GAME 9 - Monday, December 16, 2019
Rider Athletics Academic Achievement Night
Rider University Broncs (6-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Marist College Red Foxes (1-5, 0-0 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gymnasium
Tip: 7 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncsTix.com
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Live Audio – None
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider has won four straight over Columbia, Vermont, Bucknell and LIU.
- In its six wins, Rider is +14.0 points per game in the second half.
- RU used second-half runs of 17-0, 25-0, 15-1 and 17-1 to win its last four games. 
- After winning its season opener against VMI, Marist has fallen in five straight.
- Marist is led by Michael Cubbage at 11.5 points and 2.3 assists per game. Matt Turner has added 9.7 ppg., while Matt Herasme has scored 8.7 points per game to go along with a team-best 7.0 rebounds per game. Tyler Sagl has also made a strong contribution of 8.0 ppg.
- Rider has outrebounded its opponent in all six games played this season.
- The Broncs saw three players post double-doubles in the same game for the first time since Jan. 30, 1996 in Rider's Dec. 14 win over LIU.
- Rider had six players in double-figures scoring for the third time in less than a calendar year on Dec. 3 vs. Bucknell. 
- Tyere Marshall was named MAAC Player of the Week on Nov. 25 after averaging 21.0 points and 14.3 rebounds against UMass, Columbia and Vermont.
- Marshall has a team and MAAC-leading four double-doubles this season. 
- Jordan (514 assists) moved into 3rd all-time at Rider on Nov. 20 at UMass.
- Jordan projects to be the Broncs' all-time leader in assists (598) and steals (188).
- Rider was picked to finish second in the MAAC after finishing tied for second in the regular season standings a year ago.
- Tyere Marshall, Frederick Scott and Dimencio Vaughn are all on pace to score their 1,000th point this season, and would join senior Stevie Jordan as the 38th, 39th and 40th Broncs to score 1,000 career points.
- Eighth-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 129-106 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
- Baggett passed Don Harnum for 4th all-time at Rider on Dec. 3. Only Kevin Bannon (131), Thomas Leyden (187) and John Carpenter (292) have more.