2023-24 Monmouth Basketball  Preview: Game Twenty-One

Monmouth Hawks (10-10, 3-4 CAA) vs. Hofstra Pride (11-9, 4-3 CAA)
Saturday, January 27, 2024 - 2:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
FloSports

Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti

Analyst: Chris Williams

QUICK BULLETS

-This is the only meeting between Monmouth and Hofstra this year

-King Rice is one win from 200 career victories, and looks to be the first MU DI coach to reach that mark

-Xander Rice is two points from 1,500 in his college career

-The Hawks have won seven in a row at home dating back to November

-Monmouth leads the CAA in three-point percentage at 37.5%

-MU topped the 40-rebound mark for the fourth time this season at Stony Brook

-Today's game features three of the top five scorers in the CAA

-MU is beginning a run of three home games in the next four contests

-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 20 games

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...

-mark the 11th win of the season for Monmouth

-extend the home winning streak to eight

-move Monmouth's CAA record back to .500 to 4-4

-register as the 200th win of Rice's career

-be King Rice's third career win over Hofstra

-snap a seven-game winless run against Hofstra

-be MU's first win over the Pride since November 8, 2013

-hand Hofstra its 10th loss of the season

-be MU's fourth win in the calendar year of 2024

-propel MU over .500 overall at 11-10

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES

-Hofstra leads the all-time series, 8-6

-Hofstra has won the last seven meetings dating back to November 2013

-In those 14 matchups, the teams are separated by just 54 total points

-This is the 15th meeting ever between the Hawks and Pride

-MU and Hofstra are meeting for the seventh year in a row

-Monmouth opened the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons with wins over Hofstra

-The first meeting came in 1984 during Monmouth's first season in DI

-King Rice and Speedy Claxton are matching up for the fourth time

-Outside of Rider (1989-90) and Manhattan (2013-14), Hofstra is Monmouth's longest seasonal opponent (2017-18)

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT

-Xander Rice led Monmouth with 18 points, his 18th double-figure game this season.

-Jaret Valencia's nine rebounds were the second highest output of the season for the forward.

-Jack Collins scored in double figures for the 11th time this year.

-Monmouth topped the 40-rebound mark for the fourth time this season.

-Monmouth outrebounded Stony Brook 41-32.

-MU was better in the paint, 30-16.

-Each team had 14 assists.

-Monmouth was better on the fast break, 9-2.

NEXT UP

-Monmouth remains home to take on Drexel Thursday, 2/1

-The teams met in a tight contest at Drexel earlier this season, a 78-74 Dragons victory

-The game will air on SNY, NBC Sports Philadelphia and FloSports