2021-22 Monmouth Basketball Game Twenty-Three Preview

Monmouth Hawks (15-7, 7-4 MAAC) vs. Marist Red Foxes (8-13, 3-9 MAAC)
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - 7:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
ESPN3
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Dave Calloway

MONMOUTH COVID-19 POLICIES
Monmouth University has announced its campus-wide indoor event COVID-19 policies.
 
The following policies are in effect until further notice:

1.    All fans 18 and over are required to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test administered by a doctor's office or a clinic within 72 hours of the event time for indoor Athletic events. Home test kit results will not be accepted.
2.    All event audiences must wear a mask that completely covers the nose and mouth of the participant. Face shields are not acceptable. This includes fans from 2-17 years of age.
3.    Athletic events held in the OceanFirst Bank Center will be permitted to have food in the stands as long as masks remain on when the participant is not actively consuming food or beverages. Masks must be worn otherwise.
 
Men's and women's basketball season ticket holders will be mailed (and emailed) instructions on how to obtain a vaccine credential which will require them to show their vaccine cards once and receive a credential to speed up entrance to events. Season ticket holders who are not vaccinated will need to show proof a negative test within 72 hours of the event for every event attended.
 
Additionally, there will be separate entrances for students, season ticket holders and the general public. More information on those locations will be available on MonmouthHawks.com.

QUICK BULLETS

-Today's game is a makeup of an originally scheduled contest from December 31
-This marks the second meeting of the season between Monmouth and Marist
-Monmouth has won five of its last six
-Marcus McClary broke the school record for career games played last Friday
-MU won its 100th ever MAAC game vs. Fairfield on Friday
-MU's four fifth-year seniors are all scoring over 9.5 ppg
-George Papas has earned two MAAC Player of the Week honors this season while Shavar Reynolds has one as well
-George Papas was named to the Lou Henson Award Watch List
-George Papas is two points from becoming the 26th Hawk in program history to reach 1,000 career points

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark Monmouth's 16th win of the season
-be the Hawks seventh win at home this seasom
-be the Hawks sixth win in the last seven games
-move the Hawks four games over .500 in MAAC play at 8-4
-make Monmouth the second MAAC team to 16 overall victories
-earn Monmouth a split with Marist in the season series
-make Monmouth 3-0 in February
-be MU's 48th win all time against the Red Foxes
-mark the Hawks fourth straight win at home over Marist

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Monmouth picked up its ninth true road win of the season, tied with Navy for the most in the nation.
-MU's four fifth-year seniors all scored in double figures for the fourth time this season (St. Joe's, St. John's, Manhattan).
-MU won at Quinnipiac for the first time since December 1, 2016.
-Monmouth has won five of its last six games.
-The Hawks have topped Quinnipiac four times in a row.
-Monmouth evened the all-time series with Quinnipiac as Division I opponents at 22 each.
-Walker Miller posted his fifth 20+ point outing of the season, second most on the team.
-Marcus McClary made three triples in the game, a career high.
-Shavar Reynolds, Marcus McClary and George Papas each scored in double figures.
-Jarvis Vaughan's five rebounds marked a season-best.
-Monmouth outrebounded Quinnipiac 39-36.
-MU made eight triples to QU's seven.
-The Hawks forced 17 QU turnovers.
-QU put just two in double figures, led by 14 from Tyrese Williams.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth leads the all-time series 47-35
-The series is 27-16 Monmouth as Division I opponents
-MU has won three in a row in the series in West Long Branch
-This is the final meeting of the season between the teams
-MU is 16-6 all-time in West Long Branch against Marist
-Marist is Monmouth's most common opponent all time (83rd meeting)
-MU has won 11 of the last 13 against Marist
-The Hawks swept Marist at home last season on consecutive days, with one of the wins marking as the 1,000th in Monmouth's program history.
-King Rice is 11-4 against Marist all-time, and 11-2 in the last 13.