2022-23 Monmouth Basketball CAA Tournament Opening Round Preview

Monmouth Hawks (6-25, 5-13 CAA) vs. Hampton Pirates (8-23, 5-13 CAA)
Friday, March 3, 2023 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Entertainment & Sports Arena, Washington, DC

TV
FloSports
Play-by-Play: Matt Janus
Analyst: Monika Moore

RADIO
Play-by-Play: Joe Vasile
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS
-This marks the first ever CAA Tournament game for Monmouth
-Monmouth and Hampton are meeting for the third time this season
-The Hawks finished as the #13 seed in the CAA in its inaugural season
-Jack Collins was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team this week
-Monmouth went on an 18-0 run in the second half at Hampton last week
-Klemen Vuga has scored in double figures in six games in a row
-Jakari Spence became the 24th Hawk to reach 100 assists in a season at Hampton
-Myles Foster notched his third 20+ point game at Hampton
-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 

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-be Monmouth's first CAA Tournament win ever
-snap a four-game losing streak
-be MU's first win this season over Hampton
-be Monmouth's first neutral site 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
-advance the Hawks to take on #5 Drexel on Saturday

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT...
-Myles Foster scored a career-high 23 points.
-Klemen Vuga scored in doubles for the 13th time this season.
-Jack Holmstrom knocked in multiple threes in a game for the third time this year.
-This was MU's first ever game against William & Mary.
-The Hawks conclude the regular season as the #13 seed in the CAA in its inaugural season in the league.
-Monmouth outshot William & Mary 45.1% to 44.7%.
-The Hawks were better on the glass, 36-29.
-MU won the battle in the paint, 36-20.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-This is the sixth ever meeting between the schools
-This is the fourth ever meeting between the teams at a neutral site
-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 two prior matchups to Hampton this season