FAIRFIELD, CT – Despite a career-high 19 points from Amanda Mobley (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh) the Rider University women's basketball team fell 62-49 Saturday afternoon at Fairfield. The Broncs fall to 5-17 on the season, and 2-11 in MAAC play. The Stags improve to 13-9 on the year, and 9-4 in league play.
 
Both sides struggled in the opening quarter offensively combining to go 7-for-26, but the Stags came out of the quarter with an 8-6 advantage. Victoria Toomey (Dunmore, PA/Dunmore) had four of Rider's six points in the quarter.
 
Leading 10-8, the Stags used a 7-2 run to build a lead. But threes from Molly Lynch (Sea Girt, NJ/Rutgers Prep), Jessika Schiffer (Iserlohn, Germany/Deutschhaus Gymnasium Würzburg[Buffalo]), and Mobley put Rider in front 19-17. The teams would go into the locker room tied at 24-24.
 
A steal and subsequent layup by Mobley gave Rider a 28-27 lead early in the third, but the Stags responded with a 17-1 run to go up 44-29. Fairfield would lead 47-32 after three.
 
Fairfield would grow the lead as large as 21 at 59-38. Rider would close out the game on a 9-2 run, capped by back-to-back baskets from Emily Strunk (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Quotes & Notes
"We needed a couple big buckets that we just didn't get. You take away that run and I thought we did a pretty good job. Our small lineup that was all over the place and really trying to shake things up did a good job with that."
 
"Raphie was a late game scratch and when we knew that, everyone was on the same page. We knew we were going effort, and playing Molly allowed us to move Amanda off the ball a little bit."
 
"We want to be playing our best basketball at the end of February. We need to understand what we did well and what we need to improve on. We have to make sure we see what we're doing and keep our eye on the prize." – Head Coach Lynn Milligan
 
"The threes were late in the shot clock, and other than that we were just trying to push the ball more today."
 
"We've been working defensively in practice and it has definitely shown in our last two games."
 
"Anytime I'm mentioned with Stella it's obviously crazy because she was and will be the best player ever at Rider, so I'm in good company." – Graduate Guard Amanda Mobley
 
- Fairfield takes its sixth-straight over the Broncs and leads the all-time series 45-13.
- Mobley scored a career-high 19 points to lead the Broncs, her seventh game in double figures this season.
- Mobley also played in her 127^th career game, moving her past Stella Johnson '20 for most career games played in program history.
- Lynch made her first career start.
 

Broncs By The Numbers
- Rider shot 41.3% (19-46) from the field, and 33.3% (6-18) from three. The Stags shot 46.4% (26-56) from the floor, and were 31.6% (6-19) from behind the arc.
- Fairfield had a 34-26 edge on the glass, with a 10-4 advantage in offensive rebounds. Mobley and Lynch each had four boards to lead Rider.
- The Broncs had 12 assists on their 19 made baskets, led by three each from Lynch and Makayla Firebaugh (Winchester, VA/James Wood).
 
Up Next
- Rider is back in action Thursday, when the Broncs road trip concludes at Marist. Game time is set for 7 p.m.