GAME 12 - Sunday, January 5, 2020
Rider University Broncs (7-4, 1-0 MAAC) vs. Siena Saints (6-5, 2-0 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gymnasium
Tip: 2 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncsTix.com
Live Video – ESPN+
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Live Audio – None
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- After winning five straight, RU has lost its last two at Temple and Wisconsin.  
- RU had beaten Columbia, Vermont, Bucknell, LIU and Marist consecutively.
- Siena opened league play with wins over Canisius and Monmouth.
- 2019 MAAC Rookie of the Year and 2020 Preseason MAAC Player of the Year Jalen Pickett leads the Saints at 16.4 points, 4.0 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. Notre Dame graduate transfer Elijah Burns has efficiently contributed 15.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, shooting 60.4 percent from the floor and 80.8 percent from the free-throw line. Donald Carey (14.4 ppg.) and Manny Camper (12.5 ppg.) also average in double figures, while Camper leads the Saints and is second in the MAAC at 11.7 rebounds per game.
- Rider and Siena are meeting for the 51st time, with the Saints holding a 33-17 lead in the series, including a pair of wins last season.
- Rider connected on 37-of-48 free-throw attempts against Marist. The 48 attempts are tied for most by a Rider team since Feb. 26, 1999 (50 vs. Manhattan).
- Rider has outrebounded its opponent in 9-of-11 games this season.
- The Broncs saw three players post double-doubles in the same game for the first time since Jan. 30, 1996 in Rider's Dec. 14 win over LIU.
- Rider had six players in double-figures scoring for the third time in less than a calendar year on Dec. 3 vs. Bucknell. 
- Tyere Marshall has a team-leading four double-doubles this season. 
- Stevie Jordan (525 assists) moved into 3rd all-time at Rider on Nov. 20 at UMass.
- Jordan projects to be the Broncs' all-time leader in assists (598) and steals (188).
- Rider was picked to finish second in the MAAC after finishing tied for second in the regular season standings a year ago.
- Marshall, Frederick Scott and Dimencio Vaughn are all on pace to score their 1,000th point this season, and would join senior Stevie Jordan as the 38th, 39th and 40th Broncs to score 1,000 career points.
- Eighth-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 130-108 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.