GAME 15 – Sunday, January 7, 2024
Rider Broncs (3-11, 0-3 MAAC) vs. Canisius Golden Griffins (6-7, 1-2 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gym
Tip: 2 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 Sunday, when it plays host to Canisius on ESPN+.
- Rider took a tough 88-84 road loss at Quinnipiac Friday night. Mervin James scored a career-high 31 points and T.J. Weeks Jr. added a season-high 19 points.
 - 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.
- Allen Powell scored a season-high 21 points and hit six three-pointers in the Penn setback. He hit four of his five regulation triples in the final four minutes and added another in overtime.
- James leads the MAAC at 20.0 points per game and is fourth at 7.5 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. 
- Canisius is led by the tandem of Tre Dinkins (15.2 ppg., 3.9 apg.) and Siem Uijtendaal (15.1 ppg.). Frank Mitchell is also a force at 12.8 ppg. and a team-high 9.7 rpg., shooting 59.8 percent from the floor. TJ Gadsden (9.5 ppg.) and Bryce Okpoh (8.3 ppg.) have also made solid contributions. Preseason All-MAAC Second Team honoree Tahj Staveskie (10.5 ppg., 4.5 apg.) hasn't played since Nov. 11 due to injury.
- Rider leads the all-time series with Canisius, 40-17. However, the series has been much closer in recent years, with the Broncs posting an 11-10 record against the Griffs in Head Coach Kevin Baggett's 12 years at the helm. Eight of the last 11 meetings have been decided by three points or less.
- 12th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 180-177 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.