GAME 2 - Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Rider Broncs (0-1) vs. St. John's Red Storm (4-1)
Location: Queens, NY – Carnesecca Arena
Tip: 7 p.m.
Live Video – CBS Sports Network (Registration and Cable Subscription Required)
Live Stats – RedStormSports.com
Live Audio – 107.7 The Bronc
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider gets one more non-conference tune-up when it faces St. John's on the road Tuesday night. The Broncs fell in their season opener at Syracuse Saturday.
- Dwight Murray, Jr. highlighted the Broncs' season opener with 20 points, six rebounds, six assists and three steals in his Rider debut.
- Christian Ings (9), Allen Powell (8) and Rodney Henderson (8) also made strong scoring contributions, while Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson grabbed a career-high eight rebounds.
- St. John's leads the all-time series with the Broncs, 11-0. However, the two teams have met just once since the 1950-51 season, a 79-69 Red Storm victory in the ECAC Festival at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 29, 1995.
- St. John's is 4-1 so far this season with wins over Saint Peter's, La Salle, Boston College and Stony Brook, while its only loss came to BYU. Julian Champagnie has paced the Red Storm offense at 23.3 points per game, while Greg Williams, Jr. (13.4 ppg.), Vince Cole (11.2 ppg.), Posh Alexander (10.4 ppg.) and Isaih Moore (10.2 ppg.) also average in double figures. Moore's 6.4 rebounds per game are a team-high, just ahead of Champagnie's 6.0 rpg. Alexander has dished out 4.4 assists per game.  
- Rider returned just four letterwinners from last year's team that finished 18-12 and was the No. 3 seed in the MAAC Tournament before it was cancelled.
- The Broncs are tasked with replacing 87.6% of its scoring from a year ago, second most in the nation behind only Kentucky (94.0%).
- Rider gained the immediate services of two Division I transfers in Rodney "Rocket" Henderson, Jr. and Dwight Murray, Jr., who transferred from Cal St. Northridge and Incarnate Word, respectively.
- Ninth-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 141-117 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
- Only John Carpenter (292) and Thomas Leyden (187) have more wins at Rider than Baggett.
- 107.7 The Bronc will broadcast the game live, with Tom Trimarco and Demara Barnes on the call.