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Broadcast Information Rider Broncs (0-8, 0-4 MAAC) vs. Live Video .......................... ESPN+ NJIT Highlanders (1-4, 1-1 America East) Live Audio ..........107.7 The Bronc Wednesday, December 23, 2020 * 2 p.m. Live Stats NJITHighlanders.com NJIT Wellness and Events Center Twitter ..................... @RiderWBB Newark, NJ Instagram ..................... riderwbb Assistant AD/Sports Communication: Greg Ott 908-783-5258 * [email protected] About the Series 2020-21 Schedule All-Time Record: Rider, 3-1 Date Opponent Time/Result Last Meeting: Rider, 67-46 (Nov. 28, 2018; Lawrenceville, NJ) Nov. Streak: Rider, 2 Wed., 25 at Villanova L, 70-37 Sat., 28 DREXEL L, 62-49 Broncs Probable Starting Five Dec. # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. PPG RPG Of Note 5 Maya Hyacienth So. G 5-10 2.9 2.9 Season-high 7 points at Iona (12/19) Wed., 2 ARMY WEST POINT L, 70-55 11 Daija Moses Sr. F 5-10 5.3 3.7 Career-high 5 assists vs. Manhattan (12/12) Sat., 5 at Delaware St. L, 58-51 13 Raphaela Toussaint Fr. F 6-0 6.9 4.3 First career double-double at Iona (12/19) Fri., 11 MANHATTAN* L, 56-51 24 Makayla Firebaugh Fr. G 5-10 8.4 3.6 Season-high 17 points vs. Manhattan (12/11) Sat., 12 MANHATTAN* L, 50-38 33 Sophia DeMauro So. G 5-9 2.9 1.1 Career-high 11 points at Delaware State Fri., 18 at Iona* L, 56-41 Key Reserves Sat., 19 at Iona* L, 56-40 0 Lauren Saa R-Fr. F 5-11 0.7 0.0 Missed last five games due to injury Wed., 23 at NJIT 2 p.m. 3 Amanda Mobley Jr. G 5-7 8.9 2.9 DNP-injury at Iona (12/19) Jan. 10 Molly Lynch Fr. G 5-9 0.8 1.0 Scored first career points at Iona (12/18) Fri., 1 FAIRFIELD* 7 p.m. 14 Sofie Bruintjes Fr. F 6-4 1.5 1.0 Missed last four games due to injury 15 Anna Ekerstedt Jr. F 6-2 0.9 0.7 Transfer from Broward College Sat., 2 FAIRFIELD* 7 p.m. 20 Lenaejha Evans Jr. G 5-8 5.5 3.6 8 points, 6 rebounds vs. Manhattan (12/12) Fri., 8 NIAGARA* TBA 23 Teresa Wolak Jr. F 5-11 0.0 0.8 Saw action in 5 games off the bench last year Sat., 9 NIAGARA* TBA 44 Victoria Toomey So. C 6-2 5.7 4.0 DNP-injury at Iona (12/18-19) Fri., 15 at Siena* TBA Sat., 16 at Siena* TBA Tale of the Tape Fri., 22 QUINNIPIAC* 7 p.m. IONA RIDER Sat., 23 QUINNIPIAC* 7 p.m. 59.4.........................................Points Per Game .........................................45.2 Fri., 29 at Marist* 5 p.m. 38.9% ................................ Field Goal Percentage ..................................33.7% Sat., 30 at Marist* 5 p.m. 33.3% ................................3-Point FG Percentage .................................22.3% Feb. 69.0% ............................... Free Throw Percentage .................................63.8% Fri., 5 SAINT PETER’S* 7 p.m. 40.8......................................Rebounds Per Game ......................................30.8 Sat., 6 SAINT PETER’S* 7 p.m. 11.0 ........................................Assists Per Game ..........................................6.9 Fri., 12 at Canisius* 5 p.m. 3.2...........................................Blocks Per Game ...........................................3.4 Sat., 13 at Canisius* 5 p.m. 4.0........................................... Steals Per Game ............................................8.1 COVID-19 MAKE-UP* 19.0......................................Turnovers Per Game ......................................21.4 Mar. -8.0 ......................................... Turnover Margin ...........................................-3.4 Fri., 5 at Monmouth* 5 p.m. What You Need To Know Sat., 6 at Monmouth* 5 p.m. Tue., 9 MAAC Opening Round^ TBA - Rider has fallen in its first eight games this season at Villanova, Delaware State and Wed., 10 MAAC Quarterfinals^ TBA Iona (twice) and at home against Drexel, Army West Point and Manhattan (twice). Thu, 11 MAAC Quarterfinals^ TBA - Rider was awarded the MAAC Tournament trophy after earning the top seed in the Fri., 12 MAAC Semifinals^ TBA MAAC Basketball Championships for the first time in program history last season. The Sat., 13 MAAC Championship^ TBA Broncs set new program records in overall (26) and league (18) wins. - Rider graduated six seniors, including Honorable Mention All-American and recent * MAAC Contest WNBA rookie Stella Johnson (Washington Mystics), who was the 2019-20 NCAA Divi- ^ MAAC Championships (Atlantic City, NJ) sion I scoring champion (24.8 ppg.). - Rider’s top returner is junior point guard Amanda Mobley (8.9 ppg.), a Preseason All- MAAC Second Team pick. She scored in double figures four times this year, but missed most of this past weekend’s series with Iona due to injury. - Rider owns a 3-1 lead in the series with NJIT, including two-straight wins. - Raphaela Toussaint posted her first-career double-double on Dec. 19 at Iona with 11 points and 12 rebounds. 2020-21 Rider Women’s Basketball SERIES HISTORY WITH NJIT About Rider University Rider owns a 3-1 lead in the all-time series with NJIT, including wins in Location: Lawrenceville, New Jersey each of the last two meetings. The Broncs and Highlanders split the first two Nickname: Broncs meetings in 2011-12 and 2012-13 before the Broncs won games in 2017-18 Colors: Cranberry, White, Gray and 2018-19. Rider has won both games played in Newark. Founded: 1865 Enrollment: 4,825 (3,898 undergraduate) President: Dr. Greg Dell’Omo SCOUTING THE NJIT HIGHLANDERS Director of Athletics: Don Harnum NJIT’s lone win this season came in a split with New Hampshire, while Affiliations: NCAA Division I, ECAC taking an overtime setback to Saint Peter’s and being swept by Fairleigh Conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Dickinson. Kenna Squier leads the Highlanders at 11.4 points and 3.0 assists Home Court: Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Associate AD/Compliance/Internal Operations: per game, while Ellyn Stoll has also chipped in with 11.0 points per game. Greg Busch Lyzi Litwinko is next on the scoring chart with 7.0 points per game to go Sr. Associate AD/External Operations and Development/SWA: along with a team-high 5.4 rebounds per game. Karin Torchia Associate AD/Operations and Facilities: Brian Keane MOBLEY IN DOUBLE FIGURES Coor. of Athletic Event Operations: Junior point guard Amanda Mobley led the Broncs in scoring in each of this Colby Wehner season’s first three games. She opened the year with 14 points at Villanova, Assistant AD/Business Operations: before scoring 13 at home against Drexel. Mobley paced the Broncs with 14 Aimee Alt Academic Support Coordinator: points against Army West Point and also led the Broncs with eight points on TBA Dec. 12 against Manhattan. Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. A.J. Moore RIDER ROOKIES RISING Sports Information Administrative Associate: Lynn Rugg Freshmen Raphaela Toussaint and Makayla Firebaugh have made strong Head Athletic Trainer: strides in the early season. A game after going for 11 points and seven Tim Lengle, A.T.C. rebounds against Drexel on Nov. 28, Toussaint scored nine points on 4-of-6 Assistant Athletic Trainer/Men’s Basketball: shooting against Army West Point. She then added eight points on 4-of-5 Priya Mehrish Asst. AD/Sports Communications/MBB Contact: shooting at Delaware State and posted her first-career double-double with 11 Greg Ott points and 12 rebounds at Iona on Dec. 19. Firebaugh connected on her first [email protected] three collegiate field goals against the Black Knights for eight points, before (cell) 908-783-5258 scoring 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting at Delaware State. She upped her season Press Row Phone (Alumni Gym): 609-895-5657 high to 17 on Dec. 11 against Manhattan. The 17 points are the most by a Sports Information Fax: Bronc so far this season. She also scored in double figures with 12 points at 609-896-0341 Iona on Dec. 19. Athletics Home Page: www.gobroncs.com IN THE OPENER Villanova was too much for the Broncs in their season opener on Nov. 25. Amanda Mobley led Rider with 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor, but the Wildcats outshot the Broncs, 52.6 percent to 25.0 percent to cruise to the victory. Six Broncs - Lenaejha Evans, Molly Lynch, Raphaela Toussaint, Sofie Bruintjes, Anna Ekerstedt and Makayla Firebaugh each made their Rider debuts, with Evans joining Maya Hyacienth and Victoria Toomey in making their first starts as Broncs. WHO’S BACK Rider returns Preseason All-MAAC Second Team selection Amanda Mobley, who averaged 9.2 points and 5.0 assists per game (2nd-MAAC) last season. Daija Moses started six of 29 games played a year ago and shot 45.2 percent in 18.4 minutes per game. Victoria Toomey and Maya Hyacienth also played in 23 and 25 games, respectively, off the Broncs’ bench. WHO’S MOVED ON Arguably the best player in program history, two-time MAAC Player of the Year Stella Johnson has moved on to a WNBA career with the Washington Mystics. Johnson was the 2019-20 Division I Scoring Champion (24.8 ppg.) and rewrote the Rider record book. All-MAAC Second Team selections Am- ari Johnson (MAAC-leading 16 double-doubles) and Lea Favre (11.9 ppg., 51.8 FG%), along with fellow starter Aubre Johnson and key reserves Lexi Stover and Tracey Goodman have also been lost to graduation. 2020-21 Rider Women’s Basketball ACCORDING TO THE MAAC’S COACHES... The Broncs were picked seventh in the MAAC Preseason Poll and Amanda Mobley was selected to the Preseason All-MAAC Second Team. Manhattan STATS EXTRA was picked to win the league, a point ahead of both Fairfield and Quinnip- 2020-21 RIDER DOUBLE-FIGURE GAMES iac in the vote.