Rider visits Delaware after Bliss' 21-point showing

Rider Broncs (1-8, 0-2 MAAC) at Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (3-7)

Newark, Delaware; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Delaware hosts Rider after Christian Bliss scored 21 points in Delaware's 88-66 loss to the CSU Northridge Matadors.

The Fightin' Blue Hens are 1-3 on their home court. Delaware gives up 75.3 points and has been outscored by 6.6 points per game.

The Broncs are 0-6 on the road. Rider is third in the MAAC with 11.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Caleb Smith averaging 2.6.

Delaware is shooting 44.5% from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points higher than the 43.3% Rider allows to opponents. Rider averages 58.8 points per game, 16.5 fewer points than the 75.3 Delaware gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bliss is shooting 38.2% and averaging 14.8 points for the Fightin' Blue Hens. Justyn Fernandez is averaging 16.6 points.

Zion Cruz is averaging 11.1 points for the Broncs. Aasim Burton is averaging 10.2 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.