GAME 28 – Thursday, February 25, 2016
Monmouth Hawks (11-16, 9-9 MAAC) vs. Rider Broncs (7-20, 4-14 MAAC)
Location: West Long Branch, NJ – Multipurpose Activity Center
Tip: 7:00 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Stats – MonmouthHawks.com
Live Audio – 89.9 FM WMCX; WMCX.com
Twitter – Twitter.com/MUHawksWBB

The Hawks return home for their final two games of the regular season against their hOURglass rivals, including a Thursday night tilt against Rider. Monmouth has won five of its last seven, including four of five, en route to evening its league mark to 9-9. The Hawks defeated Canisius, 81-71, Sunday afternoon in Buffalo to sweep the MAAC's Western New York road trip. Meanwhile, the Broncs fell to league-leading Quinnipiac, 65-47, at home on Sunday.  

SCOUTING THE RIDER BRONCS
Robin Perkins leads Rider at 14.8 points and 1.6 steals per game, while Julia Duggan has chipped in at 8.1 points and a team-high 7.0 rebounds per game. Kamila Hoskova is close behind in the scoring column at 7.9 points per game, while C'quoya Haughton has added 6.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Manon Pellet has run the point to the tune of 5.8 points and 2.7 assists per game.  

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. RIDER
Monmouth leads the all-time series, 27-13. The two teams have split the last four meetings, with the road team winning the last three games. The Hawks took an 87-75 win on Jan. 21 in Lawrenceville, while the Broncs got even for a 66-62 Hawks victory on Jan. 8, 2015 at Alumni Gym with a 65-55 win on Feb. 13, 2015 at the MAC.   
 
LAST TIME OUT
Tyese Purvis led four Hawks in double figures with a season-high 21 points as the Hawks swept the season series with Canisius with an 81-71 win at Koessler Athletic Center on Sunday. Sarah Olson (16), Jasmine McCall (14) and Christina Mitchell (12) also made strong scoring contributions.  

LAST TIME AGAINST RIDER
Jasmine McCall led four Hawks in double figures with 19 points as the Hawks outran Rider, 87-75, Jan. 21 in Lawrenceville. Sarah Olson and Jamiyah Bethune added 14 points apiece, while Dana Carbone (13) and Tyese Purvis (12) also scored in double figures. Kamila Hoskova led Rider with 22 points.