TEMPE, AZ – Stevie Jordan (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan/API) led the Rider University men's basketball team with 15 points, but the Broncs fell at Arizona State, 92-55, Sunday afternoon at Desert Financial Arena. With the loss, the Broncs fall to 2-1, while the Sun Devils improve to 2-1.

Rider came out quick in the opening minutes, going on an 8-0 run and building a 12-4 advantage. Tyere Marshall (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King/Putnam Science) scored four points in the spurt, while Jordan and Frederick Scott (Munster, IN/Simeon [DePaul]) each buried three-pointers. However, Arizona State scored the next 13 points, part of a 20-4 run, and never trailed again.

The Sun Devils led by 19 at the half and built its lead all the way up to the final 37-point margin.

Quotes & Notes
"We've just got to play smarter. We did not play smart at all tonight. We did get off to a good start. Some fouls were called and we got passive. We broke down mentally and didn't play well at all."

"The thing that we talked about was not turning the ball over, getting into halftime and keeping the score close. If we were going to have a chance to win this game, we needed to do that. Regardless of the fouls, guys that come off the bench have got to be able to do the things that we need them to do as well."

"We got beat. We got punched in the mouth. We've got to come back. It doesn't determine who we are. It does not identify who we are. We've just got to get better. We've got to learn from this. We've got to put it behind us. We've got to get ready for UMass coming up. We've got a quick turnaround and a flight tonight. We need to get this out of our mouth, watch some film, get better, get ready for UMass and try to win that game." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

- The game was the first-ever between Rider and Arizona State.
- Christian Ings (Philadelphia, PA/Neumann-Goretti) got his first collegiate start.
- Rider was 2-0 for the second time in the last four years (2016-17). The last time a Broncs team started a year with as many as three-consecutive wins was 1971-72, when Rider defeated Glassboro State, Delaware Valley, Scranton and Bucknell consecutively.
- Allen Powell (Philadelphia, PA/La Salle College H.S.) scored his first collegiate point from the free-throw line and later added a field goal.
- Jordan played just six minutes in the first half due to three personal fouls.
- Dimencio Vaughn (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School) and Marshall both fouled out with more than seven minutes remaining in regulation.  
- Rider is in the midst of six-straight games away from home to begin the 2019-20 season. Up next is a Nov. 20 road game at Massachusetts, the Broncs' second in the four-game Air Force Reserve Tip-Off Tournament Presented By Citi. Rider then plays neutral-court contests at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT, against Columbia (Nov. 23) and either Central Connecticut or Vermont (Nov. 24).
- Rider's home opener comes Dec. 3 against Bucknell.   
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Jordan scored 13 of his team-high 15 points in the second half. He shot 7-of-12 for the game.
- Jordan also had two steals, giving him 153 for his career, good for fifth all-time at Rider. He jumped over Jerry Johnson '05 and Justin Robinson '11 (152 steals each) on the Broncs' all-time steals list. 
- Jordan (1,151 points) also jumped former teammate Kahlil Thomas '17 (1,141 points) into 28^th place on Rider's all-time scoring list.
- Ings finished in double-figures for the second-straight game with 10 points.
- Vaughn led Rider with a game-high 10 rebounds.
- Rider was plagued by 29 turnovers, while Arizona State had just seven. The Sun Devils enjoyed a 32-5 edge in points off turnovers.
- ASU outshot Rider, 42.7 percent (35-82) to 38.3 percent (23-60) from the floor, including a 31.3 percent (10-32) to 14.3 percent (3-21) margin from long range.
- Rider took a 47-45 edge in rebounding.