SCOUTING THE PRIDE
Hofstra comes in 5-3, and are led by CAA Preseason Player of the Year Justin Wright-Foreman, who averages close to 27 point per game. Hofstra has won two in a row coming in for the first time this season.

SERIES NOTES
-The teams met for the first time in 1983-84, the first season Monmouth competed at the Division I level.
-Monmouth won six in a row in the series, spanning from 1985-2013.
-The 2013 contest marked the first game for an MU class that ended their careers as the winningest in Monmouth history.
-Mustapha Traore had nine points vs. Hofstra last year.

 

MU VS. THE CAA
-Against current members of the CAA, Monmouth has posted an all-time record of 16-18.
-Monmouth is 6-2 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 4-2 all time against the CAA.

TRAORE TIES CAREER-HIGH IN REBOUNDS
Mustapha Traore grabbed 10 rebounds at Bucknell to tie his career-high with his second career 10-rebound contest. His first came during his first career double-double at Yale on 12/20/17. 

NEW LINEUP
Monmouth went with a two-big lineup against Bucknell to start for the first time since January 29, 2018 at Rider, with Mustapha Traore and Diago Quinn opening the game at the forward and center spots for the Blue and White. It marked Monmouth's third different lineup of the season.

ROAD TRIP
Monmouth is in the midst of its longest road trip of the season, a four-game swing that started at Kentucky and goes through Bucknell, Hofstra and Albany. The Blue and White will go nearly a month without a home game (11/24-12/20) once you factor in a 12-day period with no games due to final exams.