LAWRENCE, KS – Monmouth University Men's Basketball (1-3) was defeated by the #5 team in the country, the University of Kansas, on Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse by a 112-57 score.
Deion Hammond (Mitchellville, MD/Riverdale Baptist School) led all Hawks with 17 points, while
Ray Salnave (Elmont, NY/Benjamin N. Cardozo) scored in double figures for the fourth time in a row to open the season.
The Jayhawks jumped to a 21-2 lead before Hammond got hot in the middle part of the half, knocking in three triples in a stretch of just 2:25, one of which brought MU within 17 at 28-11. KU shot 62.5% in the first half and made eight from three to take a 59-21 lead into the locker room.
Kansas continued to shoot it well in the second half, converting on 50% from the field, led by David McCormack's 13 points. MU got four second-half field goals from Hammond and seven points, four rebounds from Salnave in the final 20 minutes. Nine of the 11 Hawks to see action in the game scored for the Blue and White.
NOTES AND QUOTES
"This was a great experience for our school. Monmouth University got to play in Allen Fieldhouse in front of an awesome crowd with one of the best coaches in the country down on the other end and one of the best programs in the history of our game. This was really cool. I'm happy that I got to coach here. I've been wanting to do this for a long time." – Head Coach
King Rice
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Deion Hammond's 17 points marks his 45
th career game in double figures.
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Ray Salnave scored in doubles for the fourth time in a row to open the season and 35
th time in his career.
-Nine of 11 Hawks to see action in the game scored.
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Jarvis Vaughan's five points and five boards are both the most he has totaled in a game in his young career.
-The Hawks took on their fifth top-five ranked opponent in school history, including the second during the regular season with the other three coming in NCAA Tournaments.
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King Rice has now played two top-five opponents in his time at MU, the last coming on 12/8/12 at Syracuse.
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth was outshot 56% to 30%.
-MU tied in the offensive rebounding category, 11-11.
-Six Jayhawks scored in double figures, led by 21 from Isaiah Moss.
-David McCormack totaled a double-double of 17 points and 11 rebounds.
-The attendance of 16,300 is the most MU has played in front of since last season at Kentucky's Rupp Arena (18,680).
UP NEXT
-Monmouth visits the University of Pittsburgh on Monday night at 7:00 p.m. on the ACC Network.
