GAME 33 – Wednesday, March 12, 2025
MAAC Championship Quarterfinals
No. 8 Rider Broncs (14-18) vs. No. 1 Quinnipiac Bobcats (19-12)
Location: Atlantic City, NJ – Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Tip: 6 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncs.com
Live Video – ESPN+
International Stream – MAAC.TV
Live Audio – 107.7 The Bronc Retro
Live Stats – MAACSports.com
X (Formerly Twitter) – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider continues MAAC Championship action in Wednesday's Quarterfinals vs. No. 1 Quinnipiac.
- The Broncs have won a season-best four-straight, including a MAAC Opening Round win over No. 9 Siena, 78-76, on Tuesday. The Broncs clinched a berth in the MAAC Championships, defeating Merrimack, Canisius and Niagara.
- Tariq Ingraham posted his seventh double-double of the year with 19 points and 13 rebounds, including the game-winning bucket with 0.7 seconds remaining in the MAAC Championship Opening Round vs. Siena on Mar. 11. Flash Burton, who assisted on the play, finished with 17 points, while T.J. Weeks Jr. also added a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. 
- The Broncs are 18-26 all-time in the MAAC Championships. Rider has been the No. 8 seed twice and both times played in the Quarterfinals vs. the No. 1 seed, losing to Iona and Monmouth in 2014 and 2016, respectively. As the No. 9 seed, Rider scored an upset of top-seeded Iona in 2022.  
- Quinnipiac won both games in the series this season with Rider - a 72-67 decision on Dec. 6 in Lawrenceville and a 75-64 win on Jan. 25 in Hamden. While Rider owns a 14-13 edge in the all-time series with Quinnipiac, the Bobcats have won nine of the last 10 meetings and 11 of the last 13. 
- T.J. Weeks Jr. has been the Broncs' leading scorer, averaging 14.0 points per game. He's scored in double figures 28 times in 31 games played.
- Preseason MAAC favorite Quinnipiac lived up to the hype and won the MAAC Regular Season Championship. The Bobcats are led by MAAC Player of the Year Amarri Monroe, who's averaged 17.7 ppg. and 9.2 rpg. Fellow First Team selection Paul Otieno has added 13.4 ppg. to go along with a team-high 8.6 rpg. MAAC All-Rookie Team selection Jaden Zimmerman has added 10.9 ppg.
- 13th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 206-201 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.