GAME 9 – Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Rider Broncs (3-5) vs. Ole Miss Rebels (4-2)
Location: Oxford, MS – The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss
Tip: 7:30 p.m. (ET)/6:30 p.m. (CT)
Live Video – SECNetwork+
Live Stats – OleMissSports.com
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider returns to action for its sixth-straight game away from home following road games at Bucknell and Buffalo, two games at the Cancun Challenge and another true road game at South Carolina.
- The Broncs pushed South Carolina, leading the Gamecocks for most of the first 28 minutes, before falling, 65-58.
- Dwight Murray, Jr. stands just 12 points shy of 1,000 for his collegiate career.
- Rider has never met Ole Miss on the hardwood.
- Tuesday's game marks Dimencio Vaughn's return to Oxford. Vaughn played four seasons at Rider before leaving for Ole Miss as a grad transfer in 2020-21. He then returned to Rider for his final year of eligibility this year.
- Jarkel Joiner leads Ole Miss at 15.0 points per game, while Jaemyn Brakefield also averages in double figures (10.2 ppg.). Nysier Brooks has chipped in with 8.8 ppg. and a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game. Luis Rodriguez (8.0 ppg.), Tye Fagan (7.8 ppg.) and Austin Crowley (7.5 ppg., 4.3 apg.) have also contributed.
- Mervin James was named to the Cancun Challenge All-Tournament Team after scoring 23 points against Bucknell. Dwight Murray, Jr. also added a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds to go along with six assists in the win.
- A Preseason All-MAAC First Team honoree, Murray has scored in double figures in all seven games this season for the Broncs.
- 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.
- 10th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 150-138 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.