GAME 4 – Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Rider Broncs (2-1) vs. Bucknell Bison (0-2)
Location: Lewisburg, PA – Sojka Pavilion
Tip: 7 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncsTix.com
Live Video – ESPN+
Live Audio – 107.7 The Bronc Retro
Live Stats – BucknellBison.com
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB

What You Need To Know
- Rider travels to Bucknell Wednesday on ESPN+.
- The Broncs have won two straight over Coppin State and Delaware State.
- Jeremiah Pope led four Broncs in double figures with 14 points off the bench in the win over the Hornets.
- Dimencio Vaughn led Rider with 23 points and nine rebounds in the Broncs' win over Coppin State on Nov. 12. 
- Bucknell is 0-2 with losses at North Carolina State and at home to Penn.
- Andrew Funk leads Bucknell at 23.0 points per game. The next-closest scorer is Xander Rice at 10.0 ppg. to go along with 5.0 assists per game. Jake van der Heijden (8.0 ppg.), Elvin Edmonds IV (7.5 ppg.), Josh Adoh (7.0 ppg.) and Andre Screen (7.0 ppg.) are next for the Bison, with Screen averaging a team-best 8.5 rebounds per game.
- Rider defeated Bucknell in the first meeting since 2005-06, 89-69 on Dec. 3, 2019 in Lawrenceville. The Bison lead the all-time series, 30-25. The two teams were Middle Atlantic Conference and East Coast Conference foes from the mid-1960's into the early 1990's.
- Dwight Murray, Jr. and Dimencio Vaughn were named to the Preseason All-MAAC First and Second Teams, respectively.
- The Broncs were picked fifth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll a year after finishing 11th of 11 teams in 2020-21.
- Rider added DI transfers Sedrick Altman (Pepperdine) and Mervin James (North Alabama) this season. Altman was a starter and WCC All-Freshman Team pick, while James earned All-ASUN Second Team honors last season.
- 10th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 149-134 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.