Women's Basketball
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Rider Broncs (17-11, 13-4 MAAC) at Fairfield Stags (10-18, 7-10 MAAC)
Location: Fairfield, CT – Alumni Hall (2,479)
Tip: 2:00 pm
Live Stats: SidearmStats
Live Video: ESPN3
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Live Audio: 107.7 The Bronc
Twitter: @RiderWBB
Complete Game Notes: Fairfield

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 Saturday's tilt with Jeff Nolan on the call.

- Rider and Fairfield are playing for the 50 time in the all-timer series history with the Stags holding a 39-10 advantage. The Broncs have won each of the last two meetings between the two squads and Rider has eliminated the Stags from the MAAC Tournament in each of the last two seasons.

- In her final collegiate home game, senior point guard Lexi Posset scored a game-high 19 points to go along with seven rebounds to lead the Broncs past visiting Siena, 77-54, on Senior Day on Thursday. Posset was one of three Rider players to score in double figures as she knocked down seven shots from the field. The Broncs erased an early deficit by closing the opening frame on a 16-3 run over a seven-minute span. Rider pulled away in third quarter thanks to outscoring the Saints, 25-11. Coming out of halftime, the Broncs held Siena to just 18 percent (2-of-11) to extend their lead. The Rider edge would swell to as many as 31 midway through the fourth quarter.

- With Thursday's victory, Rider secured the No. 2 seed in the upcoming MAAC Tournament. The Broncs will open their quest for a MAAC Championship in the quarterfinals against the winner of the No. 7 – No. 10 match-up in the opening round. Rider will play on Friday, March 8, at 3:30 pm at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York.

- Rider is receiving an opening-round by the in the MAAC Tournament for the third year in a row. It also marks the second time in the last three years and the second time in program history that the Broncs will enter the tournament as the No. 2 seed.

- Rider is 13-4 in conference action in 2018-19 with just one league contest remaining on the schedule. The 13 wins are the most for the Broncs in an 18-game league schedule and the second-most all-time in program history. It marks the second time under Head Coach Lynn Milligan and just the second time in program history that the Broncs have won 13 of 17 MAAC games. Rider is currently 17-11 overall. The 17 wins are the second-most for Ruder under Milligan and it's the fifth time in program history that Rider has racked up 17 or more wins in a season.

- Versus Siena on Thursday, junior Lea Favre recorded her first career double-double thanks to an 18-point, 13-rebound effort. Favre was 7-of-13 shooting from the field and she hit all four of her free-throw attempts. Her 13 rebounds were a new career-high. It marked the eighth time this season that a Bronc had recorded a double-double and Rider is 7-1 in those games.

- Rider has four players averaging in double figures this season. The Broncs are one of two teams in the MAAC with four players scoring 10 or more points per game this season (Fairfield is the other). Stella Johnson leads the MAAC with over 18 points per tilt, while Lea Favre, Lexi Posset and Amari Johnson are all scoring over 10 per game for the Broncs as well. Rider has had four players score in double figures in six of their last seven victories.