2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Three

Monmouth Hawks (0-2, 0-0 CAA) at Northern Illinois Huskies (1-1, 0-0 MAC)
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 7:00 p.m. EST
NIU Convocation Center, DeKalb, IL

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Matt Rodewald
Analyst: Mark Lindo
 
RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Matt Harmon

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth comes off a loss to Temple at the 2024 Jersey Jam
-Four Hawks scored in double figures the last time out
-This is Monmouth's fourth ever game in the state of Illinois
-MU topped Northern Illinois at the buzzer last season in West Long Branch
-Abdi Bashir posted his second career 20-point game against MSU
-Justin Ray scored in double figures in his first collegiate game
-Madison Durr has scored in double figures in his first two games as a Hawk
-Monmouth returns 10 letterwinners from a season ago
-Jaret Valencia was a Preseason All-CAA Second Team selection
-Jack Collins earned Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention 
-MU will play its first 11 games away from home, including eight true road games



A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark the first win of the season for Monmouth
-be the 208th win of King Rice's career
-make the Hawks 1-2 this season
-be the first win in a Monmouth uniform for eight new Hawks
-make Monmouth 2-0 against Northern Illinois all time
-be MU's first road victory this season
-mark the first ever win in the state of Illinois for Monmouth


MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-This is the second ever meeting between Monmouth and NIU
-Monmouth beat Northern Illinois last season on Jakari Spence's buzzer beater from just outside the three-point arc
-Returning Hawks from last year's game include Jack Collins (8pts, 6rebs), Abdi Bashir (9pts), Cornelius Robinson III (8pts) and
Jaret Valencia (6pts, 7rebs, 4stl)
-Monmouth is unbeaten against the MAC all time, a perfect 5-0
-MU has wins all time over Buffalo in 1981, Western Michigan in 1989, Akron in 2001 and Eastern Michigan in 2010 before beating NIU
last year
-The first four meetings with MAC schools took place during in-season tournaments at neutral sites
-Monmouth has played in the state of Illinois three times previously (vs. DePaul in 1987 and 1999, vs. Illinois in 2022)


NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Madison Durr has scored in double figures the first two games of the season.
-Abdi Bashir Jr. posted his second straight in double figures to open the year.
-Dok Muordar scored his first points as a Hawk.
-Chris Morgan scored his first points in a Monmouth uniform.
-Lucas Orchard collected his first collegiate points.
-Andrew Ball netted double figures for the first time since 2022-23.
-Jack Collins' opening three registered as his 700th career point.
-Cornelius Robinson III led MU in rebounding for the second game in a row.
-Chris Green made his collegiate debut.
-Monmouth and Temple squared off for the first time since 1983.
-The game was part of the second annual Jersey Jam, part of doubleheader at CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton.
-Monmouth had 18 assists to 11 turnovers.
-MU was over 90% from the foul line for the second straight game.


NEXT UP
-Monmouth faces in-state foe Rutgers Friday night at 6:30 p.m. on the Big Ten Network on the radio via the Monmouth Digital
Network.