Monmouth Hawks (3-5, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Norfolk State Spartans (3-4, 0-0 MEAC)
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 7:00 p.m. EST
OceanFirst Bank Center - West Long Branch, NJ

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Kevin Copp

SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
Norfolk State puts three in double figures, led by Jermaine Bishop's 14.7 points per contest. They have three wins on the season, and are 0-3 against Division I competition.

NORFOLK STATE HEAD COACH ROBERT JONES
In his seventh season at Norfolk State, Robert Jones has 112 wins under his belt and has been to four CIT's and an NIT last season. 

NORFOLK ST. ON THE ROAD
Norfolk State is 0-3 on the road this season, with tight losses at Bradley and Northwestern. Last night, the Spartans fell to Caldwell in West Long Branch in a neutral site contest.

HAWKS AT HOME 
Monmouth went 6-6 at home last season, including a 6-3 mark in home MAAC games. The Hawks started the home slate last night with a victory over Big South favorite Radford.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE ALERT
Mustapha Traore posted his second career double-double in the win over Radford, going for 16 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. He got into double digits with 1.4 seconds remaining in the opening half from the foul line, and corralled his first double-double since 12/22/17 at Yale. Traore's 14 boards is the most for a Hawk since Diago Quinn had 14 in a win at Penn on New Year's Eve 2018. 

HITTING 80
MU hit 80 points for the first time this season against Radford, with three players scoring in double figures and nine pitching in on the scoring column. 

WHEN HAMMOND AND SALNAVE SCORE 30...
Monmouth is 7-6 in their careers when Ray Salnave and Deion Hammond combine to score 30+ points. The duo has 13 such games in their careers, including two this season against Stetson and Radford.

1,000 POINT WATCH
The Salnave-Hammond duo are each approaching 1,000 career points. Hammond is 114 points away through 73 career games. Salnave needs 205 points through 72 games, scoring at 11.0 points per contest. The last Hawk to top the 1,000-point threshold was Micah Seaborn in 2017.