2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Six Preview

Monmouth Hawks (0-5, 0-0 CAA) vs. Cornell Big Red (4-1, 0-0 Ivy)
Friday, November 25, 2022 - 2:00 p.m. ET
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
FloSports
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Chris Williams

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its second home game in its first six contests
-Jayden Doyle comes off a career-best 10 points, his first double-figure game
-Seven of the 10 Hawks that have seen action this season have a double-digit scoring game
-Monmouth is playing Cornell for the third time ever and first time since 2016
-Jack Holmstrom netted a career-best 13 points vs. Norfolk State
-Monmouth has started two true freshmen in consecutive games (Collins, Sandhu)
-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 third straight win over Cornell
-make the Hawks 3-0 all time against the Big Red
-be Monmouth's first second win against Cornell at home
-snap a five-game skid to start the season
-be the Hawks first win of the season
-mark Monmouth's first home victory of the season
-make the Hawks 15-24 all-time against the Ivy League
-register as the 183rd win of Rice's career
-be the first collegiate win for four MU freshmen
-snap an MU four-game winning streak over the Ivy League

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT..
-Jayden Doyle netted 10 points, a career best and his first game in double digits.
-Myles Foster scored in double figures for the third time in five games.
-Myles Ruth posted his first double-digit scoring game this year & fifth of his career.
-Amaan Sandhu's five rebounds marked his best of his freshman campaign.
-Monmouth's first points came on Amaan Sandhu's first-career three.
-Klemen Vuga netted his first three of the year.
-Vuga posted his season-best in scoring with eight points.
-MU is now 2-4 all-time against Colgate.
-Monmouth started its fourth different starting lineup in five games.
-The game marked Monmouth's fourth of five on the road to open the season.
-This was just MU's third time ever in Hamilton to play Colgate (1988, 2018).
-Monmouth was better off the bench, 32-31.
-MU topped Colgate in the paint, 28-22.
-The Hawks shot 47.3% compared to 44.1% for Colgate.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Cornell are meeting for the third time in MBB competition
-The Hawks swept a home-and-home from the Big Red in 2015 and 2016
-The teams have only met twice, both while King Rice has been the MU head coach
-The Hawks topped Cornell in Ithaca in 2015 78-69 behind 26 Justin Robinson points
-MU got the better of the Big Red in West Long Branch in 2016, 76-61 behind 19 more Robinson points
-The Hawks have won four in a row over Ivy League opponents, dating back to December 20, 2018 when MU fell to Yale
-This is one of three Ivy League teams Monmouth will see this year (at Princeton, home for Yale)