2020-21 Monmouth Basketball Game Fifteen Preview
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Monmouth Hawks (9-5, 9-4 MAAC) at Manhattan Jaspers (5-7, 4-7 MAAC)
Saturday, February 6, 2021Â - 9:00 p.m. EST
Draddy Gymnasium, Riverdale, NY
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TV
ESPN3/WatchESPN
Play-by-Play: Jason Guerette
Analyst: Chris Williams
RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play:
Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz
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HAMMOND APPROACHING THREE-POINT RECORD
Deion Hammond enters this game with 260 made threes, tied for the program record for made triples. Waiting for Hammond is Dave Calloway's program mark, which Hammond will break on his next made three. Hammond is already the runaway program leader in threes attempted despite being just 14 games into his senior season with 713, becoming the first Hawk to attempt 700 career triples.Â
100 STARTS FORÂ #3Â
Deion Hammond became the 10th player in program history to start 100 games when he got the nod at Niagara on 1/30. Hammond has started 47 games in a row for the Hawks and 80 of the last 81, only missing the start in the 2019 MAAC quarterfinal win over Quinnipiac in which he played 29 minutes off the bench.
MELIK MARTIN TEARING IT UP
Melik Martin is putting together the best stretch of basketball in his career, coming off his first carer double-double on 1/30 against Niagara with 14 points and 11 rebounds. In yesterday's win, he was one rebound shy of a second straight double-double. In the last seven games, he has scored in double figures six times, and is averaging 15.9 points, 6.7 rebounds, has nine steals and is shooting 55.1% from the field. Martin has made a whopping 43 field goals in the last six contests, including 11 triples.Â
MAAC WEEKEND UPDATEÂ
Through six-plus weekends of MAAC play, Monmouth has picked up three sweeps and won the opening game six times in seven tries. The Blue and White have only dropped a pair of games once, doing so just after the New Year at preseason favorite Siena.
HAMMOND'S CLIMB OF THE ALL-TIME SCORING LIST
Hammond is currently in sixth place on the all-time Division I scoring list with 1,521 points, which puts him 218 points behind John Giraldo and Alex Blackwell, who are knotted for second. Last night, Hammond moved into sixth place all-time on the program's scoring list. Hammond is the seventh player at the MU DI level to reach 1,500.
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