JERSEY CITY, NJ – Four players scored in double figures as the Rider University women's basketball team raced past hOURglass rival Saint Peter's, 78-43, on Friday evening in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) action at the Yanitelli Center.

The Broncs (15-9, 11-2 MAAC) won their fourth straight contest and completed the regular-season sweep of SPU with the victory, while the Peacocks, (6-17, 1-11 MAAC) dropped their seventh contest in a row.

Rider held Saint Peter's to 22 percent shooting in the game and forced 16 Peacock turnover en route to the win. The Broncs opened the game on a 5-0 run and never trailed in the game. After the early minutes, the guests would hold a double-digit advantage throughout the game. Rider led for nearly 39 of the games 40 minutes.

The Bronc lead would swell to as many as 37 late in the fourth quarter.

Junior Lea Favre (Vevey, Switzerland/Lycee Jeanne D'Arc) and senior point guard Lexi Posset (Pittsburgh, PA/Beaver Area) paced the Rider attack with 15 points apiece, while junior guard Stella Johnson (Denville, NJ/Morris Catholic) added 14 points. Classmate Amari Johnson (Red Lion, PA/Dallastown) was the other Bronc in double figures with 12 points to go along with nine rebounds.  

NOTES & QUOTES
"We preach that you have to steal games on the road in this conference to have a chance and we have fortunately been able to do that this season. We pride ourselves on our defensive discipline on the road. That's usually how we get ourselves going and on the road you have to do that. We did that tonight right from the start."  – Rider Head Coach Lynn Milligan

"The team responded well after the Iona game. We talked about a couple things where we felt we could be better and expectations for ourselves. I thought today we came in focused. It's a Friday night on the road in the middle of February and we did what we had to do to get the win." – Milligan

- Rider has now won 10 straight meetings with the Peacocks thanks to sweeping the regular-season series in each of the last five years.  
- Rider is now 11-2 in MAAC play for the first time under Head Coach Lynn Milligan and the first time in program history. Their previous best 13-game start to conference play was 10-3 which the team achieved during their historic 2016-17 campaign.
- Rider has now 10 or more MAAC games in each of the last seasons. It is the fourth time in program history that the team has racked up 10 or more MAAC wins in a year. It is just the second time in program history that the Broncs have won 11 MAAC games.  
- Rider was 8-of-9 at the free-throw line. The Broncs have shot 80 percent or better at the foul line in five of their last six games.
- Rider had 20 assists on 30 made field goals in the win. Rider committed 18 turnovers in the victory as well. The Broncs are now 8-0 overall and 5-0 in MAAC play when they record more assists than turnovers.
- The Broncs have had four players score in double figures in each of their last five wins.
- It marked the fifth time this year that the Broncs recorded 20 or more assists. They have won all five games.
- The 35-point win marked the largest margin of victory for the Broncs under Head Coach Lynn Milligan

BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Lexi Posset was 5-of-10 from the field, including 3-of-7 from three-point range. All 15 of her points came in the first half. She also had three assists, two steals and one block.
- Stella Johnson scored 14 points in just 25 minutes of gametime. She was an efficient 5-of-7 from the field, highlighted by going 2-of-3 from beyond the arc. She also added five rebounds and four assists.
- Lea Favre was 7-of-12 from the field and grabbed four rebounds to go along with her 15 points.
- Teresa Wolak scored her first career FG with a bucket late in the fourth quarter.   

UP NEXT
Rider returns home to square off with Manhattan on Sunday, February 17, with a home conference showdown against Manhattan that is slated to begin at 1:00 pm. The Broncs are looking for the regular-season sweep of the Jaspers after topping Manhattan earlier this year in Riverdale.