2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Twelve Preview

Monmouth Hawks (1-10, 0-0 CAA) vs. Charlotte 49ers (8-2, 0-0 C-USA)
Saturday, December 17, 2022 - 2:00 p.m. ET
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
SNY/NBC Sports Philadelphia/FloSports
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its third home game in its first 12 contests
-Jack Collins scored a career-high 20 points at Syracuse the last time out
-Myles Ruth has scored in double figures in three of the last four contests
-MU is home for the first time in 21 days
-Myles Foster comes off the third highest scoring game of his career with 17
-MU and Charlotte are concluding a home-and-home agreement today
-Jack Collins was the CAA Rookie of the Week after MU topped Manhattan
-Myles Foster is the only Hawk to start every game this season
-Foster dished out a career-best six assists at Syracuse
-Eight of the 10 Hawks that have seen action this season have a double-digit scoring game

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-put MU in the series lead over Charlotte, 2-1
-be Monmouth's first home win this season
-snap a two-game skid for the Hawks
-be the Hawks fifth ever win over a Conference USA opponent
-give MU a split with Charlotte across the last two seasons
-be Monmouth's first win over Charlotte since 2007
-be the Hawks second win of the season
-mark the first home victory in the career of four Hawks (Ball, Collins, Sandhu, Doyle)
-register as the 184th win of Rice's career

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Jack Collins netted a career-best 20 points.
-Collins five threes were the most in a game by a Hawk this season.
-Monmouth's 19 assists were a season best.
-MU posted a positive assist/turnover ratio for the second time this seaaon.
-Myles Foster's six assists were a career best.
-Foster's 17 points is the third most in a game for his career.
-Myles Ruth scored in double figures for the third time in four games.
-Monmouth shot 48.2% and 39.1% from three.
-MU and Syracuse both had 36 points in the paint.
-MU led for 8:43 of the game.
-Syracuse committed just six fouls to Monmouth's 26.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Charlotte have met twice previously
-The first meeting between the teams came on November 19, 2007, an MU win in overtime, 58-56 at the Paradise Jam on the US Virgin Islands
-The Hawks were led by 13 bench points from Nick DelTufo, also scoring in dou ble-figures for Monmouth were Alex Nunner (12) and Jhamar Youngblood (10)
-Charlotte took the lead with 32 seconds left in OT before Whitney Coleman's game-winning three with 13 seconds left propelled MU to victory
-Coleman netted a game-tying layup with 18 seconds left in regulation to force OT
-MU was led last season in the season opener at Charlotte by 23 points from Walker Miller, 18 from Shavar Reynolds and 10 rebounds from George Papas
-Monmouth is 4-7 against current C-USA members
-The Hawks have only played six of the 14 current Conference USA members
-MU has wins over current Conference USA members Charlotte, FIU, Rice and UAB
-This is Charlotte's first-ever visit to West Long Branch

DISHING IT OUT
Monmouth passed around 19 assists against the Syracuse zone, a season best for the group. It marked the most assists for MU in a single game since 20 at Iona on 2/13/22. MU assisted on 19 of 27 made baskets.

COLLINS GOES CRAZY
Freshman Jack Collins posted his first career 20-point performance at Syracuse, making a career-best five threes, the most by a Hawk in a game this season. He is the third Hawk with a 20+ point game this year. 

COLLINS' FIRST 11
With 20 points at Syracuse, Jack Collins now has 116 points in his first 11 college games, just two behind Deion Hammond for the most ever in a true freshman's first 11 contests under King Rice. 

ASSIST/TURNOVER
Monmouth posted its third positive assist/turnover game as a team at Syracuse, finishing with 19 assists to 14 turnovers.