GAME 28 - Friday, February 28, 2020
Rider University Broncs (15-12, 9-8 MAAC) vs. Monmouth Hawks (16-11, 10-6 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gymnasium
Tip: 9 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncsTix.com
Live Video – ESPNU
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Live Audio – None
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider has fallen in its last two at Iona and Saint Peter's.
- Monmouth has won its last two - an overtime win at Marist and an 89-78 victory at home over Quinnipiac. 
- RU leads the all-time series with Monmouth, 30-23. Monmouth won this season's first meeting on Feb. 2 in West Long Branch and Rider is looking to split the season series with the Hawks for the fourth-straight year.
- Monmouth features one of the league's top backcourt duos in Deion Hammond (15.7 ppg.) and Ray Salnave (14.4 ppg., 3.1 apg.). George Papas (8.7 ppg.) scored 21 points in the first meeting, beginning a seven-game stretch in which he's averaged 13.9 ppg. Mustapha Traore (7.1 ppg., 5.4 rpg.) has also made a strong contribution, while Samuel Chaput has dished out a team-best 3.3 apg.
- Dimencio Vaughn led the Broncs with 24 points, eight rebounds, four steals and three blocks in defeat at league-leading Saint Peter's on Feb. 23.
- Tyere Marshall posted his team-leading fifth double-double of the year at Iona on Feb. 21 with 22 points and 14 rebounds. 
- Rider is the MAAC's most veteran squad, with its most-experienced combination of players accounting for 522 games played and 381 games started. Monmouth is second at 520 games played and 320 starts.
- 1.5 games currently separates 4th from 9th place in the MAAC Standings. 
- Defending home court has been the norm in league play this season. The top 10 teams in the league all have .500 or better records at home in league play for a 59-23 (.720) combined record. Adding in the remaining team, the league is a combined 62-27 (.697) at home against conference foes.
- Rider is just the third NCAA Division I team in the last five years to have four 1,000-point scorers with all 1,000-points scored at a single school.
- Stevie Jordan currently ranks second all-time in assists (585) and third in steals (184) at Rider. The Rider records are 598 assists and 188 steals.
- Eighth-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 138-116 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.