2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Nine Preview

Monmouth Hawks (0-8, 0-0 CAA) at Manhattan Jaspers (3-3, 1-0 MAAC)
Sunday, December 4, 2022 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Draddy Gymnasium, Riverdale, NY

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Isis Young
Analyst: Chris Williams

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its seventh road game in its first nine contests
-Myles Ruth comes off a career-best 16 points against Rider
-Myles Foster has scored in double-digits in four games in a row and six of eight
-Jack Collins corralled a career-best seven rebounds at Rider
-MU has started the same lineup in consecutive games for the first time this yr.
-MU has run out five different starting lineups in eight games
-Eight of the 10 Hawks that have seen action this season have a double-digit scoring game
-MU is playing its second straight MAAC opponent since exiting the league 
-Monmouth graduated four fifth-year seniors and three true seniors from last season's roster

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark Monmouth's ninth straight win over Manhattan
-be MU's 15th win ever over Manhattan
-mark Monmouth's sixth straight win over the Jaspers in Riverdale
-be Monmouth's first win over a MAAC opponent since exiting the conference
-snap an eight-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 193-178 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 1-1 against the MAAC this year

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Myles Ruth scored a career-best 16 points.
-Myles Foster posted his sixth double-figure game of the season and fourth in a row.
-Jack Collins' seven rebounds marked a career best.
-Every Hawk to play in the game made a field goal.
-MU outrebounded Rider, 35-33.
-The Hawks posted a positive assist-turnover ratio for the second game in a row.
-Monmouth was better on the move, 13-9.
-Each team scored 28 points in the paint.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Manhattan are meeting for the 24th time in MBB competition
-MU swept two games from Manhattan last season
-The Hawks have won seven of eight at Draddy Gymnasium
-The Hawks have won eight in a row over Manhattan 
-MU has won the last six times they've played in Riverdale dating back to 2018
-This is the first time the teams will meet as non-conference opponents since Decem ber 23, 1996, a 76-55 Monmouth victory
-Monmouth is 12-6 against Manhattan under King Rice
-This is one of two MAAC teams Monmouth will see this year (at Rider)