Women's Basketball
Saturday, February 18, 2023
Rider Broncs (7-18, 4-12 MAAC) vs. Quinnipiac Bobcats (18-7, 13-3 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Alumni Gym)
Tip: 7:00 p.m.
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
Broadcast: ESPN3
Live Audio: 107.7 TheBronc
Twitter: @RiderWBB
 
 
What You Need To Know
- Saturday night's game will be broadcast on ESPN3.
 
- Saturday's game will be the third of a four-game home stand for the Broncs.
 
- Rider is taking part in the Rising Coaches inclusion game initiative. The coaches will be wearing black. This inaugural nationwide campaign serves as a reminder that sports can be used as a platform to highlight important societal issues in both our communities and nationwide.
 
- Last time out, Raphaela Toussaint (Kingston, Ontario/Lincoln Prep) recorded a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds and Victoria Toomey (Dunmore, PA/Dunmore) tied a career-high with five assists as the Broncs topped Saint Peter's 63-53.
 
- Amanda Mobley (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh) currently leads the MAAC and ranks 13^th nationally at 6.1 assists per game. She set her career-high and Rider Division-I record with 13 assists against Manhattan.
 
- 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.
 
- 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.
 
- Toussaint 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. She got her team-leading fourth double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds against Saint Peter's.
 
- Nearly two-thirds of Jessika Schiffer's (Iserlohn, Germany/Deutschhaus Gymnasium Würzburg) shots last season (179-277) came from three-point range. 142 of her 209 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.
 
- The Bobcats won the meeting earlier this season, 59-42, their third straight over the Broncs and extended their lead in the all-time series to 19-4. Toussaint narrowly missed a double-double in the first meeting, finishing with 10 points and nine rebounds.
 
- The Bobcats sit second in the MAAC standings, at 13-3 in the MAAC and 18-7 overall. The Bobcats do not have a player in the top 20 in the MAAC in scoring this season, but Cur'Tiera Haywood, Mikala Morris, and Jackie Grisdale, lead a balanced scoring effort all ranking in the top 25 at 10.6, 10.5, and 10.3 points per game.