2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Eleven Preview

Monmouth Hawks (1-9, 0-0 CAA) at Syracuse Orange (6-4, 1-0 ACC)
Monday, December 12, 2022 - 8:00 p.m. ET
JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse, NY

TV

ACC Network
Play-by-Play: Jordan Bernfield
Analyst: Mark Adams

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Matt Harmon

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its ninth road game in its first 11 contests
-Jack Collins is the reigning CAA Rookie of the Week
-Klemen Vuga scored in double-figures the last time out
-The Hawks posted their first win of the season at Manhattan last Sunday
-Myles Ruth topped his career-high two games in a row prior to Princeton
-Ruth's 21 points at Manhattan tied the most by a Hawk in a game this year
-Myles Foster is the only Hawk to start every game this season
-Jayden Doyle had a career-best seven rebounds at Manhattan
-Eight of the 10 Hawks that have seen action this season have a double-digit scoring game

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark Monmouth's first ever win over Syracuse
-be MU's fourth win ever over an ACC opponent
-mark Monmouth's second win in the last three games
-be MU's second win of the season
-make the Hawks 1-1 against the ACC this season
-be the ninth win over a high-major program under King Rice
-mark Monmouth's second road victory of the year
-register as the 184th win of Rice's career

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Klemen Vuga's 10 points marked his third double-figure effort of the season.
-Jack Holmstrom made his third start of the season for MU.
-Jack Collins scored five points and now has 96 in the first 10 games of his career, tied with Justin Robinson for second most by a true freshman in the first 10 games of a career under King Rice.
-This marked MU's first trip to Princeton since 2019.
-Monmouth had a two-game winning streak over the Tigers snapped.
-King Rice is now 3-3 all-time vs. Princeton.
-Monmouth forced 12 Princeton turnovers.
-The Tigers put three in double figures.
-MU shot 71.% from the foul line.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Syracuse are meeting for the third time in program history
-Monmouth assistant coach Rick Callahan began his collegiate coaching career at Syracuse in 1980 under Jim Boeheim, and spent six seasons on staff with the Orange
-The first meeting between the teams came in 2012, and the most recent in 2016
-Monmouth is 3-24 against ACC opponents all time
-Monmouth's wins over the ACC have come against Pitt (2021), Notre Dame (2015) and Miami (1988)
-All three program meetings with the Orange have come under King Rice
-MU fell to an ACC opponent this season (at Virginia)