2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Two

Monmouth Hawks (0-1, 0-0 CAA) vs. Temple Owls (1-0, 0-0 AAC)
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 6:00 p.m.
CURE Insurance Arena, Trenton, NJ
 
Please find PDF of full notes attached.

TV
JerseyJam.Net
Play-by-Play: Mike Gill
Analyst: Dr. John Giannini
 
RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Matt Harmon
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth comes off a loss on opening night at Big 10 foe Michigan State
-Abdi Bashir posted his second career 20-point game in East Lansing
-Justin Ray scored in double figures in his first collegiate game
-Madison Durr posted double figures in his first game 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 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
-bring King Rice within a game of career .500 at 208-209
-make the Hawks 1-1 this season
-be the first win in a Monmouth uniform for eight new Hawks
-make Monmouth 1-1 against Temple all time
 
MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-This is the second ever meeting between Monmouth and Temple
-Monmouth is 5-10 all time against current AAC membership
-MU topped Memphis in 2016, and also has wins against UAB, Rice, Charlotte and Wichita State
 
NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Abdi Bashir Jr. scored 20 points for the second time in his career, and was one point off his career high.
-Justin Ray became the first Monmouth true freshman to score in double figures on opening night since Deion Hammond in 2017.
-Seven Hawks made their Monmouth debuts tonight.
-Madison Durr notched his 31st career game in double figures and first as a Hawk.
-Cornelius Robinson III grabbed a career best 10 rebounds.
-Durr, Ray and Demings netted their first points as Hawks.
-MU is now 13-29 on opening night as a DI program.
-Andrew Ball played in his first game since the 2023 CAA Tournament.
-Monmouth shot 93.7% from the foul line, going 15-16 and not missing until the closing minutes of the second half.
-Monmouth outshot MSU from 3, 30% to 17%.
-MU had seven steals to Michigan State's six.

NEXT UP
Monmouth heads to Northern Illinois to return a game against the Huskies on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. MU topped NIU at the buzzer a season ago.