DOVER, DE – Senior forward Lea Favre (Vevey, Switzerland/Lycee Jeanne D'Arc) scored the game-winning basket with 0.7 seconds left in overtime to push the Rider University women's basketball team past host Delaware State, 71-69, on Monday evening inside Alumni Hall.
 
The Broncs (7-2) earned their fourth straight victory, while the Hornets (4-9) dropped their fourth game in a row.
 
With the score tied at 69 after a pair of DSU free throws, Rider called a timeout in overtime to advance the ball. On the possession, Amanda Mobley (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh) saw her shot rim out and the ball went out of bound under the hoop off Delaware State.
 
Off the inbounds pass, Favre scored on a hook shot with the game-winning bucket as the Hornets three-quarter court heave came up short.
 
Senior Stella Johnson (Denville, NJ/Morris Catholic) led the Bronc offensive charge with a game-high 29 points, while classmates Amari Johnson (Red Lion, PA/Dallastown) and Lea Favre also scored in double figures. Amari had 15 points and 11 rebounds for her second straight double-double, while Favre had 11 points on an efficient 5-of-8 shooting.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
"It was a great finish to our non-conference schedule. We were tested in many levels throughout the game by a well-coached and tough Delaware State team. We executed down the stretch on both ends and had some big, step-up play by a lot of different players. Being down 10 late in the game took everyone doing their job and believing in what we do and how we do it." – Rider Head Coach Lynn Milligan
 
- Rider is now 3-0 all-time against Delaware State.
- Lynn Milligan became just the second Head Coach in program history to register over 150 wins at the helm of the program with the victory on Monday. She has 151 and counting.
- It was the first overtime game for the Broncs since February 25, 2018. Rider has won each of its last two games that went to OT.
- Rider had three players score in double figures for the fourth straight game and the fifth time this season.
- The Broncs shot 42.4 percent (28-of-66) from the field. It was the fourth contest in a row that the team knocked down over 42 percent of their shots from the field.
- Rider is now 3-0 in games decided by five points or fewer this year.
 
BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Stella also added five rebounds, three assists, three steals and one block. It was her fourth game this season with 29 or more points. No other player in the MAAC has more than one such game.
- Amari recorded her MAAC-leading fifth double-double of the season. She scored Rider's first seven points in overtime. She is the only player in the MAAC averaging a double-double this year (12.4 PPG & 10.0 RPG).
- Lea Favre scored in double figures for the fourth straight game. She also added two rebounds, one block and one steal.
- Amanda Mobley had nine points and three assists. She knocked down 4-of-7 from the field.
 
UP NEXT
Rider opens Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play on Thursday, January 2, as Niagara comes to campus. The Broncs defeated the Purple Eagles, 79-64, in the only meeting between the two teams last winter.