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Oncocyte to Participate in “J.P. Morgan Week” and Host Investor MeetingsRider's Jay Alvarez drives toward the basket against Delaware during an NCAA men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo) Rider's Jay Alvarez, right, and Ife West-Ingram, left, slap hands after Alvarez got to the free throw line against Delaware during an NCAA men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo) Rider's Zion Cruz reacts after scoring against Delaware during an NCAA men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo) Rider's Tariq Ingraham grabs the ball against Delaware during an NCAA men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo) Rider's Jay Alvarez, 5, goes up between two Delaware defenders during an NCAA men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo) Rider's Zion Cruz looks to drive against Delaware during an NCAA men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo) Rider's Tariq Ingraham, back, looks to pass the ball as he's defended by Delaware's Tahron Allen, front, during an NCAA men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo) Rider's Flash Burton brings the ball up the floor against Delaware during an NCAA men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo) Rider's Jay Alvarez drives toward the basket against Delaware during an NCAA men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo) LAWRENCEVILLE — Maybe Jay Alvarez and his Rider teammates would have been better served staying on the road rather than returning to Alumni Gymnasium for the home cooking they were expecting. Instead, it was a post-Thanksgiving malaise. The Broncs failed to get timely stops on one end, then went ice cold in the second half on the other of what ended up a 72-66 loss to Delaware in the home opener on Saturday afternoon. “I felt we could get whatever we wanted on offense when we moved the ball, but I felt like nothing was going in,” Alvarez said. “That’s when we got to lock in on defense and get some stops.” Rider (4-4) lost consecutive games for the first time this season, although it was hoping that being inside Alumni Gymnasium after a seven game season-opening road trip that took it to four states and three time zones would provide a boost to a road-weary club. “I was worried about being home and the distractions,” coach Kevin Baggett said. “I wanted our guys to play for one another and not for the crowd or anybody else for that matter. It just came down to a poor defensive effort today. Give them credit because they made some big shots and scored at costly times when we were trying get stops.” Despite a near five-minute scoring drought in which the Broncs were 1-for-17 from the floor in the second half, they were still down just 11 and made a late run at it. Alvarez finally got a 3 to drop to make it 63-57 with 2:02 left, but Delaware’s John Camden converted a three-point play after on a second-chance opportunity to push the deficit back to nine. Even though Rider missed its first nine 3s in the second half — it was another tough shooting night from beyond the arc as it finished 6-for-23 — T.J. Weeks Jr. followed Alvarez’s trey with a four-point play to make it 66-61 with 1:09 to go. And again the Broncs couldn’t get a stop as the Blue Hens (4-3) moved the ball into the hands of the open Erik Timko for a dagger 3 with 45 seconds left. “Too many breakdowns, not enough ball pressure, gave up too many 3s at costly times when we knew they were desperate,” Baggett said. “They got all the 50/50 balls, so therefore you lose the game. When the game is in the balance, you have to get stops. Then you get a stop and then you don’t get a rebound to secure the possession.” Baggett tried just about every five-man combination he could think of; ten players logged at least nine minutes. “I just couldn’t find a great five that could consistently get stops,” he said. “It wasn’t about scoring the ball. It was about getting stops. I couldn’t find that group five. It was maybe three guys defending and two guys breaking down; four guys defending and one guy breaking down.” Alvarez finished with 17 points and Weeks Jr. had 15 but they also combined to shoot 4-of-16 from beyond the arc. Tariq Ingraham had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds and Zion Cruz scored 10 off the bench. “We know we what we got to do,” Alvarez said. “Just go back and practice, fix some things up, watch film and then we’ll be better.” It has to get better quickly because the Broncs are at Fairfield on Wednesday night in the MAAC opener. “Got to focus on the defensive stuff,” Alvarez said. “That’s something we stress at practice every day, bringing the intensity just like a game so we’re ready when gametime comes.”