Women's Basketball
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Rider Broncs (8-19, 5-13 MAAC) vs. Manhattan Jaspers (12-16, 9-10 MAAC)
Location: Riverdale, NY (Draddy Gym)
Tip: 7:00 p.m.
Live Stats: GoJaspers.com
Broadcast: ESPN3
Live Audio: 107.7 TheBronc
Twitter: @RiderWBB
 
 
What You Need To Know
- Thursday night's game will be broadcast on ESPN3.
 
- Last time out, Raphaela Toussaint (Kingston, Ontario/Lincoln Prep) recorded her third-straight double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds, Makayla Firebaugh (Winchester, VA/James Wood) had 18 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, and Victoria Toomey (Dunmore, PA/Dunmore) added 16 points and six rebounds, as Rider beat Mount St. Mary's 68-59 in overtime.
 
- The Broncs have won three of their last five games. Rider needs to win both of its remaining two games avoid being the 10-seed in the upcoming MAAC Tournament. The Broncs can still get as high as the seven-seed in the tournament.
 
- 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. 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.
 
- 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 sixth double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds against Mount St. Mary's.
 
- Nearly two-thirds of Jessika Schiffer's (Iserlohn, Germany/Deutschhaus Gymnasium Würzburg) shots last season (179-277) came from three-point range. 157 of her 228 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 35-20, including each of the last five meetings. In the first meeting this season, Raphaela Toussaint scored a career-high 24 points and Victoria Toomey tied a career-high with 18 in the setback.
 
- The Jaspers can clinch the six-seed in the MAAC Tournament with a win Thursday, their final game of the regular season. The Jaspers are led by Dee Dee Davis, who is fourth in the MAAC this season in scoring at 15.7 points per game. The Jaspers lead the MAAC in rebounding at 41.9 per contest.