Women's Basketball
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Rider Broncs (6-17, 3-11 MAAC) vs. Manhattan Jaspers (9-14, 6-8 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Alumni Gym)
Tip: 1:00 p.m.
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
Broadcast: ESPN3
Live Audio: 107.7 TheBronc
Twitter: @RiderWBB
 
 
What You Need To Know
- Sunday afternoon's game will be broadcast on ESPN3.
 
- Sunday's game will be the first of a four-game home stand for the Broncs.
 
- Prior to the game, there will be a free all-sports clinic with Rider's female student-athletes and coaches as well as the cheer and dance teams for girls ages 5-17. The clinic will run from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. on campus in Alumni Gym, the basketball practice facility and the Student Recreation Center (SRC).
 
- Last time out, Makayla Firebaugh (Winchester, VA/James Wood) scored 23 points as the Broncs pulled out a 60-54 road victory on the road at Marist. The game was the final game of a four-game road swing.
 
- Amanda Mobley (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh) currently leads the MAAC and ranks 15^th nationally at 5.9 assists per game. She set her career-high with 12 assists at Canisius, then tied that mark against Saint Peter's.
 
- Rider went 1-1 at the MAAC/ASUN Challenge, defeating North Florida 76-67 before falling to Eastern Kentucky 85-64. Firebaugh averaged 21.0 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 55.0% from behind the arc to earn MAAC Player of the Week honors.
 
- At the MAAC/ASUN Challenge, Maya Hyacienth (Nottingham, United Kingdom/City of London Academy) drained six threes across the pair of games. She has 12 triples on the season.
 
- 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, posted 10 points and 10 rebounds against Fairfield for her second, and added 12 points and 10 rebounds for her third at Marist.
 
- Nearly two-thirds of Jessika Schiffer's (Iserlohn, Germany/Deutschhaus Gymnasium Würzburg) shots last season (179-277) came from three-point range. 132 of her 197 shots this season have come from deep. Schiffer scored a season-high 19 points against Lehigh.
 
- ToniRenee Blanford (Montclair, NJ/The Patrick School[Union College]) scored a season-high 11 points and added a season-high eight rebounds at Seton Hall.
 
- Manhattan leads the all-time series over the Broncs, 34-20, including both games last season, beginning with the Jaspers erasing a 23-point deficit in Riverdale to top the Broncs, led by a 31-point fourth quarter. In the return game in Alumni Gym, Rider led 40-35 through three quarters, but the Jaspers out-scored Rider 21-9 in the final frame for another come-from-behind victory.
 
- Manhattan is 9-14 on the year, including a 6-8 mark in league play. Offensively, the Jaspers are led by MAAC Preseason Player of the Year, Dee Dee Davis. Davis sits sixth in the MAAC at 14.2 points per game, second in the MAAC at 7.9 rebounds per game, and 10th in the league at 3.0 assists per contest.