HAMDEN, CT – Deion Hammond (Mitchellville, MD/Riverdale Baptist School) became the 43^rd player in program history and the eighth fastest to reach 1,000 career points, doing so on a second half three pointer as Monmouth University Men's Basketball (8-7, 2-2 MAAC) fell at Quinnipiac University (9-5, 4-0 MAAC) Sunday 84-70.

QU widened the second half lead by as much as 25, but the Hawks came back to get it within 15 on a George Papas (Jersey City, NJ/Union Catholic) three pointer. The closest MU got in the period was 14 on Melik Martin's (York, PA/York Catholic) late basket, as the Bobcats kept MU as an arms length to secure the win.

After the Hawks got out to a 9-2 start on a pair of Mustapha Traore (Philadelphia, PA/The Phelps School) buckets, Quinnipiac answered with three consecutive triples from Tyrese Williams to ultimately go up 14-9. MU got within three, but QU used a 13-0 run to pull away, with three triples in the stretch to take a 29-13 advantage. MU got it within 13 but a late Williams layup made it 41-25 at the break.

NOTES AND QUOTES
"Very frustrating day. Let's give all the credit to Quinnipiac, they're a very good team and extremely well coached and they did what they're supposed to do today by winning on their home court. I let my frustration get the best of me today and I usually don't do that and I feel like I let the guys down, but we'll get back and we'll be better." – Head Coach King Rice

-Deion Hammond netted his 1,000^th career point with a three at the 4:02 mark of the second half.
-Hammond is tied for the seventh fastest player in Monmouth's Division I history to reach the 1,000 point mark, doing so in his 80^th career game. William Lewis also netted his 1,000^th point in his 80^th game.
-Hammond is the 43^rd player in program history to reach the mark and 24^th at the Division I level.
-MU had a two-game MAAC winning streak snapped.
-Melik Martin posted a season high 11 points, his sixth career game in double digits.
-George Papas scored 10 points, his third double digit game of the year and fifth this season.
-Gob Gabriel netted a career best five points.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-MU was outshot 44.7% to 37.3%.
-Monmouth was better off turnovers, 15-12.
-The Hawks won in points in the paint, 28-16, and off the bench, 26-14.
-QU was led by 21 Rich Kelly points as well as 21 Kevin Marfo rebounds.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth hosts Marist on Thursday night, January 16^th at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+.