GAME 14 - Friday, January 10, 2020
Rider University Broncs (8-5, 2-1 MAAC) vs. Iona Gaels (2-7, 0-2 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gymnasium
Tip: 7 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncsTix.com
Live Video – ESPNU
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Live Audio – None
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- RU took its first MAAC loss of the year Tuesday at Quinnipiac.
- Dimencio Vaughn has led the Broncs in scoring in each of the last three games, including a season-high 27 points in a win over Siena on Jan. 5. 
- Iona is 2-7 on the year, including an 0-2 mark in league play, having lost at home to Saint Peter's at the buzzer and falling 73-61 at Monmouth. 
- Iona swept the season series last year en route to its fourth-straight MAAC Tournament Championship and owns a 39-26 lead in the all-time series.
- The Gaels are led by E.J. Crawford at 16.9 points per game, while Tajuan Agee has averaged 14.8 points and a team-leading 7.6 rebounds per game and shooting 55.3 percent. Agee, Asante Gist and Isaiah Washington all have 27 assists on the year, while Gist and Isaiah Ross each average 9.3 points.
- 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 11-of-13 games this season.
- Tyere Marshall has a team-leading four double-doubles this season. 
- Stevie Jordan (530 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.
- Tyere 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. Vaughn (976) needs 24 points, while Scott (957) is 43 points away and Marshall (947) needs 53 more points.
- Eighth-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 131-109 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
- Baggett tied Kevin Bannon for third all-time at Rider with his 131st victory on Jan. 5. Only John Carpenter (292) and Thomas Leyden (187) have more wins.