Women's Basketball
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Rider Broncs (9-20, 6-14 MAAC) vs. Marist Red Foxes (12-17, 8-12 MAAC)
Location: Atlantic City, NJ (Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall)
Tip: 12:30 p.m.
Live Stats: MAACSports.com
Broadcast: ESPN+
Twitter: @RiderWBB
 
 
What You Need To Know
- Tuesday afternoon's game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
- Last time out, Victoria Toomey (Dunmore, PA/Dunmore) had a career-high 19 points as the Broncs closed out the regular season with a 66-63 overtime win over Marist.
 
- The Broncs are the 10-seed in the MAAC Tournament for the eighth-time in program history. The Broncs are 1-7 in the MAAC Tournament as the 10-seed, winning 63-55 over Iona in 2001. Each of the last two times the Broncs have been the 10-seed, Rider has played to overtime in defeat. The Broncs have played the Red Foxes in the MAAC Tournament just three times. Rider took the only meeting in the opening round, a 75-56 win in 1998.
 
- Amanda Mobley (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh) currently leads the MAAC and ranks 12^th nationally at 6.2 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.
 
- Makayla Firebaugh (Winchester, VA/James Wood) 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. Against Marist last time out, Firebaugh became the 24^th player in program history to score 1,000 career points.
 
- 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. 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. 163 of her 237 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.
 
- Marist leads the all-time series 47-21, but the Broncs have been closer in the series of late, taking three of the last four, including both regular season match ups this season. Toomey scored a career-high 19 points in the overtime win Saturday.
 
- The Red Foxes finished as the seven-seed in the MAAC Tournament at 8-12 in MAAC play this season. Saturday's game was the final regular-season game for head coach Brian Giorgis. The Broncs will now face Giorgis and the Red Foxes in the MAAC Tournament, potentially Giorgis' final career game. Zaria Shazer leads Marist and ranks second in the MAAC at 16.2 points per game.