Women's Basketball
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Rider Broncs (2-3) vs. Lehigh Mountain Hawks (2-5)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Alumni Gym)
Tip: 5:00 p.m.
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
Broadcast: ESPN+
Radio: 107.7 TheBronc
Twitter: @RiderWBB
 
 
What You Need To Know
- Wednesday night's game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
- The Broncs will wear gold laces to continue their annual partnership with Go4theGoal Foundation. Fans can support the Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer® initiative by donating at https://go4thegoal.org/.
 
- Rider went 1-1 at the MAAC/ASUN Challenge, defeating North Florida 76-67 before falling to Eastern Kentucky 85-64. Makayla Firebaugh (Winchester, VA/James Wood) averaged 21.0 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 55.0% from behind the arc to earn
 
- Rider was picked to finish tied for sixth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Broncs return four starters and all but three members of last year's team.
 
- Firebaugh was named Preseason Third-Team All-MAAC. The 2020-21 MAAC Co-Rookie of the Year averaged 11.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per game last season. Her 31 points against Niagara were the most in a single game by any player in the MAAC last season.
 
- The Broncs finished last season 9-21 with a 7-13 MAAC mark.
 
- Rider has made the MAAC Semifinals in five of the last six seasons. The Broncs were named MAAC Champions for 2019-20 for the first time in program history.
 
- Raphaela Toussaint (Kingston, Ontario/Lincoln Prep) led the Broncs with five double-doubles last season. She earned her first double-double of the season against North Florida with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
 
- Amanda Mobley's (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh) seven assists last time out gives her 393 for her career, fourth-most in program history. Next on the list is Stella Johnson '20, who finished with 428.
 
- The Broncs led the MAAC and ranked 42^nd nationally with an average of 4.2 blocks per game last season. Anna Ekerstedt (Varberg, Sweden/Marks Gymnasieskola) averaged 1.50 blocks per contest last season. Even with Ekerstedt sidelined due to injury, Rider blocked nine shots against NJIT.
 
- Nearly two-thirds of Jessika Schiffer's (Iserlohn, Germany/Deutschhaus Gymnasium Würzburg) shots last season (179-277) came from three-point range. 30 of her 45 shots this season have come from deep.
 
- Incoming transfer ToniRenee Blanford (Montclair, NJ/The Patrick School) made her Rider debut in the season opener against NJIT, scoring six points and grabbing four boards.
 
- The Mountain Hawks lead the all-time series 20-10, including last season's 69-44 victory over the Broncs as part of the Christmas City Classic. The Broncs won five of six meetings between 1992 and 1997 before the teams did not meet for 13 years. In the four meetings since 2010, the teams are tied at two wins each.
 
- The Mountain Hawks are 2-5 on the season, including a 67-64 setback against fellow MAAC opponent Quinnipiac last time out. Lehigh is led offensively by Frannie Hottinger and Mackenzie Kramer, who are each averaging 18.7 points on the season. In the meeting last season, the Broncs held Hottinger to just 10 points on 4-for-11 shooting, but Kramer scored 21, including a 5-for-9 mark from behind the arc.