Rider vs. Iona: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Rider 71

(13-13, 6-8 away)

Iona 78

(15-10, 10-3 home)

Venue: Hynes Athletic Center

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, February 09, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Rider	31	40	71
Iona	38	40	78

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Rider	J Thompson 26	D Stewart 5	J Thompson 5
Iona	L Jones 32	L Jones 6	T Sledge 5

Iona came out on top against Rider 78-71 in MAAC play on Saturday, February 9th. The Gaels tie the season series against Rider at 1-1 with the win. The Gaels got the win with a game-high 32 points and six rebounds from Lamont Jones. Sean Armand had 24 points and added three rebounds. Jonathon Thompson got a career-high 26 points and five assists for the Broncs. Iona (15-10, 9-5 MAAC) travels to Manhattan (8-15, 6-7 MAAC) on Friday, February 15th.

Iona Game Notes

Iona started 15-10 during the 2010, 2002, and 1999 seasons (since 1996).
Iona has won every game this season (7-0) when its field goal percentage has been 50.0 percent or better.
Iona has won 86 percent of the time this season (6-1) after committing nine or fewer turnovers.
Iona has won every game this season (4-0) when opponents record 27 or fewer rebounds.
This season Iona has won 100 percent of the time (4-0) when Sean Armand has 24 points or more and 80 percent of the time (8-2) when Tavon Sledge has five assists or more.
Iona set a season low for blocks (one).
The Gaels have recorded more rebounds than their opponents for the past four games.
This is the 10th game at home this season--Iona has a 11.8 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
Lamont Jones accounted for 41.0 percent of the team's points.
Lamont Jones has led the team in scoring in 17 out of 25 games this season.
David Laury has led the team in rebounding in 13 out of 25 games this season.
This marks the 33rd 20-point game of Lamont Jones's career.
Lamont Jones has eight straight double-digit point games.
This marks the seventh 20-point game of Sean Armand's career.

Rider Game Notes

Anthony Myles recorded a team season high in three pointers attempted with 10.
Jonathon Thompson accounted for 36.6 percent of the team's points.
Jonathon Thompson has led the team in scoring five times in 26 games this season.
Danny Stewart has led the team in rebounding 17 times in 26 games this season.
This marks the third 20-point game of Jonathon Thompson's career.
Jonathon Thompson has five straight double-digit point games.
Jonathon Thompson set career highs with 26 points and nine field goals made.
Anthony Myles set a career high with four three-pointers.

RIDER Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	J. Thompson	38	26	3	5	0	1	2
A	Danny Stewart	33	8	5	3	2	3	0
A	Anthony Myles	37	19	3	2	0	1	1
B	Dera Nd-Ezuma	12	4	2	1	0	1	0
B	Khalil Alford	12	6	1	0	0	1	0
C	Shawn Valentine	9	0	2	1	0	2	1
D+	N. Lindsey	24	6	1	1	0	0	3
D+	Junior Fortunat	12	0	3	0	0	0	1
D	Zedric Sadler	25	2	2	0	0	1	3
-	Tommy Pereira	7	0	0	1	0	0	0

IONA Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Lamont Jones	39	32	6	3	0	0	4
A	Sean Armand	36	24	3	1	0	0	2
B+	Tavon Sledge	31	4	3	5	2	0	0
B	Taaj Ridley	32	6	5	1	0	1	0
C+	Tre Bowman	20	6	3	0	1	0	1
C+	David Laury	29	4	6	2	1	0	1
D+	N. Moikubo	13	2	1	0	0	0	1