Women's Basketball
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Rider Broncs (15-11, 11-4 MAAC) at Niagara Purple Eagles (19-6, 14-0 MAAC)
Location: Niagara University, NY – Tapps Gallagher Center (2,400)
Tip: 2:00 pm
Live Stats: SidearmStats
Live Video: Niagara Sports Network
Live Audio: 107.7 The Bronc
Twitter: @RiderWBB
Complete Game Notes: Niagara

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- All regular-season home games in 2018-19 will be carried on either ESPN3 or ESPN+. Road games only will be carried on 107.7 The Bronc, including Sunday's tilt with Jeff Nolan on the call.

- Rider and Niagara are playing for the 48th time in the all-time series with the Purple Eagles holding a 26-21 advantage. The Broncs have had the edge of late, winning four of the last five meetings between the two teams. Rider has won two of the last three games between the two teams played in western New York. Under Head Coach Lynn Milligan, the Broncs are 12-12 against the Purple Eagles.

- Rider is 8-4 in true road games this season and 6-1 in MAAC play on the road. The Broncs are one of just three MAAC teams (Quinnipiac and Marist) to record eight wins on the road this year. Rider, Quinnipiac and Marist are the only three teams in the conference with winning records on the road this year.

- The Broncs have won their last seven road games in New York, including all six games this season. Dating back to last season's MAAC Tournament, the Broncs have won eight of the last nine games in the Empire State.  

- The Purple Eagles enter Sunday's matinee with a 12-15 overall record and an 8-7 mark in conference action after falling to Monmouth, 88-81, on Friday evening. Niagara has dropped two straight MAAC games and four of their last five league contests. It is a two-headed attack for Niagara with two players averaging in double figures. Jai Moore paces the Purple Eagles with over 16 points per contest. She has once been tabbed as the MAAC Player of the Week this season and she scored over 30 points in a game twice during the year. Maggie McIntyre in the other Purple Eagle averaging in double figures with over 10 points per game. McIntyre scored 18 points last time out versus Monmouth and she is shoot a team-best 37 percent (70-of-187) from three-point range.

- Rider enters the weekend with an 11-4 record in MAAC play. It marks the second time under Head Coach Lynn Milligan and the second time in program history that the team has won 11 of their first 15 conference games. Their best 15-game start to a season was 12-3 which the team accomplished during their historic 2016-17 campaign.

- The Broncs have won 10 or more conference games for the third year in a row and the fourth time overall under Milligan. It is the second time in program history that the Broncs have stacked three 10-win seasons in a row. The other time was from 1992-96 when the Broncs played in the NEC. It also marks just the second time in program history that Rider has won 11 MAAC games in a season. The 11 wins this season are a new program-best for an 18-game league schedule.

- Entering the weekend, Quinnipiac has clinched their fifth straight MAAC Regular Season Championship and the Bobcats will have the top seed in the 2019 MAAC Tournament. Rider and Marist are tied for second-place with 11-4 marks. The Broncs hold the head-to-head advantage with the Red Foxes thanks to sweeping the regular-season series. Marist battles Quinnipiac on Saturday. Niagara and Monmouth are tied for fourth-place in the MAAC with 8-7 marks in conference play.