2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game One

Monmouth Hawks (0-0, 0-0 CAA) at Michigan State Spartans (0-0, 0-0 Big 10)
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 7:00 p.m.
Breslin Center, East Lansing, MI
 
TV
Big Ten Network +
Play-by-Play: Jack Stager
Analyst: Ethan Hunter
Sideline: Marin Klein
 
RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Matt Harmon

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth enters the 2024-25 season tonight, the 69th season in program history and 42nd in Division I
-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 
-Monmouth is looking for its seventh opening night win in 14 tries under Rice
-Monmouth is entering its third season as a member of the CAA
-MU will play its first 11 games away from home this year, including eight true road games and three at a neutral site
-Monmouth has eight new players on this seasons roster - six transfers and two true freshmen
-MU topped Rhode Island College in exhibition action, 95-65 on 10/25

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark the first win of the season for Monmouth
-even King Rice's career record to 208-208
-mark MU's fourth win over a current Big 10 opponent
-be the 10th high-major victory under Rice over a high-major program
-make Monmouth 14-28 all time on opening night
-move the Hawks to 7-7 on opening night under Rice
-be the first opening night road win for MU since 2019 at Lehigh
-make the Hawks 1-0 this season
-be the first win in a Monmouth uniform for eight new Hawks
-make Monmouth 1-0 against Michigan State all time

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-This is the first ever meeting between Monmouth and Michigan State
-Monmouth is 3-19 all time against current Big 10 membership
-The Hawks won all three of those games during the 2015-16 season, topping UCLA, USC and Rutgers
-This is Monmouth's first ever game in the state of Michigan

NEXT UP
-Monmouth takes on Temple Friday night at CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ. The game is part of a doubleheader in the 2024
Jersey Jam, with Princeton playing Duquesne as well.