2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Five Preview

Monmouth Hawks (0-4, 0-0 CAA) at Colgate Raiders (3-2, 0-0 Patriot)
Monday, November 21, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. ET
Cotterell Court, Hamilton, NY

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Eric Malanoski
Analyst: Jeff Bishop

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Joe Vasile

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its fourth in five games on the road
-Jack Holmstrom comes off a career-best 13 points
-MU is playing Colgate for the second straight season, and the first time in Hamilton since 2018
-Klemen Vuga is coming off a career-best nine rebounds
-Two freshmen, Jack Collins and Andrew Ball, scored in double-figures at Illinois
-Myles Foster scored in double figures in the first two games
-Seven Hawks on this year's roster have played collegiate minutes prior to this yr.
-Monmouth graduated four fifth-year seniors and three true seniors from last season's roster
-MU is looking for its first victory of the season

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark Monmouth's second straight win over Colgate
-be Monmouth's first ever win at Colgate
-snap a four-game skid to start the season
-be the Hawks first win of the season
-mark Monmouth's first road victory of the season
-make the Hawks 27-21 all-time against the Patriot League
-register as the 183rd win of Rice's career
-be the first collegiate win for four MU freshmen

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Monmouth is now 8-4 in home openers under King Rice.
-Jack Collins topped his career best with 14 points and four threes.
-Jack Holmstrom notched his career-high with 13 points, his first career double-figure effort.
-Myles Foster's 11 rebounds is his second double-figure rebounding game this season and the second most in his career.
-Klemen Vuga set a career-best with nine rebounds.
-Jayden Doyle, Jack Collins, Amaan Sandhu and Andrew Ball made their first home appearances as Hawks.
-Jakari Spence and Amaan Sandhu made their first career starts.
-Monmouth won the second half, 37-32.
-MU was better in the paint, 26-24.
-The Hawks dominated the glass, 47-35.
-MU was better off turnovers, 16-15.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Colgate are meeting for the sixth time in MBB competition
-The Hawks beat Colgate last December 19 in West Long Branch, 77-66
-MU was led in that game by 30 points from George Papas on six threes
-Foster, Ruth, Holmstrom, Allen and Spence are the returners who played in that game, totaling 31 minutes against the Raiders
-MU is visiting Hamilton for the first time since 2018
-The Hawks have never won at Colgate
-MU has beaten Colgate twice ever, last season and in 1988 in their first meeting 
-This is one of two Patriot League teams Monmouth will see this year (at Lehigh)