2023-24 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Twenty

Monmouth Hawks (10-9, 3-3 CAA) at Stony Brook Seawolves (9-10, 2-4 CAA)
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 6:30 p.m.
Island Federal Center, Stony Brook, NY

TV
SNY/FloSports
Play-by-Play: Jonny Wincott
Analyst: Rob Pavinelli

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Matt Harmon

QUICK BULLETS
-This is the first of two meetings between Monmouth and Stony Brook this year
-MU hit five threes in the final 5:24 Saturday to race past Hampton
-King Rice is one win from 200 career
-Abdi Bashir hit three triples in 2:53 Saturday, one to tie and one to put Monmouth in front late in the game
-Xander Rice is 20 points from 1,500 in his five-year career
-MU is on the road for the fourth time in the last five games
-Monmouth's only visit ever to Stony Brook came last February, a Monmouth victory
-Monmouth leads the CAA in three-point percentage at 37.5%
-Monmouth finished non-conference play 7-6, the fifth non-league winning record under King Rice
-The Hawks have started the same lineup in all 19 games

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark the 11th win of the season for Monmouth
-snap a seven-game road losing streak
-improve Monmouth's CAA record over .500 to 4-3
-register as the 200th win of Rice's career
-be King Rice's second career win over the Seawolves and second in a row
-hand Stony Brook its fifth CAA loss of the season
-be MU's fourth win in the calendar year of 2024
-be Monmouth's second win in a row at Island Federal Arena
-propel MU two games over .500 overall at 11-9

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Stony Brook are meeting for the fourth time ever
-SBU leads the all-time series, 2-1
-This is Monmouth's second ever trip to Stony Brook, winning here last season
-The first meeting was played in West Long Branch in The MAC at 6:00 a.m. as part of ESPN's 24-Hour Tipoff Marathon
-Monmouth was led in that November 16, 2010 contest by nine points from Will Campbell and 13 rebounds by Ed Waite
-Stony Brook took the lead in that game from the foul line with 22 seconds left, and Monmouth's Marcus Ware's bid for the tie at the
horn fell short
-Monmouth will host Stony Brook on February 17

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-MU has won seven games in a row at home. 
-Xander Rice topped the 20-point mark for the 15th time this season.
-Jakari Spence matched his season high with 11 points.
-MU beat Hampton in West Long Branch for the first time ever.
-Abdi Bashir posted his third career game in double figures.
-Nikita Konstantynovskyi scored in doubles for the eighth game in a row.
-Monmouth started the same lineup for the 19th time in a row.
-Monmouth and Hampton both shot over 45% from the field.
-The Hawks were better off turnovers, 14-11.
-MU outrebounded Hampton, 41-29.
-The Blue and White won in the paint, 46-32.
-There were 10 ties and 11 lead changes.

NEXT UP
-Monmouth goes back home to host Hofstra Saturday at 2pm
-The all-time series is led by Hofstra, 8-6
-The game will air on FloSports