2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Eleven

Monmouth Hawks (1-9, 0-0 CAA) at Princeton Tigers (7-4, 0-0 Ivy)
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 7:00 p.m. EST
Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, NJ

TV

ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Derek Jones
Analyst: John Giannini

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti

QUICK BULLETS
-Abdi Bashir netted 20+ points for the sixth time this season at Lehigh 
-Monmouth knocked off its 10th high-major under King Rice vs. Seton Hall
-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

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 2-9 this season
-be MU's eighth all time win over Princeton
-be MU's second win in the last three games
-mark the Hawks second road win
-improve the Hawks to 15-30 all time against the Ivy League
-make King Rice 4-4 against Princeton

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-This is the 23rd meeting between MU and Princeton
-They first met on 11/20/91
-Monmouth and Princeton have split the last four matchups
-MU has won eight of the last 15 against the Tigers
-The 2006 matchup saw just 62 combined points, setting an NCAA record in a 41-21 Hawks victory
-MU is 14-29 against the Ivy League all time
-Monmouth has played every Ivy opponent all time other than Dartmouth
This is the third NJ team the Hawks will play this season (Rutgers, Seton Hall)

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Abdi Bashir topped 20 points for the sixth time this season. 
-Jack Collins scored in double digits for the third game in a row.
-Madison Durr posted his sixth double-figure scoring game this season. 
-After opening the year with 26 consecutive makes, Abdi Bashir missed his first free throw this season in the second half.
-MU started the same lineup for the second consecutive game.
-Monmouth and Lehigh met for the fourth season in a row.
-Monmouth had eight steals to Lehigh's five. 
-MU had 16 offensive rebounds to Lehigh's six.

NEXT UP
Monmouth plays its first home game of the season against Fairfield at 1pm on December 21.