GAME 9 – Monday, December 19, 2022
Rider Broncs (4-4, 1-0 MAAC) vs. Delaware Blue Hens (7-4, 0-0 CAA)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gym
Tip: 7 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
- The Broncs have won three straight against Monmouth and at Mount St. Mary's and Stonehill.
- Dwight Murray, Jr. has scored at least 17 points in all eight games this season, including 30 against Central Arkansas, matching his career high. For the season, he's averaging 19.4 ppg., shooting 43.6 percent from deep. Murray's 2.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game are best on the team, while his 5.3 rebounds are second.
- Mervin James contributed 23 points, 13 rebounds and five assists in a Dec. 7 win at Stonehill. It was his first double-double at Rider and the 10th of his collegiate career. Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson contributed 19 points and nine rebounds.
- Delaware leads the all-time series, 32-30. Rider and Delaware will meet for the first time in nearly a decade. The Blue Hens took the last meeting in the 2012-13 season. However, the Broncs have won seven of the last nine from their former East Coast Conference foe.
- Jameer Nelson, Jr., leads Delaware at 19.5 points, 3.3 assists and 2.1 steals per agme to go along with 4.8 rebounds per game. Jyare Davis (17.1 ppg.) and LJ Owens (11.5 ppg.) also average in double figures, while Christian Ray is Delaware's top rebounder at 10.2 rpg. to go along with 8.3 ppg.
- 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. 
- The Broncs were picked third in the MAAC Preseason Poll. 
- 11th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 165-156 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.
- 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.