2021-22 Monmouth Basketball Game Thirty-One Preview

Monmouth Hawks (19-11, 11-8 MAAC) at Rider Broncs (11-18, 7-12 MAAC)
Saturday, March 5, 2022 - 4:00 p.m.
Alumni Gym, Lawrenceville, NJ

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Daryl Fein
Analyst: Steve Rudenstein

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth is playing its final game of the 2021-22 season
-The Hawks are third nationally in true road wins with 10
-King Rice set the program's all-time DI wins record with #179 against Siena
-This marks the final contest of the season between MU and Rider with MU looking for a sweep of the Broncs
-The Hawks are locked in to finish fourth in the MAAC standings
-George Papas is one of three Hawks ever to make 90 threes in a season
-George Papas is fifth on the program's all-time list for threes made with 219
-MU's four fifth-year seniors are all scoring over 9 ppg
-George Papas has earned two MAAC Player of the Week honors this season while Shavar Reynolds has one

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark Monmouth's 20th win of the season
-secure a 20-win season for MU for the first time since 2016-17
-be the third 20-win season for King Rice at Monmouth
-be the seventh 20-win season in MU's Division I history
-mark the 16th 20-win season in the Hawks program history dating to 1956
-be the Hawks 11th win on the road, tied for second most in the nation
-move the Hawks four games over .500 in MAAC play at 12-8
-make Monmouth the second MAAC team to 20 overall victories (Iona)
-give MU the series sweep this year over the Broncs
-make Monmouth 2-0 in March
-give MU 12 league wins for the third year in a row
-be Monmouth's fourth win in a row over Rider overall

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Monmouth secured the fourth seed in the upcoming conference tournament.
-MU's seniors in the lineup scored 58 of the Hawks 75 points on the night.
-The Hawks completed a season sweep of Quinnipiac.
-MU secured a winning record in MAAC play for the sixth time in nine seasons.
-George Papas hit four threes, bringing his season total to 95, one shy of second on the single season list (Justin Robinson) and two short of tying Dave Calloway's single-season record of 97.
-Monmouth is now 23-23 all-time against Quinnipiac.
-King Rice moves to 10-10 against Quinnipiac as a head coach.
-Rice won his 180th career game.
-Myles Foster has made his last 12 field goal attempts.
-MU came within one of their season high with 17 assists.
-MU outshot QU 46% to 45%.
-Each team grabbed 33 rebounds.
-Monmouth was better off the bench, 24-11.
-The Hawks were better on the fast break, 15-12.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Rider leads the all-time series 33-29
-The series between the teams as DI opponents is 31-26 Rider
-Under King Rice, MU is 11-10 against Rider
-The series is 11-9 Monmouth as MAAC foes
-MU is 8-14 against Rider in Lawrenceville all-time
-Monmouth has won three in a row over Rider overall
-This is the final of two meetings this season between the teams
-MU is looking to complete a sweep of Rider this season
-This is the 63rd meeting all-time between the schools
-Since 2016, MU has won nine of 13
-Monmouth topped Rider in West Long Branch on February 18 by a 60-58 count