EDISON, NJ (Nov. 9, 2022) – Rider University was the lone Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men’s basketball teams in action on the season’s second day. The Broncs put up a good fight against Big East foe Providence, but ultimately dropped the road contest by one point.  
 
Rider (0-1, 0-0 MAAC) – 65 | Providence (1-0, 0-0 Big East) – 66
Amica Mutual Pavilion | PROVIDENCE, RI
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Dwight Murray, Jr. scored a game-high 18 points and Allen Powell added 15 points, but the Rider University men’s basketball team was edged at Providence, 66-65, in the season opener Tuesday night at Amica Mutual Pavilion.
 
The 2022-23 campaign culminates with the 2023 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from March 7-11 at Atlantic City's Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall for the fourth consecutive year. For all information regarding the 2023 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, please visit MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #MAACHoops on Twitter. For tickets to the 2023 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, please visit ticketmaster.com.
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 42nd year of competition during the 2022-23 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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