Women's Basketball
Game 28
Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Rider Broncs (23-4, 16-2 MAAC) vs. Saint Peter's Peacocks (8-19, 5-13 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Alumni Gym)
Tip: 7:00 pm
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Game Notes: Game 28
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- All remaining Rider basketball games in 2019-20 will air on ESPN+ or ESPN3.
 
- The Peacocks enter Thursday's hOURglass showdown with an 8-19 overall record and a 5-13 mark in MAAC play after falling on the road at Quinnipiac last Thursday, 70-69. The Peacocks have lost three straight games and are on the third leg of a three-game road trip. On the road this year, the Peacocks are 3-12. The potent SPU offensive attack is averaging over 70 points per game and the Peacocks are shooting over 32 percent from three-point range as a team. Conversely, Saint Peter's is giving up more than 75 points per game and opponents are shooting better than 42 percent from the field. It is a balanced attach for SPU with four players averaging in double figures. 
 
- Stella Johnson recorded her second career triple-double last time out against Canisius. She has two of the three triple-doubles in program history. Stella is the only player in program history to record a triple-double with points, rebounds and assists. Versus the Golden Griffins on Saturday, Stella had 15 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists.  
 
- Amari Johnson recorded her MAAC-leading 15 double-double of the season last Saturday. Her 15 double-doubles are the most by a Bronc since MyNeshia McKenzie had 19 in 2013-14. Rider is 15-2 this season when a player records a double-double.
 
- Lea Favre tied a career-high with 24 points on Saturday. She also set a new career-high with 12 made field goals. She has scored in double figures in 20 of her last 22 games. This season, Favre is averaging a career-high 12 points per game. Favre is one of three players in the MAAC this season shooting over 50 percent from the field (.520).
 
- With two conference games left in the regular season, Rider is tied atop the league standings at 16-2 with Marist. If both teams win out, the Broncs will clinch the top seed in the MAAC Championship for the first time in program history. Rider owns the tiebreaker thanks to splitting the regular-season series with the Red Foxes and sweeping Fairfield.
 
- Senior guard Stella Johnson became the first player in program history and the eighth player in the history of MAAC women's basketball to score 2,000 career points last Thursday at Quinnipiac.
 
- 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 11th in the poll.
 
- On February 10, Stella Johnson was named one of 10 candidates for the 2020 Nancy Lieberman Award as announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Stella is the only mid-major player on this list that includes players from the BIG 12, AAC, BIG EAST, Big Ten, Pac 12 and SEC.
 
- senior guard Stella Johnson is the only active Division I women's basketball player with 2,000 career points, 700 career rebounds, 400 career assists and 300 career steals. She is also closing in on 100 career blocks with 91 and counting.  
 
- 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.