2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Thirteen Preview

Monmouth Hawks (1-11, 0-0 CAA) vs. Yale Bulldogs (9-3, 0-0 Ivy)
Thursday, December 22, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. ET
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
SNY/NBC Sports Philadelphia/FloSports
Play-by-Play: Matt Harmon
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its fourth home game in its first 13 contests
-This is the second game of a four-game homestand for the Blue and White
-Myles Ruth has scored in double figures in four of the last five contests
-Jack Collins scored a career-high 20 points at Syracuse
-MU and Yale are completing a home-and-home today with MU winning last year
-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...
-be Monmouth's third win over Yale overall, all coming under King Rice
-make the Hawks 3-1 all time against Yale
-give MU a home-and-home sweep of the Bulldogs the last two seasons
-be Monmouth's first home win this season
-snap a three-game skid for the Hawks
-be the Hawks 15th program win over an Ivy League school
-make MU 1-2 against the Ivy this year
-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...
-Myles Ruth scored in double-figures for the fourth time in five games.
-Myles Foster posted his fifth game with seven or more rebounds this season.
-Klemen Vuga notched his first career two-block game.
-MU started the same lineup for the fourth time this season and second game in a row.
-MU opened a four-game homestand, playing at home for the first time since November 25.
-Monmouth outrebounded Charlotte 27-26.
-MU shot 34% to Charlotte's 58%.
-Every Hawk to play for MU scored a point.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Yale are meeting for the fourth time ever
-All three meetings between the teams have been between King Rice and James Jones
-MU holds a 2-1 lead overall, with both wins coming in Connecticut
-Monmouth and Yale are meeting in West Long Branch for the second time ever, with Yale winning in 2018
-The teams first met in 2017 at Yale, a game that saw Austin Tilghman register the second triple-double in school history
-Monmouth is 14-26 against current Ivy members
-This is the third Ivy opponent for MU this season (Cornell, at Princeton)