GAME 1 – Monday, November 3, 2025
Rider Broncs (0-0) vs. (RV) Virginia Cavaliers (0-0)
Location: Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena
Tip: 7 p.m.
Live Video – ACC Network Extra (ACCNX)
Live Stats – VirginiaSports.com
X Updates – Twitter.com/RiderMBB

What You Need To Know
- Rider opens the 2025-26 season at the University of Virginia on Monday night at 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
- The Broncs return four players from last year's squad, including starters Zion Cruz and Flash Burton.
- Cruz was named to the Preseason All-MAAC Third Team after averaging 10.1 ppg. in 2024-25. He shot 35.6 percent from beyond the three-point arc, best on the team among those with more than 1.0 three-point field goal made per game and 15th in the MAAC. He scored in double figures 16 times.
- Burton averaged 7.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, posting a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio (15th-MAAC). He started 24 of 30 games played in 2024-25.
- Also back is Cole McCabe, who played in 26 games, including one start, as a true freshman. Sophomore reserve Maurizio D'Alessandro has also returned.
- Rider also welcomes 10 newcomers to the squad. The class includes seven transfer student-athletes, including five with previous Division I experience and three freshmen. Transfers Davis Bynum, Mohamad Diallo, Shemani Fuller, Daniel Helterhoff, Caleb Smith, Devean Williams and Antwan Wilson join true freshmen AB Coulibaly, Kristupas Kepežinskas and Jamir McNeil.
- The Broncs were picked 10th of 13 teams in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- For the third-straight season, the Broncs' first Division I opponent appears in the Preseason AP Top 25 Poll. In 2023-24, the Broncs traveled to #5 Marquette, before taking on #22 UCLA to open the 2024-25 season. The Cavaliers are receiving votes in the 2025-26 preseason poll. 
- 14th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 206-202 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
- Only John Carpenter (292) has more head coaching wins at Rider.