2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Eight Preview

Monmouth Hawks (0-7, 0-0 CAA) at Rider Broncs (1-4, 0-0 MAAC)
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 - 8:00 p.m. ET
Alumni Gym, Lawrenceville, NJ

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Daryl Fein
Analyst: Steve Rudenstein

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Greg Mescall
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its sixth road game in its first eight contests
-Myles Foster comes off a career-best 21 point performance at Lehigh
-Four Hawks scored in double-figures in the last two games
-Klemen Vuga has scored in double figures the last two games
-MU has run out five different starting lineups in seven games
-Eight of the 10 Hawks that have seen action this season have a double-digit scoring game
-MU is playing its first MAAC opponent since exiting the league after last season
-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 second straight win over Rider
-be MU's 31st win ever over Rider
-be Monmouth's first win over a MAAC opponent since exiting the conference
-snap a seven-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 193-177 against MAAC teams all time
-register as the 183rd win of Rice's career
-be the first collegiate win for four MU freshmen
-make MU 1-0 against the MAAC this year

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Myles Foster scored a career-best 21 points.
-Foster's 21 is the most in a game by a Hawk since George Papas had 23 against Saint Peter's on February 25, 2022.
-Klemen Vuga scored in double figures in consecutive games for the first time in his career.
-Tahron Allen scored in double figures in consecutive games for the first time in his career.
-10 of Allen's 12 points came in the second half, his second straight game with 10+ points in the final 20 minutes.
-MU's 76 points is their season high.
-Jack Collins grabbed four steals for the second game in a row.
-Monmouth had 13 assists to just 12 turnovers.
-MU shot 49.2% from the field next to 48% for Lehigh.
-MU was better off turnovers, 30-10.
-Monmouth topped Lehigh in the paint, 44-24.
-Four Hawks scored in double digits.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Rider are meeting for the 65th time in MBB competition
-The teams split during the regular season last year before MU won a semifinal matchup over the Broncs in the MAAC Tournament
-Rider is Monmouth's longest tenured opponent, with the teams playing every year since 1989
-MU is 12-11 against Rider under King Rice
-This is one of two MAAC teams Monmouth will see this year (at Manhattan)