Women's Basketball
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Rider Broncs (2-2) vs. La Salle Explorers (2-2)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Alumni Gym)
Tip: 7:00 pm
Live Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
Live Audio: 107.7 The Bronc
Twitter: @RiderWBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Tuesday's game will be streamed live on ESPN+ and the live radio broadcast will be available on 107.7 The Bronc.
 
- The Broncs are 2-0 this season at Alumni Gym, topping Merrimack 61-47 and Boston University, 58-55, last time out.
 
- Rider was picked to finish tenth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Broncs return just two starters and only five members of last year's team.
 
- Makayla Firebaugh (Winchester, VA/James Wood) was named Preseason Second-Team All-MAAC. The 2020-21 MAAC Co-Rookie of the Year averaged 14.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game last season. She scored 42 points across two games at the MAAC/ASUN Dublin Challenge to earn MAAC Player of the Week honors last year. In Rider's win over Merrimack, Firebaugh scored a game-high 19 points.
 
- The Broncs finished last season 10-21 with a 6-14 MAAC mark. The Broncs defeated Marist in the opening round of the MAAC Tournament.
 
- Rider has made the MAAC Semifinals in five of the last seven seasons. The Broncs were named MAAC Champions for 2019-20 for the first time in program history.
 
- Nearly two-thirds of Jessika Schiffer's (Iserlohn, Germany/Deutschhaus Gymnasium Würzburg) shots at Rider (381-567) have come from three-point range. Her six made threes against Quinnipiac in 2021-22 are tied for the fifth-most in a game in program history.
 
- Sofie Bruintjes (Zwolle, The Netherlands/CTO Amsterdam) made her first two career starts in the MAAC Tournament last season. She responded with six points, six rebounds, and two blocks in the win over Marist. In Rider's win over BU, Bruintjes hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 3.3 seconds remaining.
 
- Molly Lynch (Sea Girt, NJ/Rutgers Prep) made her first start last season at Fairfield going two-for-two from behind the arc, and playing a career-high 32 minutes.
 
- Taylor Langan (Lake Hopatcong, NJ/Jefferson Township[Millersville/Colgate]) missed the season opener due to injury. Langan made up for lost time in her Rider debut against Merrimack, scoring 16 points, grabbing eight rebounds, and nabbing four steals. The graduate student has eight rebounds in all three games she has played this season.
 
- Kaylan Deveney (Medford, NJ/Life Center Academy) made the start in her Rider debut Tuesday at Saint Joseph's, scoring seven points and grabbing a board in 21 minutes of action. Deveney is the first true freshman to start in her Rider debut since Stella Johnson earned the start to begin her career in 2016. The freshman led Rider with 13 points at NJIT.
 
- La Salle leads the all-time series 10-3, including a great match-up the last time these teams met in November of 2021. Rider erased an 18-point halftime deficit to force overtime, but La Salle opened the extra five minutes with a 15-2 run that secured the victory. Lenaejha Evans scored a then career-high 20 points, including 18 in the second half and overtime of that game.
 
- The Explorers are off to a 2-2 start with wins over Coppin State and American and losses to Maine and Drexel. The Explorers have averaged 67.5 points in their two wins and just 47.0 points in their two losses. Nicole Melious and Aryss Macktoon are the lone Explorers averaging double digits at 13.3 and 10.8 points per game, respectively.