2021-22 Monmouth Basketball Game Nineteen Preview                                                                                 

Monmouth Hawks (12-6, 4-3 MAAC) vs. Canisius Golden Griffins (7-12, 3-5 MAAC)
Friday, January 28, 2022 - 6:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Dave Calloway

MONMOUTH COVID-19 POLICIES

Monmouth University has announced its campus-wide indoor event COVID-19 policies.
 
The following policies are in effect until further notice:

1.    All fans 18 and over are required to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test administered by a doctor's office or a clinic within 72 hours of the event time for indoor Athletic events. Home test kit results will not be accepted.
2.    All event audiences must wear a mask that completely covers the nose and mouth of the participant. Face shields are not acceptable. This includes fans from 2-17 years of age.
3.    Athletic events held in the OceanFirst Bank Center will be permitted to have food in the stands as long as masks remain on when the participant is not actively consuming food or beverages. Masks must be worn otherwise.
 
Men's and women's basketball season ticket holders will be mailed (and emailed) instructions on how to obtain a vaccine credential which will require them to show their vaccine cards once and receive a credential to speed up entrance to events. Season ticket holders who are not vaccinated will need to show proof a negative test within 72 hours of the event for every event attended.
 
Additionally, there will be separate entrances for students, season ticket holders and the general public. More information on those locations will be available on MonmouthHawks.com.

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth is playing its second of four straight home games today
-MU has won two games in a row
-All five Monmouth starters scored in double figures the last time out
-Monmouth is playing just its third of 10 home MAAC contests tonight
-MU's four fifth-year seniors are all scoring in double-figures
-George Papas has earned two MAAC Player of the Week honors this season while Shavar Reynolds has one as well
-Monmouth is ranked #21 in this week's CollegeInsider Mid-Major Top 25
-George Papas was named to the Lou Henson Award Watch List
-MU's eight non-league wins tied for the most ever in school history
-This is MU's final regular season matchup with Canisius this season

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark Monmouth's 13th win of the season
-be the Hawks third win in a row
-move the Hawks two games over .500 in MAAC play at 5-3
-make Monmouth the second MAAC team to 13 victories
-be MU's 99th ever win in the MAAC
-be MU's second straight win at home
-mark Monmouth's 14th win as MAAC opponents against Canisius
-be the Hawks seventh win in a row over Canisius
-complete a Monmouth season sweep of Canisius
-move MU to 2-0 at home in league play

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Nikkei Rutty posted his second career double-double, and first since February 2, 2020 against Rider.
-Rutty's 15 boards as his career-high, and the second most in a game for a Hawk under King Rice (Diago Quinn – 16 vs. Niagara in 2016).
-Five Hawks scored in double figures for the second time this season (St. John's).
-All five of Monmouth's starters scored in double figures for the first time since the 2019 MAAC quarterfinals vs. Quinnipiac on March 9, 2019. Marcus McClary started both of those for MU.
-MU has won seven in a row over Manhattan.
-Monmouth is the second MAAC team to reach 12 wins.
-Monmouth is now 13-9 all time against Manhattan.
-Jakari Spence recorded his first career steal.
-MU outshot Manhattan 43% to 36%.
-The Hawks dominated the glass, 48-32.
-Monmouth was better in the paint, 36-22.
-MU led for 38:41 and never trailed.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth leads the all-time series, 13-6
-In matchups as MAAC foes, MU leads 13-6
-Monmouth has won six in a row in the series 
-The Hawks topped Canisius in Buffalo earlier this season, 79-65
-Monmouth has beaten Canisius in West Long Branch three straight times
-The teams have only ever met as MAAC opponents, with the first meeting coming in 2014
-This is the final regular season meeting between the schools this season
-MU holds winning streaks of four, three and currently six games in the all-time matchup with Canisius
-MU is 7-2 all-time against Canisius in West Long Branch