GAME 16 – Friday, January 12, 2024
Rider Broncs (4-11, 1-3 MAAC) vs. Manhattan Jaspers (4-9, 1-3 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gym
Tip: 7 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncs.com
Live Video – ESPN+
Live Audio – 107.7 The Bronc Retro
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
X (Formerly Twitter) – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider continues MAAC play Friday, when it plays host to Manhattan.
- Rider split a pair of games in the MAAC re-opening weekend, taking a tough 88-84 road loss at Quinnipiac Friday, before defeating Canisius, 79-76, in overtime on Sunday. Mervin James scored a career-high 31 points at QU and added 21 vs. Canisius. T.J. Weeks Jr. set his season high at 19 points at QU before going for 20 vs. Canisius. Corey McKeithan forced overtime with a three vs. Canisius.
- Weeks Jr. enters the game 15 shy of 1,000 for his collegiate career, spanning four years at UMass and this year with the Broncs. 
 - Mervin James was named MAAC Player of the Week on Dec. 26 for averaging 22.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.0 blocks per game in the two overtime decisions. He scored 25 points at Delaware and added 20 against Penn.
- James leads the MAAC at 20.1 points per game and is fourth at 7.4 rpg.
- Allen Powell became the 42nd Rider player to score 1,000 career points against Stonehill on Dec. 8. Already a 1,000-point scorer for his collegiate career entering the season, including 620 in two seasons at North Alabama, James became Rider's 43rd 1,000-point scorer with his 1,000th as a Bronc Dec. 29 at Penn State. 
- Manhattan is led by Shaquil Bender at 13.0 points per game. Seydou Traore has added 11.5 ppg. and a team-best 9.1 rpg. while blocking more than a shot per game. Daniel Rouzan has added 10.6 ppg., while Brett Rumpel has chipped in at 9.8 ppg. and 5.0 rpg. Jaden Winston's 4.3 apg. lead the Jaspers.
- Rider leads the all-time series with Manhattan, 37-26. The Broncs have won the last three, including a season sweep last year. Rider is 16-8 against Manhattan under Head Coach Kevin Baggett, including an 8-2 mark at Alumni Gym with wins in each of the last eight in Lawrenceville.
- 12th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 181-177 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
- Only John Carpenter (292) and Thomas Leyden (187) have more wins at Rider.
- Listen to all Rider men's and women's home games this season, along with select road games, on 107.7 The Bronc Retro WRRC2. Tune in online at 1077TheBronc.com, or download our free Google Play, Apple, Alexa, Audacy and MyTuner apps and skills. Search and download: WRRC2.