Women's Basketball
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Rider Broncs (2-4) vs. Navy Mids (0-8)
Location: Annapolis, MD (Alumni Hall)
Tip: 11:00 a.m.
Live Stats: NavySports.com
Broadcast: ESPN+
Twitter: @RiderWBB
 
 
What You Need To Know
- Saturday Morning's game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
- Last time out, Wednesday, the Broncs fell 81-67 to Lehigh. Rider allowed The Mountain Hawks to shoot 50.8% from the field.
 
- 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 MAAC Player of the Week honors.
 
- 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.
 
- Rider is one of just nine teams in Division I without a true freshman on the roster. They just faced one of the other nine teams at the MAAC/ASUN Challenge when the Broncs battled Eastern Kentucky. The remaining seven teams are Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, CSUN, Gonzaga, Green Bay, Norfolk St, and Valpo. The Broncs are one of just five teams that returns 12 or more players from last season's roster, joining Columbia, Western Michigan, Liberty, and Weber State.
 
- 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) eight assists last time out gives her 401 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. 39 of her 59 shots this season have come from deep. Schiffer scored a season-high 19 points against Lehigh.
 
- 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.
 
- Navy leads the all-time series over the Broncs 6-0. The Broncs were leading 23-22 at the half when the teams met last season, but the Mids scored 51 second-half points to earn the victory. Then-senior Jennifer Coleman finished an assist shy of a triple double in the game last year, finishing with 27 points, 12 rebounds, and nine assists. All six meetings in the all-time series have come since the start of the 2007-08 series.
 
- With the loss of three of their top four scorers from a season ago, the Mids are off to an 0-8 start, including a 68-59 setback at fellow MAAC opponent Mount St. Mary's, and averaging under 60 points per game. Sydne Watts and Maren Louridas lead the team offensively at 17.8 and 14.8 points per game, respectively. Kate Samson is Navy's leading rebounder this season, averaging 5.6 boards per contest.