GAME 20 – Saturday, January 25, 2025
Rider Broncs (7-12, 3-5 MAAC) vs. Quinnipiac Bobcats (11-8, 7-1 MAAC)
Location: Hamden, CT – M&T Bank Arena
Tip: 2 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN+
International Stream – MAAC.TV
Live Audio – 107.7 The Bronc Retro
Live Stats – GoBobcats.com
X (Formerly Twitter) – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider returns to action Saturday, when it travels to Quinnipiac.    
- After opening the season at 4-2, the Broncs lost nine in a row, before bouncing back with three-straight wins. Rider then fell at home on Jan. 23 to Iona.
- RU enters in a tie for 8th in the MAAC with Manhattan and Sacred Heart.
- Jay Alvarez matched his career high with 28 points on Jan. 23 against Iona.
- Flash Burton scored 17 of his career-high 21 points in the second half to help the Broncs to a 64-57 win at Marist. The win snapped the Red Foxes' nine-game winning streak and was their first league setback of the season. For his effort, Burton was named MAAC Rookie of the Week.
- T.J. Weeks Jr. has been the Broncs' leading scorer, averaging 13.1 points per game. He's scored in double figures 15 times in 18 games played, including a season-high 21 points at Fairfield.
- Rider is 6-0 this season when holding the opposition to fewer than 72 points.
- While Rider owns a 14-12 edge in the all-time series with Quinnipiac, the Bobcats have won eight of the last nine meetings and 10 of the last 12. The Bobcats own a 9-3 mark against Rider in Hamden, including wins in each of the last seven. The last Rider win at Quinnipiac came on Feb. 4, 2018.
- Preseason MAAC favorite Quinnipiac is now 11-8 (7-1 MAAC). The Bobcats are led by Preseason MAAC Player of the Year Amarri Monroe, who's averaged 15.5 ppg. and 7.5 rpg. Paul Otieno has added 12.8 ppg. to go along with a team-high 8.9 rpg. Khaden Bennett (11.4 ppg.) and Jaden Zimmerman (9.8 ppg.) also made strong scoring contributions. The league's 2023-24 leader in assists, Savion Lewis, missed the last meeting due to injury. He's returned and has averaged a team-high 5.2 apg. in 13 games this year.
- The Broncs were picked seventh in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- 13th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 199-195 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.