Women's Basketball
Saturday, January 13, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Rider Broncs (4-9, 1-3 MAAC) vs. Canisius Golden Griffins (9-5, 4-1 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Alumni Gym)
Tip: 2:00 pm
Live Video: ESPN+
Live Audio: 107.7 TheBronc
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
Twitter: @RiderWBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Saturday's game will be streamed live on ESPN+.
 
- The Broncs saw their two-game winning streak snapped with a 65-55 setback at Marist last time out.
 
- Taylor Langan (Lake Hopatcong, NJ/Jefferson Township[Millersville/Colgate]) continued her dominant stretch, leading the Broncs to victory over Iona with 25 points and 18 rebounds. The 18 rebounds are the second-most in a game by a MAAC player this season. combined with 26 points from Makayla Firebaugh (Winchester, VA/James Wood) the duo was the first Bronc pair to score 20+ in a game since Lenaejha Evans (30) and Raphaela Toussaint (23) at Niagara in January 2022 and the first Rider duo to score 25+ in a contest since Stella Johnson (35) and Amari Johnson (28) against Mount St. Mary's in November 2018. Langan ranks third in the MAAC in scoring at 15.1 points per game this season and second in the MAAC at 9.0 rebounds per contest.
 
- Langan has recorded double-doubles in four-straight games.
 
- Firebaugh was named Preseason Second-Team All-MAAC. The 2020-21 MAAC Co-Rookie of the Year averaged 14.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game last season. She scored 42 points across two games at the MAAC/ASUN Dublin Challenge to earn MAAC Player of the Week honors last year. In Rider's win over Merrimack, Firebaugh scored a game-high 19 points.
 
- Firebaugh scored a then season-high 23 points after starting 4-for-4 from distance against FDU, scoring 12 points in the opening quarter. Her six made threes in the game tied a career high and moved her past Stella Johnson into fifth on Rider's career three-pointers made list. Against Iona, Firebaugh passed Leanne Moore to move into 12th on the program's career scoring list.
 
- Rider was picked to finish tenth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Broncs return just two starters and only five members of last year's team.
 
- Rider has made the MAAC Semifinals in five of the last seven seasons. The Broncs were named MAAC Champions for 2019-20 for the first time in program history.
 
- Over two-thirds of Jessika Schiffer's (Iserlohn, Germany/Deutschhaus Gymnasium Würzburg) shots at Rider (426-627) have come from three-point range. Her six made threes against Quinnipiac in 2021-22 are tied for the fifth-most in a game in program history. Against Quinnipiac, she made a pair of threes to move past Lexi Posset for ninth on the program's career three-pointers made list.
 
- Sofie Bruintjes (Zwolle, The Netherlands/CTO Amsterdam) made her first two career starts in the MAAC Tournament last season. She responded with six points, six rebounds, and two blocks in the win over Marist. In Rider's win over BU, Bruintjes hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 3.3 seconds remaining.
 
- Molly Lynch (Sea Girt, NJ/Rutgers Prep) made her first career start last season at Fairfield going two-for-two from behind the arc, and playing a career-high 32 minutes.
 
- Kaylan Deveney (Medford, NJ/Life Center Academy) made the start in her Rider debut at Saint Joseph's, scoring seven points and grabbing a board in 21 minutes of action. Deveney is the first true freshman to start in her Rider debut since Stella Johnson earned the start to begin her career in 2016. The freshman led Rider with 13 points at NJIT and tied her career high with 13 last time out.
 
- Sanaa Redmond (Philadelphia, PA/The Shipley School[Samford]) ranks 12th in the MAAC at 2.8 assists per game and has led the Broncs in dimes in six of their ten contests. Redmond has also valued ball security, holding a 1.3 assist to turnover ratio.
 
- The key number for the Broncs this season has been 60 points. The Broncs have won all four games in which they held their opponent under 60 points, and have fallen in each game they have allowed 60 or more.
 
- Canisius leads the all-time series 34-18 with the Broncs and Golden Griffins both winning on their home floors a season ago. In Rider's home win, Makayla Firebaugh broke a 53-53 tie with an and-one layup with 1:27 to play to give Rider a lead it would not relinquish.
 
- Canisius is off to one of its best starts in program history at 9-5 overall and 4-1 in MAAC play. Sisi Eleko has been dominant, averaging 16.1 points and 10.6 rebounds per game, second and top in the MAAC, respectively. Athina Lexa is also having a strong year for Canisius at 10.5 points per game.