Monmouth Hawks (7-14, 3-6 MAAC) vs. Fairfield Stags (8-13, 3-7 MAAC)
Friday, February 2, 2018 | 7:00pm ET
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ
 
Please find PDF of full notes attached.
 
MEDIA INFORMATION
TV: ESPN3/Watch ESPN
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz
Sideline: Suzi Mellano
RADIO
WMCX 88.9FM
 
LIVE STATS
http://statb.us/b/197393

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE... AT GUARD
Austin Tilghman has now totaled four double-doubles, the most on Monmouth and fourth most in the MAAC. Tilghman has posted double-doubles in consecutive games for the first time in his career and has posted the second most such games in the league for a guard, behind only Niagara's Matt Scott, who has seven. The last time two Hawks posted the stat in consecutive games came on last year's Buffalo trip, when Justin Robinson did it with 21 points and 11 assists at Niagara before Chris Brady went for 22 points and 10 boards vs. Canisius. Deon Jones was the last individual Hawk to post back-to-back double-double, doing so on 1/16/14 at Quinnipiac (16 pts., 11 rebs.) and 1/19/14 vs. Canisius (20 pts., 11 rebs.).

SWEEPING PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Monmouth swept the league's weekly honors for the second time since joining the MAAC in 2013, with Austin Tilghman being named Player of the Week and Deion Hammond Rookie of the Week last Monday. The last pair of players to sweep the awards were Justin Robinson and Micah Seaborn on 11/30/15 after MU came off a third-place finish at the AdvoCare Invitational, posting high-major wins over #17 Notre Dame and USC. Tilghman posted his third double-double of the season and scored a career-high 24 points Saturday at Nassau Coliseum against Marist, leading Monmouth in four major categories for the day including points, rebounds (12), assists (6) and steals (3). He preceded that with 20 points against Siena, and shot 54.5% from the field and a perfect 19-of-19 from the free throw line on the week. In the two games, Tilghman was just shy of averaging a double-double, and posted a line for the week of 22 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and two steals per game. The point guard was on the floor for 74 of a possible 80 minutes. Hammond continued his strong freshman season with another pair of double-figure performances, netting a career-best 24 points with five triples Saturday vs. Marist at Nassau Coliseum. He scored 17 points against Siena on Thursday night while averaging three rebounds per game on the week. Hammond's five threes vs. Marist notched a career-best, as did his nine made field goals against the Red Foxes.

SALNAVE'S STRETCH
Redshirt freshman guard Ray Salnave is averaging 13.5 points per game over his last four contests, going into double-digits in three of the games. He topped a career-high with 19 points at Rider, and netted 15 points vs. Marist and 16 points, all in the first half against Iona. Salnave is shooting over 41% during that time, and over 80% from the free throw line while averaging close to four rebounds, two assists and a steal per game.

IN CONFERENCE PLAY...
-Austin Tilghman is averaging 15.1 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game.
-Deion Hammond is Monmouth's second-leading scorer at 13.1 points per game.
-Monmouth has started the same lineup in seven of the nine games (Tilghman, Hammond, Salnave, Traore, Quinn).
-MU is outshooting opponents 47.9% to 42.8%.
-Tilghman and Hammond are the only Hawks averaging over 25 minutes per game.
-12 Hawks are averaging over 9.6 minutes per contest.

APPROACHING MILESTONES
-Tonight's game is Austin Tilghman's 124th career contest, tying him for sixth all time with Ed Waite and Chris Kenny.
-Zac Tillman will tie himself tonight with James Hett for 10th all time with 120 games played.
-Tilghman is 18th all-time in single-season assists with 113, six shy of James Hett (119 in 10-11).
-Tilghman's 250 career assists are 14th, seven shy of Jason Krayl in 13th.
-Tilghman has grabbed 391 rebounds, 19th all time and nine short of Alex Sturm in 18th.
-Tilghman's 101 steals arer tied for 21st, three short of the top-20 and Giedrius Aidietis.
-Micah Seaborn's 1,089 points mark him 17th all time, seven short of Jack Gordon in 17th.
-Seaborn's 163 three pointers are 10th all-time, six shy of Andrew Nicholas in ninth.