BALTIMORE, MD – Tariq Ingraham (Philadelphia, PA/Bonner-Prendergast [Wake Forest]) led the Rider University men's basketball team with 16 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots as the Broncs defeated Coppin State, 64-53, Saturday afternoon at the Physical Education Complex Arena. With the win, the Broncs' second straight, Rider improves to 2-1, while the Eagles fall to 0-3.

After Coppin State opened the scoring with a Peter Oduro bucket, the Broncs scored the next seven points and didn't trail again in the opening 20 minutes. Rider gradually built its lead up to as many as nine on a Tyriek Weeks (Warwick, RI/Pilgrim [Miami Dade College]) slip to the basket. But Coppin State answered with an 11-3 run to pull back to within one, 23-22, with 3:27 left in the half.

Consecutive Alaaeddine Boutayeb (Casablanca, Morocco/Miami Dade College [Florida State/Arkansas State]) buckets inside stopped the bleeding, before consecutive Flash Burton (Philadelphia, PA/Cardinal O'Hara) buckets in the paint extended the lead back to seven. Coppin State got a Toby Nnadozie three-pointer with 13 seconds left to cut the Broncs' lead to 31-27 at the half. Ingraham and Burton led Rider with seven points apiece at the break.

Khali Horton scored consecutive buckets to open the second-half scoring for Coppin State, extending the run to 7-0 and tying the game at 31-31 at the 18:24 mark. But Rider responded with a 12-0 run and never trailed again. A Ruben Rodriguez (Reading, PA/Reading) jumper started the run with a jumper, while T.J. Weeks Jr. (Warwick, RI/Bishop Hendricken Catholic [UMass]) scored five points in the run. The Broncs' advantage stretched to as many as 14 points and the Eagles drew no closer than to within eight the rest of the way.  

Quotes & Notes
"I thought it was going to be a little dicey. I know these guys are at home. I know they're desperate. We're a little tired. Not a lot of prep time. Give our guys credit for figuring it out, trying to find a way. This is what happens when you play a lot of games back-to-back-to-back like this and you don't have a lot of time to practice. Then you have a lot of slippage on offense and defense. And it doesn't stop, because now we've got Navy coming up and then Iowa. So, we've got to continue to try to help these guys get better."

"That's where we talk about depth and where some of our guys off the bench were really good. I thought Ife West-Ingram was great. I thought Flash gave us some good minutes today as well. I thought Tyriek Weeks did some good things in the first half as well." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

- The Broncs extended their lead in the all-time series with Coppin State to 5-0, including wins in the 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2021-22 seasons, with the Nov. 5, 2019 meeting coming in Baltimore. The first meeting came in 2002-03.   
- Nine different Broncs scored in the win.

Broncs by the Numbers
- Ingraham scored 16 points on 6-of-7 from the floor and 4-of-7 from the free-throw line. He grabbed a team-high nine rebounds, blocked three shots and added two assists.
- Weeks Jr. scored 12 points on 2-of-6 from long range and 6-for-6 from the free-throw line. He grabbed seven rebounds, made two steals and added two assists.
- Burton scored an early career-high 11 points on 4-of-7 from the floor and 3-for-4 from the free-throw line. He added five rebounds and two steals.
- Rodriguez chipped in with seven points, five rebounds and two assists.
- Ife West-Ingram (Philadelphia, PA/Abington Friends) contributed four points and grabbed six rebounds for the third-straight game. He also had two assists and two steals.
- The Broncs outshot the Eagles, 44.7 percent (21-47) to 34.4 percent (21-61) from the floor.
- The Eagles took a 21.7 percent (5-23) to 14.3 percent (2-14) edge from long range.
- Rider outshot Coppin State, 69.0 percent (20-29) to 54.5 percent (6-11) from the free-throw line.
- The Broncs took a 41-32 edge on the boards.
- Rider took advantages of 12-10 off turnovers, 30-26 in the paint, 5-3 on second chances and 27-22 in bench scoring.
- Rider led for 35:44 of game time, while trailing for just 24 seconds.

Up Next
The Broncs return to action Tuesday, when they return to Maryland to face Navy. Tip-off from Annapolis is scheduled for 7 p.m. on ESPN+.