2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Six

Monmouth Hawks (0-5, 0-0 CAA) vs. Youngstown State Penguins (1-2, 0-0 Horizon)
Thursday, November 21, 2024 - 5:00 p.m. EST
Axe 'Em Classic - William R. Johnson Coliseum, Nacogdoches, TX

TV
There is no TV or streaming broadcast for this game.

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

QUICK BULLETS
-Abdi Bashir Jr. was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week
-Bashir also won CAA Player of the Week
-Cornelius Robinson III scored a season-high 12 points at Wichita State
-This is Monmouth's first game against a Horizon opponent since 1986
-Bashir's 38 points at Rutgers was a career-high and the second most for a Hawk under Rice
-Bashir was the first player in the nation to make 10 3's in a game this year
-This is the first matchup between Monmouth and Youngstown State ever
-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 and three neutral site contests

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 1-5 this season
-be the first win in a Monmouth uniform for eight new Hawks
-mark a first ever win for Monmouth over Youngstown State
-be MU's first neutral site victory this season
-make the Hawks 1-4 against the Horizon League all time
-snap a five-game losing streak to open the year

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-This is the first meeting all time between Monmouth and Youngstown State
-Monmouth has not played a Horizon League opponent since 1986
-MU played previous Horizon members La Salle and Illinois-Chicago a combined four times in 1983-86
-This will be MU's first Horizon League opponent since the league rebranded to that name in 2001
-Current Horizon member Robert Morris was a league foe of Monmouth's in the NEC from 1985 through 2013, when MU left the
conference
-Monmouth is 30-27 all-time against Robert Morris, the only current Horizon member MU has competed against

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Chris Morgan had a career-best four steals, the most by a Hawk this year.
-Cornelius Robinson III netted a season-best 12 points, his first game this year in double digits.
-Andrew Ball tied his season high with six rebounds.
-Monmouth shot a season best 46.6%
-Monmouth led at halftime for the first time this season.
-This was MU's first meeting with Wichita State since 2007.
-Monmouth limited Wichita State to two threes, one per half.
-The Hawks outrebounded the Shockers, 41-34.
-MU was better in second chance points, 10-5.
-The Hawks topped WSU off the bench, 17-12.

NEXT UP
Monmouth continues the Axe 'Em Classic at Stephen F. Austin Friday, taking on the Lumberjacks at 4:00 p.m. Eastern.