GAME 1 - Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Rider University Broncs (0-0) vs. Coppin State University Eagles (0-0)
Location: Baltimore, MD – Physical Education Complex
Tip: 7 p.m.
Live Video – CoppinStateSports.com
Live Stats – CoppinStateSports.com
Live Audio – 107.7 The Bronc
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider opens the 2019-20 season with a road contest at Coppin State.
- The Broncs lead the all-time series, 2-0, including an 87-67 win last Nov. 19 in Alumni Gym.
- Radio broadcasts for road games will once again be available this season on 107.7 The Bronc. Daryl Fein will have the call.
- Rider defeated Slippery Rock, 90-59, in an exhibition game on Saturday. Frederick Scott had a team-high 18 points and 10 rebounds.
- Rider was picked to finish second in the MAAC after finishing tied for second in the regular season standings a year ago.
- The Broncs return four starters this season. Tyere Marshall, Frederick Scott and Dimencio Vaughn are all on pace to score their 1,000^th point this season, and would join senior Stevie Jordan as the 38^th, 39^th and 40^th Broncs to score 1,000 career points.
- All four of the aforementioned returning Broncs starters were named to the Preseason All-MAAC Teams. Jordan took First Team honors, Scott and Vaughn were named to the Second Team and Marshall earned Third Team.
- Jordan also projects to be the Broncs' all-time leader in assists and steals by season's end. He currently has 475 career assists, good for fifth all-time. Deon Hames '96 is the Broncs' current all-time assists leader with 598. Meanwhile, Jordan currently has 145 steals, with Ryan Thompson '10 currently leading all Broncs with 188 career steals.
- Redshirt senior guard Kimar Williams also started 17 of 30 games played last season, while Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson also returns after playing 25 games, including three starts, as a true freshman in 2018-19. 
- Six of the 12 players on the Rider roster did not suit up for the Broncs last season. Redshirt sophomore Tyrei Randall projects to be Rider's sixth man after sitting out last season, while Tyrel Bladen also used a redshirt as a true freshman last year. Graduate transfer Willy Nuñez, Jr. joins the team from Florida International University, while freshmen Christian Ings, Allen Powell and Khalil Turner are set to see their first collegiate action.  
- Eighth-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 123-104 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.