Game 27
Monmouth vs. Marist
Date: Monday, February 16, 2015
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: West Long Branch, N.J. | the MAC
Broadcast: ESPN3 | WatchESPN app
Talent: Eddy Occhipinti '06 & Steve Bazaz '07
Audio: Shore Sports Network [WOBM-AM 1160 & 1310]
Talent: Matt Harmon '96 & Bob Lampinen
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Monmouth-Marist Series History:
• Monday night's game marks the 58th all-time meeting between Monmouth and Marist, but just the fourth as members of the MAAC.
• Monmouth leads the all-time series 36-21, which began during the 1962-63 season.
• Monmouth went 15-12 against the Red Foxes when both schools were members of the Northeast Conference (1985-86 through 1996-97).
• Marist won both meetings last season, by two points at McCann and by four points in double overtime in the MAC.
• Monmouth opened the 2014-15 MAAC schedule with a seven point win at Marist on Dec. 4.
• All three games in the MAAC series have been decided by single-digits and a combined 13 points total.
Blue & White Bits:
• Monmouth, under fourth year head coach King Rice, embarks on its second season in the highly competitive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The Hawks got off to a 4-0 start in league play, their best opening since beginning the 2004-05 league campaign at 7-0, a season Monmouth won the NEC Regular Season Championship.
• Monmouth currently has three players in action who have seen action in over 100 career games in Max DiLeo, Andrew Nicholas and Brice Kofane.
• Monmouth was selected sixth in this year's Preseason MAAC Coaches Poll, while junior guard Deon Jones was named to the Preseason All-MAAC Third Team.
• Senior guard Andrew Nicholas became the 20th player in Monmouth's Divsion I history to score 1,000 career points behind his 24-point performance against Towson (11/23), in which he tied a career-high with six made three-pointers.
• The guard duo of Jones and Andrew Nicholas combined for 939 points last season, which tied for the sixth-highest combined single-season point total in program history.
• In 2014-15, Monmouth returns 88.9% of its scoring (1964/2208) from a season ago, and 82.0% of its minutes played.
• The Hawks return their top six scorers from last year's 11-21 team.
• Monmouth's returning sophomores combined for 77 starts, 833 points (26.0 ppg), 223 assists (6.9 apg) and 402 rebounds (12.6 rpg) as rookies in the Blue & White.
• On Monday, December 8, Justin Robinson was named the MAAC Player of the Week, Monmouth's first MAAC Player of the Week recipient in its program/conference history. Last season, Josh James was named the MAAC Rookie of the Week twice.
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