RIVERDALE, NY – Dimencio Vaughn (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School) scored a season-high 22 points, but the Rider University men's basketball team fell at Manhattan, 73-66, Tuesday night at Draddy Gymnasium. With the loss, the Broncs slip to 12-10 (7-3 MAAC), while the Jaspers have now won three-straight to improve to 7-16 (5-6 MAAC).
 
After Manhattan opened the scoring with a three, the Broncs scored the next nine and led for the rest of the first half. The lead swelled to nine on a Vaughn three at the 5:43 mark, before Manhattan whittled the Broncs' lead to four, 35-31, at the halftime break. Rider shot 50.0 percent (12-24) from the floor in the opening 20 minutes, with Vaughn leading the way with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including 3-for-3 from long range.

A 9-1 run early in the second half gave Manhattan its first lead since 3-0. Seven lead changes and four ties later, the Broncs surged ahead, 56-52, on five-straight points, four from Frederick Scott (Munster, IN/Simeon [DePaul]), Scott punctuated the spurt with a dunk at the 9:28 mark. But the Jaspers would answer with a 12-0 run and never trailed again.  

Quotes & Notes
"We've just got to be disciplined. You've got to execute, got to be disciplined and come up with the 50-50 balls. Tonight, we didn't come up with them."

"Give (Manhattan's Tyler) Reynolds credit. He made some big shots. But when you let him get open and you let him get some looks, then he got going. I give him credit, he's a good player. But we needed to crowd him more and make him put the ball on the floor."

"I know Manhattan played with a sense of urgency. We came out – I'm not going to say our guys didn't – we came out with the right energy but we didn't finish with the right energy." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

- The game was the 54^th in the all-time series with Manhattan. Rider now leads, 30-24. The Broncs had won the last five against the Jaspers.    
- Rider led at the half for just the third time in 10 MAAC contests this season. Two of the three have come against Manhattan.
- The Broncs fell for the first time this season when leading at the half. They won their first seven games of the year when taking a lead into the break.
- Rider returns to action Friday, when it plays host to Canisius at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.      
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Scott joined Vaughn in double figures with 11 points. Vaughn and Scott each had a pair of blocks.
- Vaughn became the 28^th Bronc all-time to compile 100 career steals. He joins Stevie Jordan (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan/API) as current Rider players with 100 career steals.
- Jordan had three steals on the night to jump two spots into 14^th on Rider's all-time list with 127 for his career. He passed Mark Wilcox (125) and Zedric Sadler (126).
- Tyere Marshall (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King/Putnam Science) led the Broncs with nine rebounds, while Vaughn had eight. For the game, the Broncs took a 31-29 edge on the boards.
- Entering the game 10^th in the nation at 9.1 steals per game, Rider had nine steals today.
- The Jaspers outshot the Broncs, 49.0 percent (25-51) to 45.7 percent (21-46) from the floor, including 12-of-24 from long range to the Broncs' 33.3 percent (7-21).  
- Rider outscored its opponent in the paint for the ninth time in 10 MAAC games, taking a 26-22 edge. The Broncs have now outscored league foes, 388-290, in the paint for an average of +9.8 points per game.