2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Ten

Monmouth Hawks (1-8, 0-0 CAA) at Lehigh Mountain Hawks (2-5, 0-0 Patriot)
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 7:00 p.m. EST
Stabler Arena, Bethlehem, PA

TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Ryan McGettigan

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Matt Harmon
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth knocked off its 10th high-major under King Rice the last time out
-MU beat Seton Hall for the first time in 16 tries in the Hawks' first win of 24-25
-Abdi Bashir Jr. had 28 points, his third best output this season, vs. Seton Hall
-Dok Muordar made his first career start against Seton Hall
-Bashir was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week last week
-Bashir also won CAA Player of the Week
-Bashir has two 30+ point games in the first nine games of the year
-Jack Collins has scored in double figures in two games in a row
-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
-Monmouth is playing its 10th straight game away from home to open the year

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark the second win of the season for Monmouth
-be the 209th win of King Rice's career
-make the Hawks 2-8 this season
-even the all-time series with Lehigh at seven apiece
-be MU's second win in a row over Lehigh
-mark the Hawks second straight win and second road win in a row
-improve the Hawks to 29-23 all time against the Patriot League
-make King Rice 5-2 against Lehigh

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-This is the 14th meeting all time between the schools
-Lehigh leads the all-time series, 7-6
-Monmouth has won four of six matchups under King Rice
-The Hawks have won three of the last four in the series
-Monmouth is 28-23 against the Patriot League all time
-MU has played every Patriot member with the exception of BU
-This is the only Patriot League team MU plays this season
-Rice and Dr. Brett Reed are facing each other for the seventh time
-These teams are meeting for the fourth year in a row

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Monmouth beat its 10th high-major since 2015
-MU topped Seton Hall for the first time ever in 16 tries
-The Hawks beat a Big East team for the first time ever (Georgetown, 2015)
-Abdi Bashir made six threes for the second time this season
-Bashir's 28 points was a game high and his third highest output this season
-Jack Collins scored in doubles for the second game in a row and third this season
-Jaret Valencia scored in double digits for the third time this season
-Valencia's four blocks is the most by a Hawk in a game this season
-Madison Durr set a career-high with four steals
-Dok Muordar made his second career start and first as a Hawk
-Corey Miller saw first-half action for the first time this season
-Monmouth shot a season-high 47.6% from three
-MU allowed a season-low 51 points
-Monmouth outshot Seton Hall 46% to 36%
-MU doubled up Seton Hall from three, 48% to 24%
-The Hawks were better on the glass, 34-28
-Monmouth beat SHU off turnovers, 19-9
-The Hawks topped the Pirates on the move, 9-2
-Monmouth led for 31:25 of the 40 minutes

NEXT UP
-Monmouth is at Princeton on Tuesday, December 10 at 7pm on ESPN+ and on the radio with the Monmouth Digital Network