Game 31
Monmouth vs. Siena
Date: Sunday, March 1, 2015
Time: 4:30 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: Bob Lampinen & Bob Davies
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Monmouth-Siena Series History:
• Sunday's game marks just the seventh all-time meeting between Monmouth and Siena, and the fourth encounter as conference opponents in the MAAC.
• The two teams split last year's season series, with each team winning on its home court.
• Monmouth's 83-64 victory at the Times Union Center on February 14 knotted the all-time series 3-3.
• The Hawks and Saints began this series during the 1979-80 season, and did not meet again until Monmouth's 89-76 victory at the Pepsi Center in December, 2003.
• Monmouth's victory over Siena on January 2, 2014, was the program's first-ever MAAC win.
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 clinched a Championship First-Round bye in the 2015 MAAC Tournament, locking up a guaranteed top-five seed.
• 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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