WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Monmouth University Men's Basketball dropped a CAA matchup Saturday afternoon to Hofstra University, 86-57, snapping a four-game win streak for MU. Andrew Ball and Klemen Vuga both scored in double figures in the contest for Monmouth.
 
Hofstra used nine second-half threes to extend their lead in the second half, four of them from Tyler Thomas. Monmouth shot 52% in the second half and 60% from beyond the arc.
 
Hofstra opened the game on a 10-0 run but buckets from Tahron Allen and Jack Collins in transition cut it to eight. Andrew Ball would halt a Hofstra push with back-to-back threes, while Ball and Jakari Spence ended the half with dunks in transition as the Hawks went to the locker room trailing 37-16.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
 
"Give Hofstra all the credit, I think they're one of the best teams obviously. I'm disappointed because we didn't come today ready, I was surprised because that hasn't happened in a long time. We've been competing, we've been playing super hard, I felt like we've been playing harder than other teams and that's why we had some success." – Head Coach King Rice
 
-Monmouth had a season-high four-game winning streak snapped.
-Jack Collins dished out a career-best four assists.
-Andrew Ball posted a double-figure scoring game for the fourth time this season.
-Klemen Vuga scored in doubles for the eighth time this season.
-Jakari Spence matched a career high with three steals.
-10 of 11 Hawks that saw action scored in the game.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-The Hawks were better off the bench, 26-22.
-Each team had nine steals.
-Monmouth shot 52% and 60% from deep in the second half.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth hosts North Carolina A&T on Monday night at 7:00 p.m.