Rider

Official Name: 
Rider University
Nickname: 
Broncs
Mailing Address: 

2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099

Website: 
www.gobroncs.com
Telephone: 
(609) 896-5138
Fax: 
(609) 896-0341
Enrollment: 
4,900
Arena: 

Alumni Gymnasium
Capacity: 1,650
Year Opened: 1959

School Colors: 
Cranberry and White
Conference: 

Metro Atlantic Athletic (since 1998)
Former Member of ECC (1967-92) and Northeast (1993-97)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1984, 1993, and 1994
0-3 record (.000)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1957
2-1 record (.667)

NIT Appearances: 

(1) 1998
0-1 record (.000)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1956, 1958, and 1963
0-3 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

John Carpenter (23 years from 1967-89, 292-328 record, .471)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Darrick Suber (2,219 points from 1990-93)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Chuck Simon (874 from 1974-77)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Ron Simpson (48 points as senior at St. Francis (ny), in double overtime on 12/5/87)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Ron Simpson* (48 at St. Francis, N.Y., in 2OT)
December 5, 1987 (senior/22.8 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time Rider mark set by George Abel (51 vs. Cathedral, N.Y., in 1939-40 season finale).

1

2

OT

2OT

Total

Rider

41

46

13

15

115

St. Francis, NY

39

48

13

18

118

Rider

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Cleveland

12-17

0-0

2-2

26

Simpson

17-37

9-12

5-7

48

Titus

2-4

0-0

2-2

7

Edwards

3-4

0-0

0-0

6

Urbanik

3-7

0-0

2-3

8

Nesmith

3-5

0-0

1-1

7

Zeleski

3-10

0-0

0-0

9

Vogt

0-5

0-0

0-0

0

Carothers

0-3

0-0

4-4

4

Bordan

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Rosado

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Durfee

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

43-94

13-23

16-19

115

Percentages

.457

.565

.842

St. Francis, NY

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Jensen

2-5

2-2

6

Kibbler

10-18

3-7

23

Purdie

6-10

7-10

20

Henry

3-3

6-8

14

Jorge

10-16

9-12

30

Flannigan

0-0

10-10

10

Israel

0-1

0-0

0

Cooper

6-7

3-4

15

Totals

37-60

40-53

118

Percentages

.617

.755
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Clair Francis Bee

3

1929-31

53-7

.883

1930, 1931

17-2

Paul Frank

1

1932

5-8

.385

1932

5-8

Frank Donlon

11

1933-40, 44-46

99-76

.566

1936

10-4

Rex Ellis

2

1941-42

20-20

.500

1941

10-7

Tom A. "Tiger" Leyden

17

1943, 47-62

214-182

.540

1957

20-7

Bob Greenwood

3

1963-65

48-29

.623

1963

20-8

Dick Harter

1

1966

16-9

.640

1966

16-9

John Carpenter

23

1967-89

292-328

.471

1971

20-6

Kevin Bannon

8

1990-97

131-103

.560

1994

21-9

Don Harnum Jr.

8

1998-2005

127-104

.550

1998

18-10

Tommy Dempsey

6

2006-11

106-86

.552

2008, 1911

23-11
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,068-933 (.534) from 1929 through 2011.
  • NOTE: Rider (NJ) moved up to major-college status in 1968.