Women's Basketball
Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Rider Broncs (1-3) vs. VCU Rams (2-2)
Location: Richmond, VA (Siegel Center)
Tip: 1:00 pm
Live Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: VCUAthletics.com
Twitter: @RiderWBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Sunday's game will be streamed live on ESPN+.
 
- Rider enters Sunday's game off a one-point loss last time out at fellow A-10 opponent La Salle. The Broncs led for all but one second of the second half in that contest.
 
- The Broncs were picked to finish ninth by the league's coaches in the preseason poll. The Broncs will have to deal with the loss of three starters from last year's team, including the loss of 62.8% of the team's scoring from a season ago.
 
- The Broncs finished last season 10-21 with a 6-14 MAAC mark. The Broncs defeated Iona in the opening round of the MAAC Tournament.
 
- Rider has won at least one game in the MAAC Tournament in seven of the last eight seasons. The Broncs were named MAAC Champions for 2019-20 for the first time in program history.
 
- Mariona Cos-Morales (Matadepera, Spain/IES Matadepara [Casper College]) tied a career-high with 14 points against LIU. The junior scored nine of her 14 in the fourth quarter. The now senior showed off her defense in the MAAC Tournament last year, with three blocks in the first-round win over Iona, then with a career-high five steals in the MAAC Quarterfinal against Iona.
 
- Kaylan Deveney (Medford, NJ/Life Center Academy) made the start in her Rider debut at Saint Joseph's last season, 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. She set a career-high with 14 points against Canisius, and tied that mark against Niagara.
 
- Sanaa Redmond (Philadelphia, PA/The Shipley School[Samford]) led the Broncs last season at 2.5 assists per game and led the Broncs in dimes in 12 of their contests. Redmond also valued ball security, with a 1.2 assist to turnover ratio. Redmond scored a season-high 13 points in the opening round of the MAAC Tournament last season against Iona. In the early goings of the 2024-25 season, Redmond ranks fifth in the MAAC at 4.0 assists per game and her 3.20 assist to turnover ratio currently leads the conference and ranks 43^rd nationally.
 
- Seven Broncs made their official debut for the Broncs in the season opener against Navy. Transfers Emilee Tahata (Springfield, Australia/Woodcrest State College [La Salle]) and Gabby Turco (Wildwood, NJ/Wildwood Crest [Saint Anselm/La Salle]) joined freshmen Camryn Collins (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro), Amany Lopez (Springfield, MA/South Shore Christian Prep), Emmy Roach (Littlehampton, Australia/Heathfield), Jocelyn Chavez (Surprise, AZ/Valley Vista), and Winner Bartholomew (Abuja, Nigeria/Day Secondary School Birgi).
 
- Turco led the Broncs with 21 points in the season opener against Navy. She was joined in double figures by Collins. Turco and Collins have scored in double figures in all four games this season.
 
- Tahata had a career night against Bryant. The junior scored 12 of Rider's 15 points in the first six minutes of the contest on her way to career-highs in both points (16) and rebounds (7). Tahata previously set a career-high with five blocks against LIU.
 
- Bartholomew set season high's last time out with seven points and six rebounds. The six boards helped the Broncs outrebound their opponent for the first time this season.
 
- The Broncs had seven blocks last time out against La Salle and currently lead the MAAC, ranking 52^nd nationally at 4.8 blocks per game. This has helped the Broncs lead the conference in field goal percentage defense with teams shooting just 33.8% from the field against Rider which ranks 33^rd in the country.
 
- In a game played before any members of the current team were born, Jen Carey had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Broncs to a victory the last time these programs met during the 1998-99 season. However, VCU still leads the all-time series 2-1. The Rams were selected to the WBIT last season, falling in the first round to Villanova.
 
- The Rams dropped to 2-2 Thursday night with a 53-51 setback at Old Dominion. Timaya Lewis-Eutsey and Mary-Anna Asare lead the Rams offense at 18.0 and 16.0 points per game respectively. The Rams have averaged 73.5 points in their two wins, but just 53.0 points in their two losses.