GAME 22 - Friday, February 7, 2020
Rider University Broncs (12-9, 6-5 MAAC) vs. Canisius Golden Griffins (9-13, 4-7 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gymnasium
Tip: 7 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncsTix.com
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Live Audio – None
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider had a three-game winning streak snapped Sunday at Monmouth. 
- Rider leads the all-time series with Canisius, 36-15. The Golden Griffins have won the last two meetings - 81-80, on a banked three-pointer with 7.9 seconds left by Jonathan Sanks to snap Rider's program-record-tying 17-game home winning streak on Feb. 8, 2019, and a 95-86 win this past Jan. 19 in Buffalo. 
- Canisius is led by Malik Johnson at 13.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.2 steals per game. Majesty Brandon (13.0 ppg.) is close behind, while Scott Hitchon (9.8 ppg.) just misses double figures. Four others average between 7.0 and 9.2 ppg.
- Dimencio Vaughn scored a season-high 28 points on 10-of-11 shooting Feb. 2 at Monmouth, leading to MAAC Player of the Week honors.
- 1.5 games currently separate 1st from 8th place in the MAAC Standings. 
- Defending home court has been the norm in league play this season, as 10 of 11 teams have a .500 or better winning percentage at home in league play, including a 34-7 mark by the top eight teams in the standings.
- Rider shot nearly 70 percent in the second half against Fairfield to turn a three-point halftime deficit into a 16-point win on Jan. 31.
- Frederick Scott became the 40th Rider player all-time and the fourth current Bronc to score 1,000 career points on Jan. 24 vs. Saint Peter's. Stevie Jordan, Dimencio Vaughn and Tyere Marshall also have 1,000 career points, making Rider one of two programs in Division I to have four 1,000-point scorers, and the only team to have all four score all 1,000 points for a single team.
- 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.
- Tyere Marshall scored a career-high 31 points, including the 1,000th of his career, on Jan. 19 at Canisius.
- Jordan (564 assists, 177 steals) ranks 3rd at Rider in both categories.
- Eighth-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 135-113 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.