2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Ten Preview

Monmouth Hawks (1-8, 0-0 CAA) at Princeton Tigers (7-2, 0-0 Ivy)
Saturday, December 10, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. ET
Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, NJ

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Pat McCarthy
Analyst: Noah Savage

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Matt Harmon
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its eighth road game in its first 10 contests
-Jack Collins is the reigning CAA Rookie of the Week
-The Hawks come off their first win of the season at Manhattan
-Myles Ruth has topped his career-high the last two games
-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
-MU has started the same lineup in three straight games for the first time this year
-Eight of the 10 Hawks that have seen action this season have a double-digit scoring game

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark Monmouth's third straight win over Princeton
-be MU's eighth win ever over Princeton
-mark Monmouth's second straight win over the Tigers in Jadwin
-be MU's second win in a row
-be Monmouth's first win over an Ivy opponent in three opportunities this year
-mark Monmouth's 15th ever win over an Ivy opponent
-be the Hawks second win of the season
-mark Monmouth's second straight road victory
-register as the 184th win of Rice's career

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Myles Ruth topped his career high for the second game in a row, scoring 21 points.
-Ruth's 21 points matched Foster for the most in a game by a Hawk this season
-Jayden Doyle grabbed a career-best seven rebounds.
-Monmouth has beaten Manhattan nine times in a row.
-The Hawks have won their last six visits to Draddy Gymnasium.
-The win marks the first on the floor for Doyle, Collins and Amaan Sandhu.
-Tahron Allen scored in doubles for the third time in four games.
-Allen has 31 second-half points the last four games, the most on the team.
-MU's 51% from the floor is a season high.
-Every Hawk to play scored and made a field goal.
-The Hawks outshot Manhattan 51% to 41.5%.
-Monmouth limited Manhattan to 30.4% from downtown.
-Monmouth was better off turnovers, 16-13.
-MU topped Manhattan in the paint, 38-24.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Princeton have met 20 times previously
-The first meeting between the teams came on 11/20/91, a Princeton 58-47 win
-MU has seven wins in the last 13 matchups with Princeton
-The last meeting in Jadwin saw Ray Salnave hit a buzzer-beating three to lift MU to a win
-Monmouth has won two in a row in the series
-The 2006 meeting saw just 62 combined points, setting an NCAA record in a 41-21 Monmouth victory
-Monmouth is 14-25 all time against Ivy League opponents
-MU has played every Ivy member in its program history with the exception of Dartmouth
-King Rice is 3-2 against Princeton, winning at home in 2016 and 2021 and on the road in 2019
-MU fell to an Ivy opponent this season (Cornell) and will host Yale on 12/22

COLLINS EARNS CAA HONORS
Jack Collins became the first Hawk in program history to earn CAA weekly honors, picking up Rookie of the Week accolades after a strong week last week. He averaged nine points, including 12 on three triples in a win at Manhattan.

RUTH'S CAREER HIGH (X2)
Myles Ruth has scored his career-high in two straight games, netting 21 at Manhattan in a win while going 3-3 from beyond the arc. His 21 points match Myles Foster as the most by a Hawk in a single game this year. Previously, he topped his career best with 16 points against Rider, finishing with two made threes, his first two makes from deep this season and just the second time he's converted two triples in his career.

COLLINS' 10TH CAREER GAME
With 11 points tonight, true freshman Jack Collins will have scored the most points by a true freshman in their first 10 career games under King Rice. Deion Hammond currently holds the mark with 101 points in 10 contests, followed by Justin Robinson's 96. Collins has 91 points headed into tonight's contest.

RICE AMONG ACTIVE COACHES
King Rice's 184 career wins currently ranks 24th among active head coaches who have all their wins at one school. Just ahead of him on that list in 23rd is Princeton head man Mitch Henderson.