HAWKS BACK AT IT SUNDAY VS. MARIST TO CLOSE SERIES

2020-21 Monmouth Basketball Game Nine Preview

Monmouth Hawks (4-4, 4-3 MAAC) vs. Marist Red Foxes (6-3, 4-3 MAAC)
Sunday, January 10, 2020 - 2:00 p.m. EST
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
ESPN3/WatchESPN
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

SCOUTING THE RED FOXES
Marist comes in off a loss yesterday and a 6-3 overall mark. Ricardo Wright leads the way for the Red Foxes with 12.6 points per game, and Marist allows just under 66 points per contest defensively.

MARIST HEAD COACH JOHN DUNNE
Third year Marist Head Coach John Dunne is no stranger to the MAAC, having spent 12 seasons in Jersey City at the helm of Saint Peter's. He won the 2011 MAAC Final with SPU, and has 25 wins in two plus years in Poughkeepsie.

MONMOUTH AT HOME
The Hawks have a 4-2 home mark this season after winning 11 games at the OceanFirst Bank Center a year ago. They are 4-2 at home this season, and 4-1 in MAAC play.

MARIST ON THE ROAD
Marist has a 4-2 mark on the road this year, winning at Binghamton before splitting with Canisius and sweeping Manhattan.

SERIES NOTES
-Monmouth leads the all-time series 45-22 in a series that dates back to 1962.
-Since joining the MAAC in 2013, Monmouth is 10-3 against the Red Foxes.
-MU is 25-15 in Division I competition against the Red Foxes.
-MU has won 10 of 11 in the series.

APPROACHING 1,000 AS A PROGRAM
Monmouth currently has 999 total wins as a program, including 467 prior to joining the Division I ranks and 532 since 1983, the Hawks first year in Division I. Bill Boylan, the program's first coach, leads the way with 364 wins, trailed by longtime coaches Dave Calloway (178) and Wayne Szoke (168). King Rice has 153 wins leading the Blue and White, while Ron Kornegay won 129 times at MU. Ron Krayl also has seven wins as head coach following a brief interim stint. The first win in program history came over Jersey City State on 12/1/56, a 51-47 triumph at the Long Branch YMCA.

COUNTING DOWN TO RECORDS FOR HAMMOND
Deion Hammond enters this game with 249 made triples in three-plus seasons, already good for third on the all-time list. He is eight shy of Justin Robinson's 257, and 11 short of Dave Calloway's program record of 260. Hammond has made over 70 three pointers in each of his first three seasons in the Blue and White. Hammond recently passed Fernando Sanders for ninth on the all-time scoring list. Hammond enters the game with 1,428 career points, five shy of Blake Hamilton in seventh on the scoring records.

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Players Mentioned

#3 Deion Hammond: G; 6' 5"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#3 Deion Hammond
: 6' 5"; Senior
: G

Players Mentioned

#3 Deion Hammond

Players Mentioned

#3 Deion Hammond