2024-25 Monmouth Women's Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Eight
                                                                                     
Monmouth Hawks (1-6, 0-0 CAA) vs. Lafayette Leopards (2-4, 0-0 Patriot)
Sunday, December 1, 2024 – 2:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, N.J.
 
Please find PDF of full notes attached.
 
TV: FloCollege / NBC Sports Philadelphia / SNY
Play-by-play: Joe Vasile
Analyst: Dei Lynam
 
QUICK BULLETS
- Monmouth plays the second of a three-game homestand with a game versus Lafayette on Sunday.
- Head Coach Cait Wetmore and the Hawks collected win No. 1 of the season versus Saint Peter's on Tuesday, 59-50.
- Damaris Rodriguez scored 27 points and surpassed the 2,000-point mark for her career in the win.
- Belle Kranbuhl and Ella Farrelly each had a double-double at Sacred Heart, the first time a pair of Hawks achieved that feat in the same game since 2020.
- Forward Taisha Exanor had a career high 21 points in the Monmouth home opener - versus Brown on Nov. 9, including nine rebounds and five assists.
- MU ranks first in the CAA with 4.7 blocks per game.
- Last season, MU won a program record 13 consecutive true road games before its season was ended at Duquesne in overtime in the WNIT Second Round.
 
A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
- Be the second consecutive win for the Hawks.
- Improve Monmouth to 2-6 on the season.
- Be the second home victory of the season.
- Improve MU to 2-1 in home games this year.
- Be Monmouth's first win over Lafayette since Dec. 11, 2023.
- Be Monmouth's first win over a Patriot opponent since defeating Loyola (Md.) 63-50 on Dec. 22, 2023.
 
MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
- Monmouth and Lafayette are meeting for the 10th time in women's basketball competition.
- Monmouth leads the all-time series, 6-3.
- The two teams met in Easton last season, with Monmouth cruising to a 68-47 win.
- Sandrine Clesca had a then-career high 14 points.
- Monmouth began the game on a 15-0 run and led 38-19 at the half.
- Monmouth has won five of the last six meetings dating back to 2010.
 
NEXT UP
- Monmouth finishes the three-game homestand versus Rider on Thursday, Dec. 5.
- The game will be broadcast live on FloCollege, NBC Sports Philadelphia, and SNY at 7:00 p.m.
- It will be the 49th meeting all-time between the schools.
- The all-time series is tied at 24 apiece.
- The two teams met in Lawrenceville last season, with Monmouth winning 62-42.
- The Hawks allowed less points in just one other game last season (50-41, win over Northeastern - Feb. 9, 2024).
- MU made 12 threes.
- Taisha Exanor had 15 points on seven made field goals.
- Rider has won 11 of the last 14 meetings.
- Monmouth hosts its Hoops & Pups event.