Monmouth Hawks (8-17, 4-9 MAAC) vs. Saint Peter's Peacocks (10-15, 4-10 MAAC)
Tuesday, February 13, 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
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SCOUTING THE PEACOCKS
Nick Griffin leads three Peacocks in double figures at 13.2 points per game. SPU has rebounded from a six-game losing streak to win two of its last four.

SPU HEAD COACH JOHN DUNNE
In his 12th season at the helm of the Peacocks, John Dunne led SPU to the CIT title last season. He has an NCAA Tournament appearance to his credit, and last season won 23 games.

HAWKS AT HOME
Monmouth is 4-5 away from home this season, with the five losses coming by a combined 15 points including two by one point and a third by three.

SPU ON THE ROAD
The Peacocks are 2-10 away from Jersey City, and have yet to win a road league game this season. Their lone wins away from home came at Lafayette and LIU Brooklyn.

MCCLARY'S SOLID NIGHT
Marcus McClary netted a career-high nine points at Manhattan and hit his first three pointer, part of a career-best four made field goals. The freshman also snagged a career-best two steals in 22 minutes, one minute shy of his season high in his inaugural campaign.

THE STRETCH RUN
Monmouth will play three of its final five games at home to close out the season, including two this week against Saint Peter's and Canisius. MU will play a quarter of its scheduled home games in the next nine days, concluding with Senior Night against Rider on 2/22.

HAMMOND CONTINUES TO SHINE
Deion Hammond hit four threes in a span of 3:47 at Manhattan en route to a 19-point showing, his third highest output of the season. Hammond grabbed his season-high of four rebounds for the second game in a row, and is currently fourth amongst MAAC freshmen in scoring.

SALNAVE STEALS IT
Ray Salnave collected a career-high five steals, the second Hawk to do so this season, at Manhattan. His defense helped lead a late first half Monmouth run to get MU within two at one point, eventually trailing by four at the break.

LOCKING DOWN DEFENSIVELY
Monmouth allowed just 50 points to Iona, the best defensive showing of the season and lowest amount of points allowed by MU since last season in a 91-49 win over Fairfield on 1/19/17. The Hawks limited Iona to 24 points in the opening half, the best defensive opening half of the season, and held Iona to 32.8% from the field, the Gaels' lowest shooting percentage of the year. From distance, Iona shot 21.9%, the best three-point defense MU has exhibited this season.

WINNING WITH JUST ONE DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORER
Monmouth topped Iona with just one double-digit scorer in Louie Pillari, who finished with his second career 20+ point game in netting 21 points. The last time MU won a game with one player in double digits was 11/22/16, when Justin Robinson's 19 points were the Hawks' lone double-figure output in a win over Cornell at home.

DOING IT TOGETHER
MU finished with seven players scoring six or more points against Iona, and seven players grabbing four or more rebounds. 10 of 11 Hawks who played in the game scored, while nine grabbed a rebound and seven had an assist.

IN CONFERENCE PLAY...
-Austin Tilghman is averaging 12.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game.
-Deion Hammond is Monmouth'sleading scorer at 13 points per game.
-Monmouth has started the same lineup in eight of the 13 games (Tilghman, Hammond, Salnave, Traore, Quinn).
-MU is outshooting opponents 46.5% to 42.9%.
-Tilghman and Hammond are the only Hawks averaging over 22.5 minutes per game.
-12 Hawks are averaging over 9.7 minutes per contest.

APPROACHING MILESTONES
-Tonight's game is Austin Tilghman's 127th career contest, putting him fifth all time.
-Zac Tillman is now eighth all time behind Dejan Delic with 123 games played.
-Tilghman is 11th all-time in single-season assists with 133.
-Tilghman's 270 career assists are 13th, one short of William Lewis.
-Tilghman has grabbed 412 rebounds, tied with Whitney Coleman in 17th.
-Tilghman's 102 steals are tied for 21st, two 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.