GAME 27 – Friday, February 23, 2024
Game Sponsored by Boys & Girls Club of Mercer County
Rider Broncs (10-16, 7-8 MAAC) vs. Iona Gaels (13-12, 8-6 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gym
Tip: 7 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 plays host to Iona Friday night at Alumni Gym on ESPN+.
- The Broncs shattered the program single-game records with 76.4 percent (42-55) shooting from the floor and 32 assists on Feb. 18 at Manhattan.
- With the win at Manhattan, Head Coach Kevin Baggett tied Thomas Leyden (1940-42, 1946-60) for second at Rider with his 187th win.   
- The Broncs snapped a three-game losing streak Feb. 16 with a comeback from down 13 points in the second half to Mount St. Mary's. Mervin James scored a team-high 16 points and both Tariq Ingraham (12) and DJ Dudley (10) scored all of their points in the second half.
- Rider is 6-0 in MAAC play when allowing fewer than 67 points and 1-8 when allowing more 67 or more. In the lone win, an overtime victory over Canisius on Jan. 7, Rider limited the Griffs to 65 points in regulation.
- DJ Dudley erupted for a season-high 28 points off the bench on Feb. 4 at Iona and has averaged 11.2 points per game over the last six games.
- Mervin James leads the MAAC at 18.6 points per game. 
- Greg Gordon leads Iona at 16.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, while Idan Tretout has also averaged in double figures at 13.7 ppg. Jeremiah Quigley has chipped in at 9.9 ppg. and 3.2 apg. Wheza Panzo (9.7 ppg.) has hurt the Broncs in back-to-back match-ups, knocking down a combined 11-of-18 three-point attempts last season for Stetson and this year's first meeting with Iona.
- Iona leads the series with the Broncs, 47-28. After coming back to defeat Iona in last year's first meeting at the Hynes Center, the Gaels have taken the last two meetings, including an 80-78 in the regular-season finale. Kevin Baggett's teams are 6-18 against Iona, including a 3-9 mark at Alumni Gym.
- 12th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 187-182 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
- Only John Carpenter (292) has 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.