2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Seven Preview

Monmouth Hawks (0-6, 0-0 CAA) at Lehigh Mountain Hawks (3-2, 0-0 Patriot)
Sunday, November 27, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. ET
Stabler Arena, Bethlehem, PA

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Matt Markus

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its fifth road game in its first seven contests
-Four Hawks scored in double-figures against Cornell the last time out
-Klemen Vuga netted a career-best 15 points the last time out
-MU has run out five different starting lineups in six games
-Eight of the 10 Hawks that have seen action this season have a double-digit scoring game
-Monmouth is playing its second Patriot League opponent in the last three games
-Jack Holmstrom netted a career-best 13 points vs. Norfolk State
-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

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark Monmouth's third straight win over Lehigh
-even the all-time series with Lehigh at 6-6
-be Monmouth's second win in a row in Bethlehem
-snap a six-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 27-22 all-time against the Patriot League
-register as the 183rd win of Rice's career
-be the first collegiate win for four MU freshmen
-make MU 1-1 against the Patriot League this season

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Jack Collins scored a game-high and career-best 17 points.
-Tahron Allen's 15 points marked a career-high.
-Klemen Vuga posted his second career game in double digits, scoring a career-best 15 points.
-Myles Foster scored in double figures for the fourth time in six games.
-Collins' four steals is the most by a Hawk in a game this year.
-Jayden Doyle made his first career start for Monmouth.
-MU started its fifth different lineup in six contests.
-This was Cornell's first win ever over Monmouth.
-Monmouth outrebounded Cornell, 38-34.
-MU was better off the bench, 49-38.
-Each team scored 30 points in the paint.
-Cornell put four in double figures.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Lehigh are meeting for the 12th time in MBB competition
-The Hawks have won the last two against Lehigh
-Under King Rice, Monmouth is 3-1 against Lehigh including a 2-0 mark in Bethlehem
-Monmouth won its home opener last season over the Mountain Hawks behind 31 George Papas points
-The only Hawk on the roster to play the last time MU visited Bethlehem is Jarvis Vaughan, who played 10 minutes in the 2019-20 season opener
-The teams first met in 1987, a Lehigh in in West Long Branch
-This is one of two Patriot League teams Monmouth will see this year (at Colgate)