Women's Basketball
Game 21
Pink Game in honor of Cathy Carter-Romero
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Rider Broncs (17-3, 10-1 MAAC) vs. Marist Red Foxes (17-4, 10-2 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Alumni Gymnasium)
Tip: 7:00 pm
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
Live Video: ESPN3
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Tickets: GoBroncsTix.com
Twitter: @RiderWBB
Game Notes: Game 21
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- All remaining Rider basketball games in 2019-20 will air on ESPN+ or ESPN3.
 
- This year's Pink Game will be played in honor of a former Rider University employee Cathy Carter-Romero. She was the Director of Creative Services with the Office of Marketing at Rider, and lost her battle with cancer in 2015. Money raised during the game will benefit the Cathy Carter-Romero Endowed Scholarship Fund.
 
- The game is presented by RAI and the first 100 fans to the game will receive a free t-shirt.
 
- The Red Foxes enter Tuesday evening's contest with a 17-4 overall record and a 10-2 mark in MAAC play after defeating Manhattan, 74-53, on Saturday afternoon. Marist has won three straight games and six of its last seven tilts overall. As a team, the Red Foxes lead the MAAC in scoring offense (73.5 PPG), scoring margin (+11.8), field-goal percentage (.480), three-point field-goal percentage (.372), made three-pointers per game (8.1), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.49) and assists per game (20.0). Marist ranks in the top-six in the nation in assists, assists per game, assist-to-turnover ratio and field-goal percentage. It is a three-headed attack for Marist with Alana Gilmer, Rebekah Hand and Grace Vander Weide all averaging in double figures. The trio accounts for over 62 percent of Marist's offensive output.
 
- Rider topped Marist, 76-72, in overtime in Poughkeepsie in mid-January. It was just the second home loss for the Red Foxes this season. In the game, Stella Johnson scored a game-high 28 points and Lea Favre added 24 for the guests. Rider held the potent Marist offensive attack scoreless for the final 90 seconds of overtime to overcome a late three-point deficit. The Broncs ended the game on a 7-0 run.
 
- Last time out, Rider fell on the road to hOURglass rival Saint Peter's, 67-56, last Thursday. The Broncs never led in the contest as Rider shot just 15 percent (2-of-13) in the opening quarter. Foul trouble hurt the guests early as Rider had three players pick up two fouls each in the early minutes.
- Rider is 9-0 at home this season. The Broncs have won their first nine home games for the first time since the 1992-93 campaign. The team has never started a season 10-0 at home.
 
- Rider is 17-3 for the first time joining Division I prior to the 1982-83 season. The previous-best 20-game start to a season for the Broncs was in 2016-17 when the squad started 14-6. Rider also started 14-6 in both 1993-94 and 1981-82.   
 
- Rider has started MAAC play 10-1 for first time in program history. The previous best 11-game start to MAAC play was 9-2 which the team did in 2018-19. The Broncs have now won 10 or more conference games for the fourth season in a row. It is the first time the team has strung together four seasons of at least 10 MAAC wins.  
 
- Stella Johnson recorded her sixth double-double of the season last time out at Saint Peter's. She scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. All six of her double-doubles have come in conference play this season. She also added four assists and two steals versus the Peacocks.
 
- Following the 64-57 win over Xavier in mid-November, Rider moved into CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 Poll. The Broncs are currently ranked seventh in the poll. The seventh ranking is the highest-ever for Rider in the poll.
 
- On November 26, Stella Johnson was named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's National Player of the Week. It marked the first time in program history that a Bronc was named the USBWA National Player of the Week and also the first time a player from the MAAC picked up the weekly accolade as well. Stella is one of just two active players in all of Division I, along with Princeton's Bella Alarie, to be have earned both USBWA National Player of the Week and USBWA National Freshman of the Week honors in their careers.
 
- Senior guard Stella Johnson set a single-game program record with 41 points in the victory over Lipscomb on November 22. The previous record for points in game by a Bronc was 37 by both MyNeshia McKenzie and Nancy Carroll. She was the first player in the MAAC to score over 40 points since Victoria Rampado had 41 against Siena in January of 2018.
 
- Stella Johnson became the first player in program history to earn MAAC Preseason Player of the Year honors. Stella was also a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-MAAC First Team. Two other Broncs picked up preseason accolades as senior Amari Johnson landed on the Preseason All-MAAC Second Team and classmate Lea Favre earned Preseason All-MAAC Third Team distinction.  
 
- Senior Stella Johnson was named to the Women's Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on November 6th. Johnson is one of 50 players in the nation and just two players from mid-major programs to earn a spot on the list. In late October, Johnson was also named one of 20 watch-list candidates for the 2020 Nancy Lieberman Award as announced by The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). She was also named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List by the USBWA on December 5.