Monmouth Hawks (11-7, 5-2 MAAC) at Iona Gaels (5-9, 3-4 MAAC)
Sunday, January 26, 2020 - 1:00 p.m. EST
Hynes Center, New Rochelle, NY

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: David Resnick
Analyst: Adam Finkelstein

RADIO
Shore Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

SCOUTING THE GAELS
Iona is led by EJ Crawford's 17 points per game as well as 14.1 points per contest from Tajuan Agee. The Gaels have won two of their last three.

IONA ACTING HEAD COACH TRA ARNOLD
Tra Arnold has 14 games under his belt on the Gaels sideline, and has posted a 5-9 record in those contests in his first season as the Iona acting head coach. 

MONMOUTH ON THE ROAD
The Hawks are 3-6 on the road, picking up non-league wins at Lehigh and Princeton before a MAAC win the last road trip to Manhattan.

IONA AT HOME
Iona is 2-3 at the new look Hynes Center this season, with both wins coming in their last two home games over conference opponents Fairfield and Canisius. 

SERIES NOTES
-The teams met for the first time in 1982.
-Monmouth and Iona have played 16 times in MAAC competition.
-The Hawks and Gaels have met three times in MAAC Tournaments, the most common opponent for MU in the MAAC postseason, with two coming in the finals.
-The teams have split the last six meetings.
-Monmouth is 3-4 all time in New Rochelle, and 3-3 as MAAC opponents.

MCCLARY'S CAREER RUN
Marcus McClary has posted his first two career double-doubles in the last three games, including a pair of 11 rebound games. The 11 rebounds is a career best, six more than his previous career high that he had accomplished six times. He has gone into double figures in three games in a row for the first time in his career, and notched a career best six made field goals at Manhattan while tying a career high vs. Niagara with three steals.

SALNAVE GRABS FIRST DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Ray Salnave posted his first career double-double in the win over Niagara, finishing with 16 points and 11 rebounds while going 11-for-11 from the free throw line. Nine of Salnave's 11 rebounds came in the second half.

TWO DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN ONE GAME
Monmouth had two players with double-doubles in the same game against Niagara, with Ray Salnave and Marcus McClary each posting one, for the first time since 12/22/17 at Yale, when Austin Tilghman had the programs second triple-double and Mustapha Traore had the first double-double of his career.

WINNING AT HOME
Monmouth is 7-0 at home this season, and are one of 37 teams nationally and one of just two (Siena) in the MAAC to post perfect marks in their own building.

FIRST TO 10 WINS AND THE MAAC LEADER
​​​​​​​With the win over Manhattan, Monmouth became the first MAAC team to reach 10 total wins this season, and remain the league leader with 11 victories.