Game 11 - Saturday, December 18, 2010
Monmouth (4-6) vs. Rutgers (7-2)
Location: the MAC - West Long Branch, N.J.
Tip: 7:05 p.m.
On the air: 88.9 FM WMCX - www.wmcx.com
Live Stats and VideoStream available through GoMUHawks.com

All-Time Series: Rutgers leads 9-0
Last Meeting: Rutgers, 66-52 (12/9/09)

Rutgers Men's Basketball
The Scarlet Knights, who are on a four-game win streak, are averaging 69.7 points per game after nine contests this year. RU, which is the second Big East opponent to visit the MAC, has three players in double-figures in the scoring column, and is holding its opponents to 59.1 points per outing.

Rutgers is connecting at a 45.5% rate from the floor overall, which includes 34.2% from three-point range.

BLUE & WHITE BITS:
The Blue and White finished 8-6 at home in its first season in the MAC a season ago. Monmouth is 2-2 at home so far this year.

The Hawks, selected tenth in the Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, return 46.4% of last year's offense.

Monmouth, which is holding its opponents to 63.8 points per game, currently ranks third in the Northeast Conference in team defense, 2.1 points behind the league-leader.

Monmouth returns seven letterwinners from a season ago, four of which started a game last year.

Last season forward Ed Waite was named to the Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team, upping Monmouth's program total to 15 players who have earned that distinction from the league.

Juniors Mike Myers Keitt (12.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 56.0% FG) and Will Campbell (11.7 ppg, 2.0 apg, 2.0 spg) were both named to the All-Tournament Team at the Basketball Travelers Classic in Idaho in early December.

Monmouth head coach Dave Calloway returns for his 14th season as the head coach of the Hawks, and his 24th overall season with the program. Calloway, who now has 122 Northeast Conference wins, stands in fourth place all-time in league history. Calloway now seeks to catch former St. Francis (N.Y.) head coach, Ron Ganulin (129) for third place.