Monmouth Hawks (12-8, 6-3 MAAC) vs. Rider Broncs (12-8, 6-4 MAAC)
Sunday, February 2, 2020 - 1:00 p.m. EST
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

SCOUTING THE BRONCS
Rider currently has four 1,000 point scorers on the roster, including Dimencio Vaughn, Tyere Marshall, Frederick Scott and Stevie Jordan. After dropping a pair in Buffalo, the Broncs have won three in a row.

RIDER HEAD COACH KEVIN BAGGETT
Kevin Baggett is in his eighth season leading the Broncs.  He is a two-time MAAC Coach of the Year and has 135 wins to his credit.

MONMOUTH AT HOME
The Hawks are one of 29 teams in the country that are still unbeaten. MU is 7-0 at the OceanFirst Bank Center. 

RIDER ON THE ROAD
The Broncs are 4-7 on the road and 2-3 away from home in MAAC play.

SERIES NOTES
-The teams have played 14 times as MAAC opponents, with the teams knotted at seven wins apiece and one MAAC Tournament win each.
-The teams are separated by five total points in MAAC games since the Hawks joined the league.
-The teams have split six games in West Long Branch.
-Rider leads the all-time series 30-22, with the teams competing as rivals in the 1990's in the NEC.

SALNAVE APPROACHING 1,000
With teammate Deion Hammond recently having reached the mark, Ray Salnave is 11 points shy of becoming the 44th Hawk to reach 1K and the 25th at the DI level. Hammond and Salnave would become the first duo to play together after reaching 1,000 points at Monmouth since Justin Robinson and Deon Jones in 2016.

WHEN MCCLARY GOES...
The Hawks are 7-1 all time and 4-0 this season when Marcus McClary scores in double figures. In the last five games, he has posted his first two career double-doubles, including a pair of 11 rebound games, and scored in double figures in four in a row for the first time in his career. The 11 rebounds is a career best, six more than his previous career high that he had accomplished six times. He notched a career best six made field goals at Manhattan while tying a career high vs. Niagara with three steals. Last season, MU won at Saint Peter's and also grabbed a pair of MAAC Tournament win with McClary scoring 10 or more points.

SCORING OUTBURST
Monmouth scored its most points of the season with 94 at Iona, 12 more than the previous high this year of 82 against Canisius. It marked the most points for the Hawks since scoring 98 in the MAAC quarterfinals against Quinnipiac last season. Monmouth also netted 14 three pointers, the most of the season, in the win. It was the most threes MU has made in a game since March 2017 in the NIT against Ole Miss, making 16.

POSITIVE ASSIST-TURNOVER
After posting a +9 in assist-turnover ratio in the win at Iona, Monmouth is now a positive for the season in the category. At Iona, MU went for 16 assists and seven turnovers, tied for the lowest amount of turnovers this season.