Two Metro Atlantic Athletic Association rivals meet on the court Sunday when the Rider Broncs (5-11, 2-3 MAAC) pay a visit to Poughkeepsie, New York and McCann Arena to face the Marist Red Foxes (7-6, 2-2 MAAC). Rider defeated the Manhattan Jaspers 71-58 on Friday night and the Broncs have won each of the last two. Marist was defeated by the Quinnipiac Bobcats 66-55 on Friday night and the Red Foxes have lost each of the last four. Rider and Marist do not have any players listed on their injury reports.
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Rider is scoring an average of 72.4 points per game which is 246th and much of that is due to poor shooting as the Broncs are shooting 41.0% overall and 29.7% from 3 point land which are 322nd and 325th respectively. Rider is making 70.9% of its free throws which is 190th. Mervin James is the leading scorer for Rider with an average of 20.5 points per game and TJ Weeks Jr is second with an average of just 9.9 points per game. Corey McKeithan is the leader in assists with an average of 3.5 per contest.
The Rider defense is allowing an average of 76.4 points per game which is 301st, while opponents are shooting 43.5% overall which is 210th and 32.3% from 3-point territory which is 155th. Rider is averaging 41 rebounds per game led by James with an average of 7.3. James is also the leader in blocked shots with an aver age of 1.0 per game and McKeithan averages a team best 1.3 steals per game.