Monmouth Hawks (3-5) vs. Hofstra Pride (4-3)
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 | 7:00pm ET
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ
 
Please find PDF of full notes attached
 
MEDIA INFORMATION
TV: ESPN3/WatchESPNN
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Bob Lampinen
Sideline: Suzi Mellano
 
RADIO
WMCX 88.9FM

MU VS. THE CAA
-Against current members of the CAA, Monmouth has posted an all-time record of 16-17.
-Monmouth is 6-1 all-time against Hofstra, including back-to-back season opening wins in 2012 and 2013.
-The most wins for MU against a CAA school is six against Hofstra.
-The Hawks only have a losing record against three CAA members, including UNC Wilmington, who MU has not played since 1983.
-MU has never played four current CAA members (College of Charleston, William & Mary, Elon and James Madison).
-Monmouth will play just one CAA opponent this season in Hofstra.
-King Rice is 4-1 all time against the CAA.

ONE OF THE FASTEST TO 1,000
Micah Seaborn is nine points away from becoming the 23rd player at the Division I level in Monmouth history to reach the 1,000 point milestone. Seaborn is aiming to become the fourth fastest player to reach the mark. Overall, King Rice has seen four players reach the 1,000-point milestone in their Monmouth careers. Ed Waite accomplished it in Rice's second season, while Andrew Nicholas and Deon Jones also joined Justin Robinson in scoring over 1,000.

Alex Blackwell - 49 games to reach 1,000 (Finished with 1,749, currently t-2nd all time)
Rahsaan Johnson - 54 games to reach 1,000 (Finished with 1,628, currently 4th all time)
John Giraldo - 66 games to reach 1,000 (Finished with 1,749, currently t-2nd all time)
Micah Seaborn - 991 points in 74 career games (12/6 vs. Hofstra is 75th)
Deon Jones - 76 games to reach 1,000 (Finished with 1,229, currently 10th all time)
Justin Robinson - 79 games to reach 1,000 (Finished with 2,003, currently 1st all time)
William Lewis - 80 games to reach 1,000 (Finished with 1,517, currently 6th all time)
Dave Calloway - 82 games to reach 1,000 (Finished with 1,404, currently 8th all time)
Corey Albano - 84 games to reach 1,000 (Finished with 1,599, currently 5th all time)

TILLMAN GETS HOT
Zac Tillman has gone into double figures in his last two games, now giving him seven career games in double digits. He had never previously done that in consecutive games, and his 15 points against Albany was his first such effort since February 26, 2016 against Rider.

MIXING UP THE STARTING FIVE
MU has seen seven different starting lineups in the first eight games of the season, with nine different players earning a spot on the floor to start a game to this point. On Monmouth's roster, 10 players have earned a start at some point in their career, nine of them this season in addition to Zac Tillman, who has totaled 67 starts in his Monmouth career.

HAWKS AND HIGH-MAJORS
It's no secret Monmouth has had success against high-major programs, topping six since 2015-16 started. Monmouth possesses wins over UCLA, Notre Dame, USC, Georgetown, Rutgers and Memphis. However, in addition to those
victories, MU has found themselves in a close game (within 10 points) six other times during the King Rice era, including two losses at the buzzer and two coming in overtime. MU lost by 10 to St. John's in 2013 before leading West Virginia in 2014 in the second half. The Hawks were within a possession in the final minute at Maryland in 2014, and fell to Rutgers at the horn at home later that season. The last two tight high-major losses have come at South Carolina last season at the overtime horn, and on Saturday at UConn in the extra session.

SPREADING THE PRODUCTION
Monmouth has seen production spread across multiple players to this point in the season, evidenced by the fact that six players have led MU in scoring in a game through eight games (Seaborn, Hammond, Quinn, L. Pillari, Tilghman, Salnave). In the rebounding category, seven different players have snagged a game-high in caroms through eight contests (Seaborn, Tillman, Sarr, Quinn, Traore, Tilghman, Papas). Both of MU's double-digit rebounds efforts have come from a guard, with Seaborn grabbing 10 against Bucknell and Tilghman collecting 12 vs. Penn.

SEABORN'S BIG WEEK
Seaborn knocked in 27 points at UConn, a career-best and his 15th career game with 20 or more points. He hit five triples, and scored 20 of his points in the opening half. Seaborn has now reached double figures 53 times in 74 career games played. Seaborn returned from missing two games with injury on Monday against Albany, finishing with 13 points and connecting on all three of his attempts from deep. Seaborn had not played since Sunday, 11/19 at Virginia.