2023-24 Monmouth Basketball  Preview: Game Twenty-Six

Monmouth Hawks (13-12, 6-6 CAA) vs. Campbell Camels (12-13, 6-6 CAA)
Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 7:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
SNY/NBC Sports Philadelphia/FloSports
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Dave Calloway

QUICK BULLETS

-Monmouth has won 10 straight home games, the second longest streak in program history and longest at the OFBC

-Xander Rice comes off his 18th 20+ point game of the season

-This is the first meeting between MU and Campbell since playing twice in 83-84

-Rice made his 100th collegiate start at Northeastern on Saturday

-Braedan Allen scored his first collegiate points against Northeastern

-The Hawks blocked 11 shots, their most since February 3, 2007 vs. St. Francis NY last Thursday against William & Mary

-Jaret Valencia blocked six shots vs. the Tribe, a career best 

-Xander Rice is one of 26 active DI players with 1,600 points and 400 assists

-King Rice is the 19th active NCAA head coach with 200+ wins at one institution

-The Hawks have started the same lineup 24 times in 25 contests

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...

-mark the 14th win of the season for Monmouth

-extend the home winning streak to 11

-move Monmouth's CAA record over .500 to 7-6

-register as the 203rd win of Rice's career, and his first over Campbell

-be a win in the first matchup with Campbell since 1983

-hand Campbell its 14th loss of the season

-be MU's seventh win in the calendar year of 2024 and third in February

-propel MU back to two games over .500 overall at 14-12

-make Monmouth 11-1 at the OceanFirst Bank Center

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES

-The all-time series is tied, 1-1

-MU and Campbell met 13 days apart in 1983-84

-The teams split the games in 1983-84, with Campbell winning 71-69 as part of the Olde Fayetteville Classic in Fayetteville, NC before MU won in

West Long Branch, 77-73

-This is the first meeting between the teams as CAA opponents, with Campbell joining this season

-Monmouth and Campbell shared a football league, the Big South, from 2018-21

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT

-Xander Rice made his 100th collegiate start.

-Rice scored 20+ points for the 18th time this season.

-Nikita Konstantynovski posted his 10th double-figure scoring game this year.

-Braedan Allen scored his first career points.

-Monmouth started the same lineup for the 24th time this season.

-Monmouth outshot Northeastern 47% to 46%.

-MU was better in the paint, 48-34.

-The Hawks were better on the move, 12-7.

NEXT UP

-Monmouth will host Stony Brook on Saturday, 2/17

-Monmouth and Stony Brook will meet for the second time this season

-Saturday is Alumni Weekend at Monmouth, with several MBB alums expected back

-The game will air on SNY, NBC Sports Philadelphia and FloSports at 4:00 p.m.