GAME 7 – Saturday, December 3, 2022
Rider Broncs (2-4, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (4-4, 1-0 MAAC)
Location: Emmitsburg, MD – Knott Arena
Tip: 4 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Stats – MountAthletics.com
Twitter – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider shot a season-high 57.7 percent (30-52) to snap a three-game losing skid with an 88-62 win over Monmouth on Nov. 30. Dwight Murray, Jr. and Mervin James scored 17 points apiece. 
- Murray has scored at least 17 points in all six games this season, including 30 against Central Arkansas, matching his career high. For the season, he's averaging 19.3 ppg., shooting 42.3 percent from deep. Murray's 2.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game are best on the team and his 4.8 rebounds are second.
- Rider leads the all-time series with Mount St. Mary's, 13-12. The Broncs and Mountaineers played 13 times in the Broncs' five seasons in the NEC, including nine times over their last three seasons in the conference from 1994-95 through 1996-97.  
- The Mount is led by Jalen Benjamin at 19.1 points and 5.3 assists per game, while shooting 42.2 percent from long range. Dakota Leffew has added 13.0 ppg., while Malik Jefferson is the Mountaineers top interior presence at 9.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, while shooting 63.2 percent. George Tinsley has also contributed 6.4 points and 6.3 rebounds 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.
- The Broncs were picked third in the MAAC Preseason Poll.
- 11th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 163-156 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.
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