per game. The Broncs are second in the MAAC in turnover margin at +2.1. The team is also third in the league in scoring offense (60.8), field-goal percentage (.383), assist-to-turnover ratio (0.87) and steals per game (9.5).

- Junior guard Stella Johnson leads the MAAC in four different statistical categories. Amongst qualified players, Stella ranks first in the MAAC in points per game (19.8), field-goal percentage (.459), assists per game (4.4) and steals per game (3.1). Stella also ranks in the top-23 in all of Division I in points per game, total steals (55) and steals per game. Her 10 assists against Mount St. Mary's were the most by a player in the MAAC this season as were her nine steals at Binghamton. She is also the only player in the MAAC to score over 30 points in a game more than once this season.

- This season, Rider is 6-3 in true road games and a perfect 4-0 outside of Lawrenceville in conference contests. The Broncs are one of three teams in the MAAC (Quinnipiac and Marist) with six wins on the road. Quinnipiac, Marist and Rider are the only three teams in the MAAC with a winning record on the road this season as well. The average margin of victory for Rider on the road in conference play this season is over eight points.

- Rider has started MAAC play 6-1 for just the second time in program history. The start matches the program's best-ever seven-game start to the year in league play which the team did during their historic 2016-17 campaign. It also marks the second time in the last three years that the team has gotten off to a 6-1 start against conference opponents.