Niagara Purple Eagles (9-10, 5-2 MAAC) at Monmouth Hawks (6-11, 2-4 MAAC)  
Saturday, January 26, 2019 | 2:00 PM
OceanFirst Bank Center | West Long Branch, NJ
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LAST TIME OUT
Despite trailing by nine in the third quarter, Monmouth mounted a second half comeback to defeat Canisius on Thursday night, 67-61. Junior Sierra Green led the charge with 22 points in the win, including 13 in the third quarter turnaround on three triples. Monmouth forced a season-high 29 turnovers and scored 37 points off Canisius giveaways. Junior Emani Clough added 12 points, three rebounds, three assists, and three steals, and was a team-best +18. Junior Rosa Graham added 11 points in the win, hitting two clutch free throws to put Monmouth up four with 29 seconds left. Junior Taylor Nason tied a career-high with six steals while also contributing five points and four rebounds.
 
SCOUTING THE NIAGARA PURPLE EAGLES
Niagara is off to its best conference start since 2004-05 with a 5-2 MAAC record. Junior guard Jai Moore leads the team and is 5th in the MAAC in scoring with 15.3 PPG. Sophomore forward Emerald Ekpiteta ranks third in the conference with 8.1 rebounds per game. Junior Maggie McIntyre is adding 10.7 points per game and leads the team with 53 assists.  
 
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. NIAGARA
Monmouth holds the slight 6-5 all-time series lead. Last season the teams split, including Monmouth earning a 65-63 win at the OceanFirst Bank Center.