Monmouth Hawks (4-10, 0-2 MAAC) vs. Manhattan Jaspers (7-7, 2-0 MAAC)
Friday, January 5, 2018 | 7:00pm ET
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ
 
Please find PDF of full notes attached
 
MEDIA INFORMATION
TV: ESPN3 and Watch ESPN app
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz
Sideline: Suzi Mellano
 
RADIO
WMCX 88.9FM

MU VS. MANHATTAN HISTORY
-Monmouth has won three games in a row against the Jaspers.
-Monmouth is 5-8 all-time vs. the Jaspers.
-The Hawks are 3-5 vs. Manhattan since joining the MAAC in 2013.
-Five of the games played since the Hawks joined the league have been decided by single digits.
-Monmouth guard Ray Salnave and Manhattan guard Aaron Walker Jr. played high school basketball together at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School. MU assistant coach Duane Woodward also played scholastically at Cardozo from 1990-1994.
-Monmouth will play Manhattan on the road on Saturday, February 10th at 7:00 pm.

HAWKS LEAD THE LEAGUE FROM DEEP
MU is shooting the highest percentage in the league from downtown at 39% on the year, just ahead of tonight's opponent, Manhattan, who ranks second at 38.1%. Micah Seaborn is Monmouth's best three-point shooter at 45.6%, while Louie Pillari marks at 45.5%, and Deion Hammond has made the most triples on the team (31). Monmouth ranks 52nd nationally in three point shooting.

MU REBOUNDING THE BALL DEFENSIVELY
The Blue and White lead the MAAC in defensive rebounds per game with 391 total, an average of 27.9 per game, more than a full defensive rebound more than Fairfi eld in second. Austin Tilghman's 67 defensive boards lead the team and are fifth in the MAAC, averaging 4.8 defensive caroms per contest. Leading the MU bigs on the defensive glass is Mustapha Traore with 45.

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
Micah Seaborn is now 19th all-time in scoring, 10 points behind Kevin Owens in 18th. Austin Tilghman is also in the top-20 in career assists with 202, seven shy of three players tied in 16th. Tilghman has already set a career-high with 65 assists.

HAMMOND REMAINS HOT
Freshman Deion Hammond has now scored in double figures in five of his last six games and eight of 14 overall, ranking him third amongst MAAC freshmen in scoring. He is second on the Hawks in points per game and had hit a three in every game this season before going 0-4 at Saint Peter's. Hammond is one of five MAAC rookies averaging in double figures, and his 10.9 points per game ranks him third amongst conference freshmen. He trails only Rider's Jordan Allen and Frederick Scott in rookie scoring, and is second in three pointers made by a freshmen behind Allen, who leads the conference overall.