LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Dimencio Vaughn (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School) led the Rider University men's basketball team with 20 points, a career-high nine assists and seven rebounds as the Broncs led wire-to-wire in a 79-63 win over Quinnipiac Sunday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium. With the win, the Broncs improve to 15-10 (9-6 MAAC), while the Bobcats dip to 11-13 (6-8 MAAC).

Rider outscored Quinnipiac, 9-1, to open the game and added another 13-0 run to build an early 26-9 lead. Vaughn made his first four shots of the game for 10 points in the span. The lead swelled to 31-13 on a Christian Ings (Philadelphia, PA/Neumann-Goretti) fast-break dunk at the 6:54 mark and Stevie Jordan (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan/API) also got ahead of the pack to make it a 21-point lead, 34-14 at the 6:11 mark. The Bobcats countered with an 11-0 run to end the half, cutting the Broncs' lead to single digits, 36-27.

Willy Nuñez, Jr. (Orlando, FL/Oak Ridge [Florida International]) knocked down a three to open the second-half scoring and the Broncs maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the way. Rider's lead swelled to as many as 22 points on an Ings three-pointer at the 12:25 mark.

Quotes & Notes
"Good defensive effort, start to finish. I know you guys want to talk to me about a dunk, but I don't care about a dunk. I care about getting stops, which I thought we did a really good job of. We held Rigoni to three points. Kelly had 17, but we did a good job. That was our focus – to make sure for 40 minutes we defended and we paid all of our attention and energy on that end of the court, not worrying about offense." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

- Rider leads the all-time series with Quinnipiac, 13-4, including a 7-0 mark at Alumni Gym.
- Rider led from wire-to-wire for the fourth time this season. In each of the Broncs last three games, the winning team has led throughout (win vs. Niagara, loss at Siena, win vs. Quinnipiac).
- The Broncs are 9-1 overall at Alumni Gym this season, including a 7-1 mark in league play.
- With Sunday's results around the MAAC, Rider sits in third in the league standings. Saint Peter's leads the pack at 10-5, a game ahead of Siena (9-5) in the win column. Monmouth (8-6) is a game back of Rider in the loss column. Manhattan, Iona and Niagara are tied for fifth at 7-7.
- Home teams were 5-0 on the day in MAAC play. The top 10 teams in the league all have .500 or better records at home in league play for a 48-17 (.738) combined record. Adding in the only sub-.500 team at home in league play (Canisius at 3-4), the league is a combined 51-21 (.708) at home against conference foes.
- Conversely, just one team in the league has as good as a .500 record on the road in league play (Iona, 3-3).
- The Broncs return to action Friday, when they travel to Iona. Tip-off from Hynes Athletic Center is scheduled for 7 p.m. on ESPN3.
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Vaughn's previous career high in assists was five, accomplished four times.
- Tyere Marshall (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King/Putnam Science) grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds, edging the nation's leading rebounder, Kevin Marfo (15 rebounds today, 13.3 rpg. for the season). He also scored nine points.
- With his 16 rebounds, Marshall jumped two spots on Rider's all-time rebounding list. With his 720 career boards, he passed Mario Porter (706) and Randy Getchis (719).
- Frederick Scott (Munster, IN/Simeon [DePaul]) added 14 points, while Jordan also finished in double-figures with 10 points to go along with seven rebounds, four assists and two steals.
- Jordan continues his climb up the Broncs' all-time assists (577, 2^nd) and steals (182, 3^rd) charts. Only Deon Hames (598 assists, 187 steals) and Ryan Thompson (188 steals) currently stand above him.  
- Nuñez, Jr. narrowly missed out on double figures with nine points, while Tyrei Randall (Aurora, CO/St. Thomas More) added eight points.
- All nine Rider players who logged minutes scored at least one field goal.
- Rider outshot Quinnipiac, 47.0 percent (31-66) to 34.3 percent (23-67), including a 33.3 percent (9-27) to 21.6 percent (8-37) edge from long range.
- The Broncs significantly improved its three-point defense from its first match-up with Quinnipiac on Jan. 7, when the Bobcats hit 13-of-28 attempts (.464). Jacob Rigoni hit his first seven attempts from long range in the first meeting and 7-of-8 for the game. He went 0-for-3 today.
- Rider outrebounded Quinnipiac, 46-40, marking the 19^th time in 25 games that the Broncs have outrebounded the opposition.
- The Broncs outscored Quinnipiac, 16-2 on fast breaks, 36-26 in the paint, 12-7 off turnovers, 6-1 on second chances and 17-11 from their reserves.