LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University women's basketball team was defeated by Mount St. Mary's Saturday evening, 60-53. The Broncs fall to 5-11 on the season and 2-5 in MAAC play, while the Mountaineers improve to an equal 5-11 overall record and 2-5 in league games.
Rider opened the game on a 7-3 run, getting a basket by
Makayla Firebaugh (Winchester, VA/James Wood), then later a three pointer from
Sanaa Redmond (Philadelphia, PA/The Shipley School[Samford]) and basket by
Taylor Langan (Lake Hopatcong, NJ/Jefferson Township[Colgate/Millersville]). The Mountaineers would come back and take an 11-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.
After the three pointer late in the first quarter that gave the Mount the lead, the Mountaineers scored eight-straight points to begin the second quarter extending the lead to 19-10.
Molly Lynch (Sea Girt, NJ/Rutgers Prep) would hit a late three to trim the deficit to 25-19 at the half.
Trailing 29-19, the Broncs went on a 7-0 run, including four points by
Mariona Cos-Morales (Matadepera, Spain/IES Matadepera[Casper College]). The Mount would open the lead back up to 39-32, but the Broncs closed out the third on a 7-0 run, started by a three from
Jessika Schiffer (Iserlohn, Germany/Deutschhaus Gymnasium Würzburg), then buckets by Lynch and Redmond to tie the game 39-39 entering the fourth.
Jessica Tomasetti took over the game in the fourth for the Mount, scoring the game's first seven points in the quarter, then hitting a triple after a pair of Rider free throws to extend the lead to 49-41. A three-pointer by Firebaugh cut the deficit to 49-46 with 5:26 to play, but the Broncs would get no closer.
Quotes & Notes
"You never want to lose at home. I thought that Mount played a really good game. We had moment of good and then moments of not so good."
"They did a good job of taking advantage of our turnovers. Our goal is to hold people to 60 and under, and we were able to do that today. It really came down to making a couple more shots."
– Head coach Lynn Milligan
- Mount St. Mary's extends its lead in the all-time series to 20-7.
- Firebaugh scored a team-high 13 points, 10 in the first half, her eighth game in double figures this season.
- Langan added 12 points for her team-high 14
th game in double figures.
- Schiffer finished with 11 to reach double digits for the fourth time this year.
- Lynch had a season-high eight points off the bench.
Broncs By The Numbers
- Rider shot 33.3% (19-57) from the field, and 40.0% (10-25) from three, and the Mountaineers shot 40.4% (23-57) from the field and 46.2% (6-13) from three.
- The Broncs had 13 assists on their 19 made baskets, led by six from Langan.
- Mount St. Mary's won the rebounding battle, 37-35, but the Broncs held a 10-8 advantage on the offensive glass.
- Redmond had three steals and Cos-Morales added three blocks.
Up Next
- Rider returns to action Thursday when the Broncs Niagara at 7 p.m.
