2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Eighteen Preview

Monmouth Hawks (1-16, 0-4 CAA) at Towson Tigers (10-7, 2-2 CAA)
Saturday, January 14, 2022 - 3:00 p.m. ET
SECU Arena, Towson, MD

TV

CBS Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Dave Ryan
Analyst: Tarik Turner

Radio
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Joe Vasile

QUICK BULLETS

-MU is in its third CAA road game ever

-The Hawks are playing in their third consecutive road contest
-Tahron Allen scored 11 of his 13 in the second half at Hofstra
-Amaan Sandhu had a career-best eight points at Drexel
-Andrew Ball had career highs in points (13) and rebounds (9) vs. Stony Brook
-After Andrew Ball started vs. UNCW, every Hawk has a start this season
-Monmouth is seeking its first CAA win
-Myles Foster had his second double-double of the season against UNCW
-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 10 Hawks that have seen action this season have a double-digit game

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-be Monmouth's first win as a member of the CAA
-mark two wins in a row for Monmouth over Towson
-even the all-time series with Towson at 2-2
-signify the second year in a row Monmouth won at SECU Arena
-be Monmouth's second road win this season
-snap an eight-game skid for the Hawks
-be the Hawks 22nd program win over a current CAA school
-be Monmouth's first win of the calendar year of 2023
-be the Hawks second win of the season
-register as the 184th win of Rice's career
-keep Rice's career record over .500
-move MU to 1-4 in the CAA

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Monmouth was over 90% from the foul line for the second time this season (9-10).
-Tahron Allen posted his fifth double-digit scoring game of the season.
-Myles Foster scored in double digits for the fifth game in a row and 12th time this season.
-Jakari Spence made multiple threes in a game for the first time in his career.
-This marked the sixth straight season Monmouth and Hofstra have met.
-Each team had 12 assists.
-Both teams were north of 87% from the free throw line.
-Monmouth had 11 offensive rebounds to Hofstra's eight.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Towson leads the series 2-1
-Only two of those matchups came as Division I opponents, as MU met Towson in February 1983, Monmouth's final season before moving to D1
-The first meeting came on February 7, 1983 at Towson, a 76-59 Tigers win
-The 2014 matchup came as part of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic in West Long Branch, a Towson overtime win despite MU's Andrew Nicholas making six threes
-Monmouth won last season in the second game of the year, a non-conference match up, 79-71
-The Hawks opened up leads of 17-0 and 24-1 before winning by eight
-Myles Ruth, Myles Foster and Jack Holmstrom saw action in last season's game