Monmouth Hawks (9-17, 5-9 MAAC) vs. Canisius Golden Griffins (18-9, 12-2 MAAC)
Friday, February 16, 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/197396

SCOUTING THE GRIFFS
Canisius is in a top-two spot in the MAAC along with Rider, and are led by Jermaine Crumpton's 16.9 points per game. He leads three Griffs in double figures. Canisius has won nine of 10 and 14 of 16.

SALNAVE IS FEELING IT
Ray Salnave posted a career-high 21 points, his first ever 20+ point game, in the win over Saint Peter's. He also set a career best in three pointers made, going a perfect 3-of-3 from beyond the arc. Salnave logged 34 minutes, just his third game this year of 30+ minutes, and started his 15th game. Salnave now has 10 double-figure games this season, with seven of them coming in the last nine contests.

Louie Pillari'S SHOOTING PERCENTAGES
Louie Pillari is the MAAC leader in three-point shooting, knocking in 47.7% of this shots from deep (42-88). Pillari is 1.5% better than Quinnipiac's Jacob Rigoni's second-place mark. Pillari also leads MU in free throw shooting, hitting foul shots at a 92% clip. Pillari's foul shooting would lead the MAAC were he among qualifiers. He has missed only two free throws all season, one in each game against Manhattan.

DEFENSIVE LOCKDOWN
Three of Monmouth's five MAAC wins have seen the Hawks hold their opponent under 60 points, including holding Iona to 50 before limiting Saint Peter's to 57. MU also held Siena to 56 points on 1/25. In those games, the Hawks are holding their opponent to 35.1% from the field and 24.1% from downtown. MU is outrebounding teams by 4.7 per contest in the three contests, and are outscoring teams by over 16 points.

EXPLORING THE DEPTH
In league play, 12 Hawks are averaging over 9.7 minutes per game, and in the game against Saint Peter's, senior guard Dan Pillari played six rotation minutes at the point guard spot with George Papas, Austin Tilghman and Micah Seaborn all missing the game.