POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Redshirt junior wing Dimencio Vaughn (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School) posted a double-double of 21 points and 13 rebounds and scored the 1,000^th point of his Broncs career as the Rider University men's basketball team defeated Marist, 69-52, Sunday afternoon at McCann Arena. With the win, the Broncs snap a two-game losing skid and improve to 9-6 (3-2 MAAC). The Red Foxes fall to 2-12 (1-4 MAAC).
 
Rider scored the game's first nine points on three-pointers, the first from Vaughn and the next two from Stevie Jordan (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan/API). Cold shooting both ways left the door open for Marist, which gradually whittled away until taking its first lead, 16-15, on a Braden Bell three-pointer at the 5:21 mark. The lead changed hands twice in the final three-plus minutes of the period, before Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson's (Lansdowne, PA/Monsignor Bonner) lay-up tied the game, 24-24, heading to the locker room at halftime.

Marist scored the first six points of the second half on three-pointers from Matt Herasme and Tyler Sagle, before the Broncs got their footing. Vaughn responded with a bucket and Christian Ings (Philadelphia, PA/Neumann-Goretti) also got inside for two, sparking an 11-0 Rider run. Vaughn's dunk at the 16:01 mark tied the game and his three 30 seconds later gave the Broncs the lead for good. Rider put together another 11-0 run to extend the lead to double-digits with less than nine minutes to play and the advantage continued to swell to as many as 21 on a Jordan three-pointer with 44 seconds remaining.

Quotes & Notes
"I thought Chris Ings really gave us a spark when Stevie went down. I thought Chris really led our team. He did a really good job finding guys out of the blitz of the ball screens, making the extra passes, driving it downhill, playing unlike a freshman. And we shared the ball more. I don't know how many assists we had, but I know it was more than we've had of late. I thought we looked better as a team and we played better as a team." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

"I had a feeling I was getting close [to 1,000 points], but I wasn't really paying mind do it. I just wanted to get a win today, a team win. So that's what was on my mind." – Rider redshirt junior wing Dimencio Vaughn

- Vaughn became the 38^th Rider player all-time to score 1,000 career points. He joins Jordan as current Broncs to achieve the feat, while Frederick Scott (Munster, IN/Simeon [DePaul]) and Tyere Marshall (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King/Putnam Science) are within striking distance with 976 and 974 career points, respectively.
- With his 132^nd win at Rider, Head Coach Kevin Baggett passed Kevin Bannon for third all-time at the school.
- Rider leads the all-time series with Marist, 38-24, including each of the last eight meetings and a regular-season sweep this year.   
- Rider resumes Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action on Friday, when it begins the league's Western New York road trip at Niagara. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. on ESPN+ at the "Taps" Gallagher Center.
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Vaughn's double-double was his fourth of the year, tying Marshall for the team lead. His 13 rebounds matched his career-high, achieved three times in his career, including this past Dec. 14 against LIU.
- After struggling from the floor in the first half (26.7 percent, 8-30), Rider shot 55.2 percent (16-29) in the second half.
- Scott added 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
- Jordan also finished in double figures with 11 points.
- A game after establishing a new season-high with four assists, Ings dished out six assists.
- Rider finished with 17 assists as a team, its most since dishing out 18 assists on Dec. 3 against Bucknell.
- Rider outshot Marist, 40.7 percent (24-59) to 37.7 percent (20-53) for the game, including a 43.5 percent (10-23) to 21.7 percent (5-23) edge from long range.
- The Broncs outrebounded Marist, 45-28, after the Red Foxes became the first team to outrebound Rider, 29-28, on Dec. 16. Rider has now taken an advantage on the glass in 12-of-15 games this season.
- The Broncs took a 20-4 edge in second-chance points.