Rider University Men’s Basketball Game Notes Rider University Broncs (1-1, 0-0 MAAC) vs. University of Southern California (2-0, 0-0 PAC 10) Galen Center (10,258) Los Angeles, Calif. Wednesday November 17, 2010 7:30pm PT/10:30pm ET Rider Radio: 107.7 FM The Bronc www.gobroncs.com Rider University 2010-2011 Bronc Probable Starters Men’s Basketball Schedule # name cl pos ht wt pts/rebs 2 Mike Ringgold sr f 6-7 215 13.5/7.5 November 13 Danny Stewart fr c 6-7 210 4.5/5.5 Sat. 6 TCNJ (exhibition) W 80-42 12 Jon Thompson so g 6-4 190 1.5/2.0 Fri. 12 at Massachusetts (CBS3) L 67-77 15 Justin Robinson sr g 6-2 190 15.0/2.5 Sun. 14 LAFAYETTE (ESPN Full Court, ESPN3, RCN) W 80-73 31 Brandon Penn jr f 6-7 205 7.5/4.5 Wed. 17 at Southern California 10:30 pm Sat. 20 vs. Texas Christian (Springfield Hall of Fame) 2:30 pm Sun. 21 vs. Loyola Marymount (Fox College Sports) 12 noon First Off the Bench Fri. 26 *SIENA 7:00 pm 3 Jhamar Youngblood sr g 6-1 210 5.0/2.0 Mon. 29 HOFSTRA (Comcast SportsNet) 7:00 pm 14 Patrick Mansell sr g 6-1 195 3.0/0.0 23 Novar Gadson jr g/f 6-7 230 12.5/2.5 December 10 Anthony Myles fr g 6-5 200 5.0/1.0 Thur. 2 *at Manhattan 7:00 pm 32 Tommy Pereira fr g 6-2 174 6.0/1.0 Sat. 4 at Pittsburgh (Fox Sports, ESPN Full Court) 2:00 pm Wed. 8 MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY 7:00 pm Sat. 11 at Drexel 4:00 pm Trojan Probable Starters Wed. 15 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm # name cl pos ht wt pts/rebs Wed. 22 at La Salle 7:00 pm 1 Alex Stepheson sr f 6-10 250 6.0/10.0 Tue. 28 at Howard 7:00 pm 5 Nikola Vucevic jr f 6-10 260 20.5/12.5 10 Maurice Jones fr g 5-7 155 21.0/2.0 January 15 Bryce Jones fr g 6-5 200 14.5/5.5 Mon. 3 *MANHATTAN 7:00 pm 43 Marcus Simmons sr g 6-6 220 6.5/4.0 Fri. 7 *at Niagara (ESPNU) 9:00 pm Sat. 9 *at Canisius 2:00 pm Fri. 14 *IONA 7:00 pm First Off the Bench Mon. 17 *FAIRFIELD 7:00 pm 14 Donte Smith sr g 5-11 180 4.5/0.5 Thur. 20 *MARIST 7:00 pm 33 Garrett Jackson fr f 6-7 215 1.0/2.5 Mon. 24 *at Siena (MSG) 7:00 pm Thur. 27 *at Iona 7:30 pm Sat. 29 *at Saint Peter’s 2:00 pm About Tonight’s Opponent The University of Southern California has an enrollment February of 35,000 students, including 16,500 undergraduates. Fri. 4 *LOYOLA 7:00 pm Tonight’s game is part of the Hall of Fame Tip Off Sun. 6 *at Fairfield 3:30 pm tournament, as was the UMass game. Rider will also Fri. 11 *CANISIUS 7:00 pm play Texas Christian University and Loyola Marymount Sun. 13 *NIAGARA 2:00 pm in Springfield, Mass in the Tip Off Tournament. USC Wed. 16 *at Loyola 7:00 pm competes in the Pac 10 conference. Since 1912, USC is Sat. 19 BRACKETBUSTER TBA Fri. 25 *at Marist 7:30 pm the only university in the world to have a gold medal- Sun. 27 *SAINT PETER’S (MAAC TV) 1:30 pm winning athlete in every summer Olympiad. Famous USC alums include astronaut Neil Armstrong and actors March Will Farrell and John Wayne. Fri-Mon 4-7 at MAAC Championship Tournament (Bridgeport, CT) all times EST HOME GAMES IN CAPS * MAAC Game SPORTS INFORMATION Sports Information Director: Bud Focht 2010-11 RIDER UNIVERSITY Office Phone: 609-896-5138 MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER Cell: 609-209-1535 Home: 215-946-9203 No. Name Class Pos Ht Wt e-mail: [email protected] Assistant SID: Brian Solomon 2 Mike Ringgold sr F 6-7 215 Office Phone: 609-896-5135 3 Jhamar Youngblood sr G 6-1 210 Cell: 609-929-4068 10 Anthony Myles fr G 6-5 200 Home: 856-642-0112 12 Jonathan Thompson so G 6-4 190 e-mail: [email protected] 13 Danny Stewart fr F 6-7 210 Press Row Phone: 609-896-5138 14 Patrick Mansell sr G 6-1 195 Sports Information Administrative Assistant: Lynn Rugg 15 Justin Robinson sr G 6-2 190 Office Phone: 609-895-5778 21 Dera Nd-Ezuma so C 6-10 215 Fax: 609-896-0341 23 Novar Gadson jr G/F 6-7 230 31 Brandon Penn jr F 6-8 205 32 Tommy Pereira fr G 6-2 175 Rider Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Lawrenceville, NJ Pronunciation Guide Enrollment: 6,011 (4,791 undergraduate) Founded: 1865 #3 ja MAR Academic Units: College of Business Administration; College of #14 man SELL Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences; College of Continuing #21 DARE ah N.D. ah ZOOM ah Studies; and Westminster Choir College #23 no-VAR GAD son Colors: Cranberry, White, Grey #32 pa rare ah Nickname: Broncs Athletic Affiliations: NCAA Division I, ECAC Conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) President: Mordechai Rozanski, Ph.D. Coaching Staff Athletic Director: Don Harnum 609-896-5054 Head Coach: Tommy Dempsey (Susquehanna ’97) (5th season) Associate Athletic Director/SWA: Karin Torchia 609-896-5249 Associate Head Coach: Kevin Baggett (St. Joseph’s ’89) Associate Athletic Director: Greg Busch 609-895-5642 Assistant Coach: Mike Witcoskie (Susquehanna ’01) Assistant Athletic Director: Brian Keane Assistant Coach: Ben Luber (Penn State ‘07) Faculty Athletic Representative: Jonathan Husch, Ph.D Director of Basketball Operations: Jay Greene (UMBC ‘09) Academic Support Coordinator: Sonya Hurt Head Athletic Trainer: Tim Lengle Assistant Athletic Trainers Henry Minarick, Karen Cote, Gina Dain Broncs Live on the Internet Events Coordinator: Blake Burkey For the eighth consecutive year, Rider University’s men’s Home Court: Alumni Gymnasium (1650) basketball games will be broadcast live via the Internet. In Athletics Fax: 609-896-0341 conjunction with WRRC 107.7 FM The Bronc, all games will be Athletics Hotline: 609-219-2000 available via the Internet link located at www.GoBroncs.com. Athletics Home Page: www.GoBroncs.com Rider Hotline On the Air The Rider University hotline phone number is 609-219-2000. For Tonight’s game and every Rider basketball game is broadcast on the latest athletic results, push 2. WRRC radio, 107.7 FM The Bronc, with Daryl Fein, Kevin Bannon and Steve Rudenstein. Live Stats are also available on the Internet for all Rider home games and several away games on the Rider Web site. USC This Year Rider on the Road The Trojans began the season with home victories over Cal Rider is 0-1 on the road this year, losing at UMass by 10 Irvine and Santa Clara. USC returns two starters from last points. Rider was 8-8 on the road last year. The Broncs year’s team which went 16-14 and tied for fifth in the Pac- were 7-8 on the road in 2008-09, including a postseason 10, forwards Nikola Vucevic (10.7 ppg, 9.4 rpg) and Alex loss at Liberty. In 2007-08 Rider was 9-5 in away games Stepheson (8.4 ppg., 7.2 rpg), the top two returning and 3-2 on neutral court during the regular season to go rebounders in the conference. Veteran guards Donte Smith 12-7 away from Alumni Gym. and Marcus Simmons will be joined in the backcourt by freshmen Maurice Jones and Bryce Jones. Freshmen Garrett Jackson and Curtis Washington, along with sopho- Last Time Out more Evan Smith are expected to provide depth and fight for playing time at the forward position. Senior Justin Robinson scored 18 points and added five assists to lead Rider to victory over Lafayette in the home opener Sunday afternoon. With the scored tied at 63, Rider went on a 10-0 run, four points by senior Head Trojan Jhamar Youngblood, to take a 73-63 lead with 2:00 left Kevin O’Neill is in his second season as the USC head to play. Trailing 56-47, Lafayette out-scored Rider 14- coach. Last year he was named the Pac 10 Coach of 2 to take a 61-58 lead, Lafayette’s first and only lead of the Year by CollegeInsiders.com after beating #9 the game. Rider led 43-42 early in the second half Tennessee and sweeping Washington and UCLA. before going on a 10-2 run, four points by Robinson, to O’Neill was an assistant coach at Arizona when the take a 53-44 lead with 14:40 left to play. Senior Mike Wildcats went to three straight NCAA tournaments and reached the Final Four. He was the interim head coach Ringgold scored his fourth point of the game and his at Arizona when Luke Olson took a leave of absence 1,000th career point just four minutes into the game, and took the Wildcats to the NCAAs. He was an giving Rider a 9-6 lead. 10 of the 11 Broncs who assistant coach at Delaware when the Fightin’ Blue hens played scored. were East Coast Conference rivals with Rider (1984- 85). He was head coach at Marquette, Tennessee and Northwestern and served as an assistant coach in the Next Time Out NBA in New York, Detroit and Indiana and was the The Broncs travel back to New England to take on head coach of the Toronto Raptors in 2004.