LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Rider University Men's Basketball Head Coach Kevin Baggett has announced his team's home non-conference schedule for the 2023-24 season. In addition to an Oct. 28 exhibition against Georgian Court, the Broncs open the season at home on Monday, Nov. 6, against Division III Immaculata. The Broncs will play two more home contests in December, welcoming Stonehill to complete a home-and-home series on Dec. 8 and local foe Penn on Dec. 23.
Television information, start times and remaining non-conference road contests will be announced at a later date.
**HOME NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS**
Georgian Court (Exhibition)
Sat., Oct. 28 * Alumni Gym
Immaculata
Mon., Nov. 6 * Alumni Gym
Series History: First Meeting
Winning Streak: First Meeting
Last Meeting: N/A
2022-23 Record: 10-17 (6-6 Atlantic East)
Quickly: Rider and Immaculata have never met in men's basketball. After 85 years as a female-only institution, Immaculata began admitting male students in 2005. The Mighty Macs posted a 10-17 record last season, including a 6-6 mark in the Atlantic East Conference, which includes schools such as Centenary, Cabrini and Gwynedd Mercy.
Stonehill
Friday, Dec. 8 * Alumni Gym
Series History: Rider, 1-0
Winning Streak: Rider, 1
Last Meeting: Rider, 78-67 (Dec. 7, 2022; Easton, MA)
2022-23 Record: 14-17 (10-6 NEC)
Quickly: Stonehill comes to Alumni Gym to complete a home-and-home series that began last season in Easton, MA, for the Skyhawks' initial NCAA Division I season. Stonehill posted a very respectable 14-17 record, including a 10-6 mark in Northeast Conference play during its first year of the transition. However, the Skyhawks must replace players in their fifth year or beyond from last season.
Mervin James stood out in the meeting last Dec. 7, posting a double-double of 23 points and 13 rebounds.
Penn
Saturday, Dec. 23 * Alumni Gym
Series History: Rider, 4-1
Winning Streak: Rider, 2
Last Meeting: Rider, 73-57 (Nov. 18, 2014; Philadelphia, PA)
2022-23 Record: 17-13 (9-5 Ivy League)
Quickly: Rider and Penn are set to renew a local rivalry that has had just five installments, all since its inception in January 2004. The first three meetings were all decided in overtime, with the Broncs coming away victorious in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. The Quakers took their only win of the series in November 2011, a 78-72 overtime victory. The Broncs have won the last two – an 89-88 victory in which Rider erased a 14-point deficit with just over seven minutes remaining in 2013-14 and a 73-57 victory in 2014-15 on the strength of 23 points on 7-of-9 shooting and 4-for-4 from long range from Zedric Sadler. Penn qualified for Ivy Madness last season with a third-place finish, but ran into Princeton in the semifinals in the midst of the Tigers' march to the Sweet 16.
