2022-23 Monmouth Basketball Game Thirty Preview

Monmouth Hawks (6-23, 5-11 CAA) at Hampton Pirates (7-22, 4-12 CAA)
Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 7:00 p.m. ET
Convocation Center, Hampton, Va
TV
FloSports

RADIO
-There will not be a Monmouth Digital Network radio broadcast for the game at Hampton.

QUICK BULLETS

-MU is embarking on its final road trip of the regular season
-This marks the second meeting of the season between MU and Hampton
-Klemen Vuga has posted his three best scoring games in the last three contests
-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
-Monmouth is in a tie with William & Mary for 11th place in the CAA standings
-Foster has started every game this season, the only Hawk to do so
-All 11 players to see action this season have started at least one game 
-MU is visiting Hampton for the first time in program history

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-be Monmouth's sixth win as a member of the CAA
-register as Monmouth's sixth win in the last nine games
-be MU's third win ever over Hampton
-be Monmouth's fourth road 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 within a game of .500
-move MU to 6-11 in the CAA
-tie the season series with Hampton at 1-1

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Jarvis Vaughan made his first start of the season on Senior Day.
-This marked Monmouth's final home game of the season.
-Jack Collins scored in doubles for the 14th time this season.
-Klemen Vuga scored 16 points, with the last three games being the highest three scoring contests of his career.
-This was the only matchup of the season with Elon.
-Monmouth honored its seniors before the game on the court, including forward Jarvis Vaughan and manager Justin Dempsey.
-Each team scored 26 points in the paint.
-There were six ties and three lead changes.
-MU shot 38% to Elon's 48%.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-This is the fifth ever meeting between the schools
-This is the first ever meeting between the teams on Hampton's campus
-The schools met for the first time in 2003, a Monmouth win as part of the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands
-MU and Hampton met in the 2006 NCAA Tournament play-in game, a Hawks victory
-The most recent meeting prior to this year came in 2009, a Hampton victory in the World Vision Challenge at the University of Wyoming
-Hampton is one of four schools debuting in the CAA this season, joining Monmouth, Stony Brook and North Carolina A&T
-Monmouth fell in the first matchup to Hampton this season in West Long Branch