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Rider-Iona, Part II
Breaking down a matchup of two teams heading in different directions:
SCOUTING RIDER: The Broncs, losers of three of their last five, rank near the bottom of the MAAC in most statistical categories. In MAAC games, they’re eighth in scoring margin, ninth in both overall and 3-point field goal percentage, eighth in field goal percentage and 3-point percentage defense, ninth in defensive rebounding and 10th in free throw percentage. … Ryan Thompson, yet to emerge from a season-long funk, is averaging a team-best 14.7 points but shooing only 40 percent from the floor, including 32 percent from 3-point range. … Justin Robinson (13 points, league-leading 44 percent 3-point shooting) led the Broncs with 17 points in Friday’s loss to Saint Peter’s. … Novar Gadson (11.5 points, 7.9 rebounds) is playing with a high sprain on his left ankle. He missed last Monday’s game at Marist but scored seven points in 24 minutes Friday. … Mike Ringgold (10.9, 7.5) has been held under 10 points in three of his last four games. … Jon Thompson (2.8 points) has started the last two games in place of Gadson. … Jermaine Jackson (1.2) has also started the last two, but has been a non-factor on offense.
SCOUTING IONA: Few teams in the MAAC are playing better than the Gaels, winners of three straight and eight out of 10. Iona blew out Rider last Saturday in Lawrenceville and followed that performance with wins at Loyola and at home against Niagara. Iona, first in the MAAC in scoring defense and second in field goal percentage defense, hasn’t given up more than 50 points in any of its last three games. … All-MAAC candidate Scott Machado, a sophomore guard, is averaging team bests of 12.4 points and 4.4 assists. He led the Gaels with a career-high 24 points last Saturday at Rider. …Freshman sharpshooter Kyle Smyth is averaging 9.4 points and shooting just below 40 percent from 3. … Junior forward Alejo Rodriguez (8.6 points, 6.4 rebounds) had a career-high 17 rebounds at Rider. … Sophomore guard Jermel Jenkins (7.5 points) has scored exactly five points in three straight games. … Senior forward Jonathan Huffman (6.6 points) is third in the MAAC in 3-point percentage at 42.6 percent, trailing only Robinson and Fairfield’s Mike Evanovich. … Junior guard Rashon Dwight is averaging 6.1 points and shooting 40.5 percent from 3.
SCOUTING RIDER: The Broncs, losers of three of their last five, rank near the bottom of the MAAC in most statistical categories. In MAAC games, they’re eighth in scoring margin, ninth in both overall and 3-point field goal percentage, eighth in field goal percentage and 3-point percentage defense, ninth in defensive rebounding and 10th in free throw percentage. … Ryan Thompson, yet to emerge from a season-long funk, is averaging a team-best 14.7 points but shooing only 40 percent from the floor, including 32 percent from 3-point range. … Justin Robinson (13 points, league-leading 44 percent 3-point shooting) led the Broncs with 17 points in Friday’s loss to Saint Peter’s. … Novar Gadson (11.5 points, 7.9 rebounds) is playing with a high sprain on his left ankle. He missed last Monday’s game at Marist but scored seven points in 24 minutes Friday. … Mike Ringgold (10.9, 7.5) has been held under 10 points in three of his last four games. … Jon Thompson (2.8 points) has started the last two games in place of Gadson. … Jermaine Jackson (1.2) has also started the last two, but has been a non-factor on offense.
SCOUTING IONA: Few teams in the MAAC are playing better than the Gaels, winners of three straight and eight out of 10. Iona blew out Rider last Saturday in Lawrenceville and followed that performance with wins at Loyola and at home against Niagara. Iona, first in the MAAC in scoring defense and second in field goal percentage defense, hasn’t given up more than 50 points in any of its last three games. … All-MAAC candidate Scott Machado, a sophomore guard, is averaging team bests of 12.4 points and 4.4 assists. He led the Gaels with a career-high 24 points last Saturday at Rider. …Freshman sharpshooter Kyle Smyth is averaging 9.4 points and shooting just below 40 percent from 3. … Junior forward Alejo Rodriguez (8.6 points, 6.4 rebounds) had a career-high 17 rebounds at Rider. … Sophomore guard Jermel Jenkins (7.5 points) has scored exactly five points in three straight games. … Senior forward Jonathan Huffman (6.6 points) is third in the MAAC in 3-point percentage at 42.6 percent, trailing only Robinson and Fairfield’s Mike Evanovich. … Junior guard Rashon Dwight is averaging 6.1 points and shooting 40.5 percent from 3.
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