2024-25 Monmouth Women's Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Nine
                                                                                     
Monmouth Hawks (2-6, 0-0 CAA) vs. Rider Broncs (1-5, 0-0 MAAC)
Thursday, December 5, 2024 – 7:00 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: Ed Cohen
Analyst: Dominique Patrick
 
QUICK BULLETS
- Monmouth finishes a three-game homestand welcoming in-state rival Rider to West Long Branch on Thursday.
- Belle Kranbuhl (15 pts, 13 rbs) and Taisha Exanor (14 pts, 13 rbs) led the Hawks to a 60-54 home win over Lafayette on Sunday - the second straight win for MU.
- MU made a season high 17 free throws on a season high 24 attempts.
- Head Coach Cait Wetmore and the Hawks collected win No. 1 of 2024-25 versus Saint Peter's last Tuesday, 59-50.
- Damaris Rodriguez scored 27 points and surpassed the 2,000-point mark for her career in the win.
- 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.
- MU ranks first in the CAA with 4.4 blocks per game.
- Exanor ranks third in the CAA in rebounding (8.8/game).
 
A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
- Be the third consecutive win for the Hawks.
- Make it a perfect 3-0 homestand for the Hawks.
- Improve MU to 3-6 on the season.
- Be the third home victory of the season.
- Improve MU to 3-1 in home games this year.
- Be Monmouth's second consecutive win in the all-time series versus Rider.
- Be Monmouth's second win over a MAAC opponent this year.
 
MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
- Monmouth and Rider are meeting for the 49th time in women's basketball competition.
- The all-time series is tied at 24 apiece in Division I games.
- 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.
 
NEXT UP
- Monmouth goes back on the road to play NJIT in Newark on Monday, Dec. 9.
- The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ at 7:00 p.m.
- It will be the 5th meeting all-time between the schools.
- The Hawks lead the all-time series, 4-0.
- The two teams last met in the 2022-23 season where Monmouth won 70-62 in - overtime.
- Belle Kranbuhl had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds and added five blocks.
- Dec. 8, 2021, was the last time these teams met in Newark, and the Hawks won, 62-53.