WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Monmouth University Men's Basketball got a career-best 22 points from Myles Foster as well as 18 and nine rebounds from Jack Collins, but Hampton University came away with the victory Saturday in West Long Branch, 83-66.
 
Monmouth scored the first six points of the second half to cut the deficit to 41-36, and after Hampton got it back to 14, MU did not give in, scoring 13 of the next 17 to make it a four-point game on a Foster score off glass. A 10-2 Pirates run made it 14 again and they held the Hawks off en route to the road win.
 
MU worked for three and-one opportunities in the early stages, the first from Foster before two in a row from Collins. Following Collins' second three-point play, Foster netted a hook shot to tie the game at 14:38. Hampton used a 17-3 run to lead 31-17, but Monmouth clawed back to score 13 of the next 19 to trim it to 38-30. A late Hampton three sent them into the half with a 41-30 advantage.

NOTES AND QUOTES

"Give Hampton all the credit. Two teams without a win in the league and they came in and did what they had to do. Right from the beginning, our intensity was down and their kids got going." – Head Coach King Rice

-Myles Foster netted a career-high 22 points.
-Myles Foster netted the fourth 20+ point game by a Hawk this season, and his second of the year.
-Jack Collins grabbed a career best nine rebounds.
-Myles Foster scored in double figures for the eighth game in a row.
-Jack Collins posted his ninth game in double-digits this season.
-Myles Foster posted a career high with three steals.
-Jakari Spence tied a career high with three steals.
-Klemen Vuga scored in doubles for the fifth time this season.
-Monmouth started the same lineup for the second game in a row.
-MU and Hampton are both in their first season in the CAA.
-This was the fourth matchup all time between Monmouth and Hampton, and the first played on either schools campus.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth outrebounded Hampton, 36-34.
-Monmouth was better off turnovers, 23-15.
-MU was better in the paint, 44-28.
-The Hawks topped Hampton in second chance points, 21-5.
-The Pirates shot 58% from the field and 53% from three.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth visits UNC Wilmington on Thursday night at 7:00 p.m on FloSports and on the radio via the Monmouth Digital Network.