2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Sixteen Preview

Monmouth Hawks (1-14, 0-2 CAA) at Drexel Dragons (8-6, 2-1 CAA)
Saturday, January 7, 2022 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia, PA

TV
FloSports
Play-by-Play: Rob Brooks
Analyst: Mike Tuberosa

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth is playing its first CAA road game ever
-Andrew Ball had career highs in points (13) and rebounds (9) the last time out
-After Andrew Ball started vs. UNCW, every Hawk has a start this season
-Monmouth is seeking its first CAA win
-Jack Collins had a career best four steals in the CAA opener vs. UNCW
-Myles Foster had his second double-double of the season against UNCW
-Klemen Vuga notched his fifth double-digit scoring game 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 the 10 Hawks that have seen action this season have a double-digit scoring game

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-be Monmouth's first win as a member of the CAA
-be MU's third consecutive win over Drexel
-be Monmouth's second road win this season
-snap a six-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
-make MU to 1-2 in the CAA

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Andrew Ball tied his career high with 13 points and also grabbed a career-best nine rebounds.
-Myles Foster scored in double figures for the 10th time this season.
-Jack Collins notched his seven double-digit effort of the year.
-Monmouth's nine turnovers are a season low.
-Monmouth concluded a four-game home stand today.
-MU started its eighth different starting lineup today.
-The Hawks had 17 points off turnovers to 14 for Stony Brook.
-Monmouth was better in the paint, 28-22.
-The game featured six lead changes and seven ties.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Drexel are meeting for the 13th time ever
-Drexel leads the all-time series, 9-3
-The first meeting was played in 1993 under MU Head Coach Wayne Szoke, a 90-72 Dragons win in Philadelphia
-The teams have met twice since King Rice was named the Monmouth Head Coach, with the Hawks winning at Drexel in 2015, 82-74, and winning the 2016 season opener in West Long Branch, 78-65.
-MU was led in the last meeting by 17 Micah Seaborn points, topping four in double digits, including Chris Brady, who went for 14 and eight boards
-While Rice and Drexel head coach Zach Spiker have never met at their respective schools, the two have squared off previously, splitting two contests in 2015 and 2016 while Spiker was the head man at Army West Point