GAME 6 – Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Rider Broncs (1-4) vs. Monmouth Hawks (0-7)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gym
Tip: 8 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncs.com
Live Video – ESPN+
Live Audio – 107.7 The Bronc Retro
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider has fallen in three straight - a pair of losses in Ireland to Stetson and Central Arkansas (Nov. 18-19), before Rutgers defeated the Broncs on Nov. 22.
- Rider Athletics will recognize its three teams that won conference championships in the last calendar year in men's golf, men's swimming & diving and field hockey. Multiple Broncs will also be recognized as major award winners during the halftime ceremony.
- Dwight Murray, Jr. has scored at least 17 points in all five games this season, including 30 against Central Arkansas, matching his career high. For the season, he's averaging 19.8 ppg., shooting 45.5 percent from deep. Murray's 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game are best on the team and his 5.0 rebounds are second.
- Rider leads the all-time series with Monmouth, 32-27. The teams split a pair of regular-season meetings last season, before Monmouth edged the Broncs, 72-68, in the MAAC Semifinals. Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett is 10-12 against King Rice's Monmouth teams since taking over in 2012-13.   
- Monmouth lost four of five starters from last year's team and the lone returner, Jarvis Vaughan, has yet to play this season due to injury. Myles Foster has led the way with 12.6 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, while Jack Collins also averages in double figures with 10.4 ppg. to go along with 2.1 steals per game. Tahron Allen (7.7 ppg.) and Klemen Vuga (7.3 ppg., 5.6 rpg.) have also made strong contributions, while Myles Ruth leads the Hawks at 2.7 assists per game.
- Rider returned four starters and 74 percent of its scoring from a year ago, including Preseason All-MAAC First Team selection Dwight Murray, Jr. and All-MAAC Third Team selections Mervin James and Allen Powell.
- The Broncs reached the MAAC Semifinals for the first time in a decade last season, knocking off top-seeded Iona on a Murray floater with seven seconds remaining in the MAAC Quarterfinals.
- Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson is back for his fifth year in Lawrenceville. Having already played 111 games for the Broncs, a healthy year would allow him to surpass Mike Ringgold's Rider-record 133 career games played. However, visa issues prevented him from playing the two games in Ireland.
- The Broncs were picked third in the MAAC Preseason Poll.
- 11th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 162-156 record.
- Only John Carpenter (292) and Thomas Leyden (187) have more wins at Rider.
- Listen to all Rider men's and women's home games this season, along with select road games, on 107.7 The Bronc Retro WRRC2. Tune in online at 1077TheBronc.com, or download our free Google Play, Apple, Alexa, Audacy and MyTuner apps and skills. Search and download: WRRC2.