BALTIMORE, MD – Three Rider University men's basketball players scored 20 or more points as the Broncs opened the 2019-20 season with a come-from-behind victory at Coppin State, 91-84. Frederick Scott (Munster, IN/Simeon [DePaul]) and Dimencio Vaughn (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School) each had 21 points, with Scott grabbing a game-high 13 rebounds and Vaughn collecting 10. Tyere Marshall (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King/Putnam Science) joined them with 20 points to go along with seven boards as the Broncs shot 65.5 percent (19-29) in the second half.

Coppin State used the three ball to build a double-digit lead in the first half, making 7-of-20 attempts from long range. The Eagles outscored Rider, 21-4, over a four-minute span, culminating in a 23-8 advantage with 12:23 remaining in the period. Rider countered with an 8-0 run, including a four-point play from Scott to whittle the deficit down to seven and later cut it to four as Stevie Jordan (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan/API) scored seven-straight Rider points, Scott converted a lay-up and Vaughn made 1-of-2 free throws at the 6:01 mark. CSU again built its lead to double-digits on three occasions in the opening 20 minutes, before Willy Nuñez, Jr. (Orlando, FL/Oak Ridge [Florida International]) was fouled attempting a three-pointer at the halftime buzzer and made all three from the charity stripe.

Rider made its first four field-goal attempts in the second half and tied the game on a Scott three-pointer at the 12:25 mark. 24 seconds later, Marshall got inside for Rider's first lead since 4-2. After the Eagles retook the lead on a three-pointer, the Broncs took a lead it wouldn't relinquish on a Jordan three-pointer at the 11:30 mark. The lead would swell to as many as 11, 80-69, at the 4:32 mark as Marshall repeatedly got positioning7 inside for lay-ups.

Quotes & Notes
"I thought we did a good job of responding after getting off to a slow start. We may have shown up with not enough energy, but I thought our guys picked it up. Allen Powell gave us some good minutes. We started going inside and were able to get Tyere going. I thought Willy Nuñez in the second half really did some good things, especially coming out of the first half, making those three big free throws at the end, which got us some momentum. In the second half, we were able to slow those guys down from making all the three's they made in the first half."

"I just thought offensively, we needed to move the ball a little bit more. We were one or two passes into a jump shot. Once we started sharing it, once we started going inside, once we started getting guys cutting to the basket, we were able to get some lay-ups and and-ones and free throws. I thought that was the difference in the game." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

- The Broncs lead the all-time series with Coppin State, 3-0, including wins in Lawrenceville on Dec. 21, 2002, and Nov. 19, 2018.
- Three Broncs - Christian Ings (Philadelphia, PA/Neumann-Goretti), Nuñez, Jr., and Allen Powell (Philadelphia, PA/La Salle College H.S.) made their Rider debuts. It was the collegiate debut for Ings and Powell, while Nuñez, Jr., transferred in after two seasons at Florida International.
- Rider is in the midst of six-straight games away from home to begin the 2019-20 season. Up next is another meeting with a MEAC school in Delaware State (Nov. 8), before the Broncs play four games in the Air Force Reserve Tip-Off Tournament Presented By Citi. Rider plays true road games at Arizona State (Nov. 17) and Massachusetts (Nov. 20), before playing 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
- Three Rider players scored 20 or more points for the first time in at least five seasons.
- Scott's double-double is the 10^th of his career, while Vaughn completed a double-double for the fifth time.
- Scott's 13 rebounds are one off his career-high of 14, accomplished twice in the 2017-18 season.
- With four assists, Jordan passed Jack Cryan '66 for fourth on the Rider all-time assists list. He now has 479 assists, with Norm Hobbie '77 next on the list with 495. Deon Hames '96 is the Broncs' all-time assists leader with 598.
- Jordan also contributed 17 points and joined Vaughn in grabbing three steals.
- Jordan, Nuñez and Scott each hit two three-pointers.
- Vaughn made 8-of-9 free-throw attempts.
- For the game, the Broncs outshot the Eagles, 48.4 percent (30-62) to 37.8 percent (28-74).
- Rider outrebounded Coppin State, 51-38.
- Rider outscored the Eagles, 46-32, in the paint.