2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Twenty-Six Preview

Monmouth Hawks (5-20, 4-8 CAA) vs. Hofstra Pride (18-8, 11-2 CAA)
Saturday, February 11, 2023 - 2:00 p.m. ET
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
SNY/FloSports
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Dave Calloway

QUICK BULLETS

-MU has won its last four games
-The Hawks come off a win at Stony Brook, their third road win this season
-Tahron Allen is averaging 19 ppg during the four-game win streak
-Monmouth has moved up to a tie for seventh in the league standings
-Allen's six steals at Stony Brook marked the 19th player in school history with 6+
-MU's has won its last two home games
-MU exploded for 45 second-half points vs. UD, the highest scoring half this year
-The Hawks won their first CAA game in program history at North Carolina A&T
-Jack Collins is a two-time CAA Rookie of the Week after scoring 16 at NC A&T
-Foster has started every game this season, the only Hawk to do so
-10 of 11 players to see action this season have started at least one game 

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-be Monmouth's fifth win as a member of the CAA
-be Monmouth's third home win this season
-extend a winning streak to five games
-be the Hawks 26th program win over a current CAA school
-be the Hawks sixth win of the season
-register as the 188th win of Rice's career
-move Rice's career record back over .500
-move MU to 5-8 in the CAA
-snap a six-game losing streak to Hofstra

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Monmouth wins its fourth game in a row.
-Myles Foster posted his 18th game in double figures this season.
-Tahron Allen scored 22 points, one off a career high, for his fourth straight dou ble-figure effort.
-Allen's six steals is the most by a Hawk in a game this season. He becomes the 19th player in program history with six or more steals in a game.
-MU is the first CAA team to win a game without making a three since William & Mary over Old Dominion on December 1, 2015.
-The Hawks did not hit a three for the first time since December 16, 2009 at Prince ton.
-This was Monmouth's first ever trip to Stony Brook and the third all-time meeting between the teams.
-MU outshot SBU 47% to 31%.
-The Hawks were better in the paint, 36-6.
-Monmouth owned the fast break, 15-2.
-The game featured five ties and 10 lead changes.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Hofstra leads the all-time series by one game, 7-6
-The teams met earlier this season, a Hofstra win on Long Island
-In those 13 meetings, the teams are separated by just 25 total points (Hofstra Leads, 968-943)
-Monmouth and Hofstra are meeting for the 14th time ever
-The teams are meeting for the sixth consecutive season, the prior five as non- league opponents
-Hofstra has won six in a row, with four of them decided by a combined 17 points, including a one and two-point game
-MU opened the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons with wins over Hofstra
-The teams met first in 1984, the Hawks first season as a Division I program
-Last season was the first meeting between King Rice and Speedy Claxton