2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Fourteen Preview

Monmouth Hawks (1-12, 0-0 CAA) vs. UNC Wilmington Seahawks (10-3, 0-0 CAA)
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 - 5:00 p.m. ET
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV

CBS Sports Network
Play-by-Play: John Fanta
Analyst: Terrence Oglesby

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its third home game in a row as part of a four-game homestand spanning December 17-January 5
-This is Monmouth's first ever CAA game
-This marks the final game of the calendar year of 2022 for Monmouth
-The Hawks have won 12 games in 2022
-Myles Foster comes off his eighth double-digit effort of the season with 17
-Myles Ruth has scored in double figures in four of the last six contests
-Jack Collins scored a career-high 20 points at Syracuse
-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
-Eight of the 10 Hawks that have seen action this season have a double-digit scoring game

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-be Monmouth's first win as a member of the CAA
-be MU's first ever win over UNC Wilmington
-be Monmouth's first home win this season
-snap a four-game skid for the Hawks
-be the Hawks 22nd program win over a current CAA school
-be Monmouth's 13th win of the calendar year of 2022
-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
-make Monmouth 2-1 all time in their first game in a new conference

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Myles Foster scored in double-figures for the eighth time this season, the most double-digit games by a Hawk.
-Jayden Doyle's three steals is a career-high.
-The lineup of Ruth, Collins, Allen, Foster and Vuga started for the fifth time this year.
-This marked the conclusion of Monmouth's non-conference schedule this season.
-This was the second game of a four-game homestand for the Hawks.
-Every Hawk to play in the game scored.
-Monmouth shot 32.1 percent from the floor to Yales' 46.7%.
-MU had 13 assists to Yale's 16.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and UNC Wilmington are meeting for the second time ever
-The first meeting was Monmouth's fourth ever game as a Division I program on December 3, 1983. Monmouth had yet to earn a win as a DI program
-UNCW won that 1983 meeting 46-41 as part of the Olde Fayetteville Classic in Fayetteville, NC 
-Monmouth is competing in its first ever CAA game, and the Hawks are 21-23 against current members of the league

FIRST CAA GAME
This marks Monmouth men's basketball's first ever game as a member of the CAA after announcing plans to join the league last January. This marks MU's third league as a Division I program, joining the Northeast Conference (NEC) from 1985 to 2013 and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) from 2013 to 2022.

FIRST GAME IN NEW LEAGUES
Monmouth won its first game in the Northeast Conference, topping LIU Brooklyn 76-66 on January 7, 1986 in Boylan Gymnasium. The Hawks fell in the program's first ever MAAC contest, also at home, to Rider, 89-83 on December 5, 2013.