2018–19 Rider Broncs men's basketball team

2018–19 Rider Broncs men's basketball
2018–19 Rider Broncs men's basketball
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record	16–15 (11–7 MAAC)
Head coach	Kevin Baggett (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Dino Presley; Marlon Guild; Ben Luber;
Home arena	Alumni Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Rider Broncs men's basketball team represented Rider University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville, New Jersey as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and were led by seventh year head coach Kevin Baggett. They finished the 2018–19 season 16–15 overall, 11–7 in MAAC play to finish in a four-way tie for second place. As the 4th seed in the 2019 MAAC tournament, they were defeated by No. 5 seed Siena 81–87 in the quarterfinals.

2018–19 MAAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Iona †	12	–	6	.667	17	–	16	.515
Canisius	11	–	7	.611	15	–	17	.469
Quinnipiac	11	–	7	.611	16	–	15	.516
Rider	11	–	7	.611	16	–	15	.516
Siena	11	–	7	.611	17	–	16	.515
Monmouth	10	–	8	.556	14	–	21	.400
Manhattan	8	–	10	.444	11	–	21	.344
Marist	7	–	11	.389	12	–	19	.387
Saint Peter's	6	–	12	.333	10	–	22	.313
Fairfield	6	–	12	.333	9	–	22	.290
Niagara	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406

† 2019 MAAC tournament winner

Previous season

The Broncs finished the 2017–18 season 22–10, 15–3 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for first place with Canisius. After tie breakers, they were the No. 1 seed in the MAAC tournament where they were upset in the quarterfinals by Saint Peter's. As a regular season conference champion, and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Oregon.

Roster

2018–19 Rider Broncs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Jordan Allen	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS So	Dover	Dover, DE
G	3	Noah Buono (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS Fr	Brick Township	Brick, NJ
G	5	Tyrei Randall	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	So	St. Thomas More (CT)	Aurora, CO
F	10	Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Monsignor Bonner	Lansdowne, PA
F	11	Devine Eke	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Jr	Maine	Plainfield, NJ
G	12	Anthony Durham	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	GS	Abington	Philadelphia, PA
F	13	Frederick Scott	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	RS So	DePaul	Munster, IN
G/F	14	Dimencio Vaughn	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS So	The Masters School	New York, NY
F	15	Karamoko Cisse	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Gillette College	Denver, CO
C	20	Tyere Marshall	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Martin Luther King	Philadelphia, PA
F	21	Tyrel Bladen	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Coatesville	Coatesville, PA
G	22	Kimar Williams	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	FIU	Philadelphia, PA
G	23	Stevie Jordan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Conwell-Egan	Bensalem, PA
G	24	Ryan O'Leary	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr	Sayreville	Sayreville, NJ
G	32	Ahmad Gilbert	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Jr	Minnesota	Philadelphia, PA

Head coach

Kevin Baggett (Saint Joseph's)

Assistant coach(es)

Dino Presley (Kutztown)
Marlon Guild (Hartford)
Ben Luber (Penn State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 19, 2018

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2018* 4:00 pm		West Chester	W 87–81		Alumni Gymnasium (1,500) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Non-Conference Regular season
November 6, 2018* 6:30 pm, ESPN3		at UCF	L 70–84	0–1	CFE Arena (4,870) Orlando, Florida
November 19, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Coppin State	W 87–67	1–1	Alumni Gymnasium (1,545) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
November 24, 2018* 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at Wagner	W 89–65	2–1	Spiro Sports Center (1,147) Staten Island, New York
November 28, 2018* 6:30 pm, ATTSNPT		at West Virginia	L 78–92	2–2	WVU Coliseum (9,124) Morgantown, West Virginia
December 8, 2018* 4:00 pm		at Hofstra	L 73–89	2–3	Mack Sports Complex (1,676) Hempstead, New York
December 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Norfolk State	W 81–71	3–3	Alumni Gymnasium (1,587) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
December 15, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN3		Robert Morris	W 69–50	4–3	Alumni Gymnasium (1,425) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
December 17, 2018* 10:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State Las Vegas Classic campus game	L 80–94	4–4	Beasley Coliseum (1,673) Pullman, Washington
December 19, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Drake Las Vegas Classic campus game	L 58–76	4–5	Knapp Center (2,358) Des Moines, Iowa
December 22, 2018* 4:30 pm		vs. Northern Colorado Las Vegas Classic Visitors semifinals	W 74–67	5–5	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
December 23, 2018* 4:30 pm		vs. Cal State Northridge Las Vegas Classic Visitors championship game	L 80–81	5–6	Orleans Arena (2,152) Paradise, Nevada
December 30, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at VCU	L 79–90	5–7	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, Virginia
MAAC regular season
January 3, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Fairfield	W 83–82	6–7 (1–0)	Alumni Hall (1,021) Fairfield, Connecticut
January 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Quinnipiac	W 72–67	7–7 (2–0)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,350) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
January 11, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Canisius	W 82–73	8–7 (3–0)	Koessler Athletic Center (873) Buffalo, New York
January 13, 2019 2:00 pm		at Niagara	W 104–84	9–7 (4–0)	Gallagher Center (936) Lewiston, New York
January 19, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Manhattan	W 60–47	10–7 (5–0)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,219) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
January 25, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Iona	L 71–77	10–8 (5–1)	Hynes Athletic Center (1,652) New Rochelle, New York
January 27, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Marist	W 86–85	11–8 (6–1)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,502) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
January 31, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Saint Peter's	W 59–51	12–8 (7–1)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,560) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
February 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Monmouth	L 71–75	12–9 (7–2)	OceanFirst Bank Center (2,386) West Long Branch, New Jersey
February 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Manhattan	L 66–73	12–10 (7–3)	Draddy Gymnasium (937) Bronx, New York
February 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Canisius	L 80–81	12–11 (7–4)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
February 10, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Siena	L 57–59	12–12 (7–5)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,559) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
February 12, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Quinnipiac	L 88–98 ^OT	12–13 (7–6)	People's United Center (311) Hamden, Connecticut
February 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Monmouth	W 81–72	13–13 (8–6)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
February 17, 2019 2:00 pm		at Saint Peter's	W 71–65	14–13 (9–6)	Yanitelli Center (514) Jersey City, New Jersey
February 22, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Niagara	W 97–81	15–13 (10–6)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,589) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
March 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Iona	L 79–86	15–14 (10–7)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
March 3, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Marist	W 75–64	16–14 (11–7)	McCann Arena (1,619) Poughkeepsie, New York
MAAC tournament
March 9, 2019 9:30 pm, ESPN3	(4)	at (5) Siena Quarterfinals	L 81–87	16–15	Times Union Center Albany, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[1]

References

^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule - Rider University Athletics". Rider University Athletics. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

[1] "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule - Rider University Athletics". Rider University Athletics. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

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