Women's Basketball
Game 20
Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Rider Broncs (17-2, 10-0 MAAC) at Saint Peter's Peacocks (5-14, 2-8 MAAC)
Location: Jersey City, NJ (Yanitelli Center)
Tip: 7:00 pm
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
Live Video: ESPN3
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Twitter: @RiderWBB
Game Notes: Game 20
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- All remaining Rider basketball games in 2019-20 will air on ESPN+ or ESPN3.
 
- The Peacocks enter Thursday evening's contest with a 5-14 overall record and a 2-8 mark in MAAC play after falling on the road to Manhattan, 68-64, on Saturday. Saint Peter's has dropped back-to-back games and seven on its last eight games. Entering the week, the Peacocks rank second in the MAAC in scoring offense at 73.2 points per game. The potent SPU offensive attack sees four-players averaging in double figures. Talah Thornton paces the Peacock attack with over 14 points per game, while Kendrea Williams, Gabrielle Harris and Briyanah Richardson are all scoring over 10 points per game as well.
 
- Saint Peter's leads the all-time series with Rider, 44-23. However, the Broncs have had the edge of late, winning eight straight meetings. Last year, Rider swept the regular-season series with SPU, winning each game by at least 20 points. Under Lynn Milligan, Rider is 17-11 versus the Peacocks. The 17 wins are her most against any MAAC opponent.
 
- Last time out, a strong defensive effort propelled Rider past hOURglass rival Monmouth, 48-25, on Saturday afternoon. Rider held Monmouth to just over 15 percent (8-of-52) shooting in the game en route to a dominate win. The Broncs forced 16 Hawk turnovers and surrendered just one made basket in both the second and fourth quarters. Rider broke open up a nine-point halftime lead thanks to outscoring Monmouth, 17-5, in the third frame.
 
- Last week, Lynn Milligan became just the second coach in program history to earn 160 wins at the helm of the program. Milligan enters Thursday with 161 wins as Rider's Head Coach. The program record for wins by a Head Coach is 162 by Eldon Price.
 
- Rider is 17-2 for the first time joining Division I prior to the 1982-83 season. The previous-best 19-game start to a season for the Broncs was in 2016-17 when the squad started 13-6. 
 
- Rider is in the midst of a 14-game winning streak. The 14-game winning streak is a program-record for consecutive wins. Entering the week, Rider is one of four Division I teams with a winning streak of at least 14 games. 
 
- Rider has started MAAC play 10-0 for first time in program history. The previous best nine-game start to MAAC play was 8-2 which the team did in 2018-19. Dating back to last season, the Broncs have won 13 straight regular-season MAAC contests.
 
- 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.