2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Twenty-Nine Preview

Monmouth Hawks (6-22, 5-10 CAA) vs. Elon Phoenix (7-21, 5-10 CAA)
Saturday, February 18, 2023 - 2:00 p.m. ET
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
SNY/NBC Sports Philadelphia/FloSports
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS

-MU has won five of its last seven
-Monmouth scored a season-high 85 points the last time at home
-Klemen Vuga has consecutive 20+ point games
-Monmouth completed a season sweep of North Carolina A&T, its first CAA sweep
-Klemen Vuga posted a career best 29 points on 10 FG's vs. NC A&T
-Jack Collins netted a career best 22 points vs. NC A&T on five triples
-This is the first meeting ever with Elon
-This is the only meeting between MU and Elon this season
-Monmouth is in a five-way tie for eighth place in the CAA standings
-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 sixth win as a member of the CAA
-register as Monmouth's sixth win in the last eight games
-be MU's first win ever over Elon
-be Monmouth's fourth home win this season
-be the Hawks 27th program win over a current CAA school
-be the Hawks seventh win of the season
-register as the 189th win of Rice's career
-move Rice's career record back to an even .500
-move MU to 6-10 in the CAA
-secure the season's only matchup with Elon

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Klemen Vuga scored 23 points, his second straight 20+ point game.
-Jack Collins tied a career high with four steals, his fifth four-steal game of the year.
-Vuga posted his 10th game this season in double figures.
-Collins scored in doubles for the 13th time this year.
-The Hawks started the same lineup for the eighth game in a row.
-This was Monmouth's first trip to Northeastern since 1992.
-Monmouth was better from 3, 33% to 29%.
-MU was better off turnovers, 17-15.
-The Hawks shot 38% from the field compared to 44% for Northeastern.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-This is the first ever meeting between Monmouth and Elon.
-This will be the only matchup this season between the teams.
-Monmouth and Elon are tied for eighth place in the CAA, with the winner of today's game owning a potential tiebreaker for conference tournament seeding.