GAME 11 - Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Rider University Broncs (7-3) vs. Wisconsin Badgers (7-5)
Location: Madison, WI – Kohl Center
Tip: 7 p.m. (ET)/6 p.m. (CT)
Live Video –
Big 10 Network
Live Stats –
UWBadgers.com
Live Audio –
107.7 The Bronc
Twitter –
Twitter.com/RiderMBB
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What You Need To Know
- Rider saw its five-game winning streak snapped last time out at Temple.Â
- RU had beaten Columbia, Vermont, Bucknell, LIU and Marist consecutively.
- The Broncs led Temple by 14 in the second half before a 21-0 Owls run. Â
- Wisconsin had been undefeated at home and winless on the road prior to a convincing 68-48 win at Tennessee on Saturday.
- Nate Reuvers leads the Badgers at 14.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. Kobe King and D'Mitrik Trice both average in double figures at 10.8 points per game, with Trice dishing out 3.1 assists per game. Aleem Ford (9.6 ppg.), Brad Davison (9.2 ppg.) and Brevin Pritzl (7.8 ppg.) have also contributed. Â
- The Broncs and Badgers are meeting for the first time on the hardwood.
- Rider connected on 37-of-48 free-throw attempts against Marist. The 48 attempts are tied for most by a Rider team since Feb. 26, 1999 (50 vs. Manhattan).
- Rider has outrebounded its opponent in 9-of-10 games 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.Â
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Tyere Marshall has a team-leading four double-doubles this season.Â
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Stevie Jordan (524 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.
- 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 130-107 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
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