2023-24 Monmouth Basketball  Preview: Game Twenty-Seven

Monmouth Hawks (14-12, 7-6 CAA) vs. Stony Brook Seawolves (14-12, 7-6 CAA)
Saturday, February 17, 2024 - 4:00 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 11 straight home games, the second longest streak in program history and longest at the OFBC

-Xander Rice banked in a buzzer-beating three to beat Campbell on Thursday

-Rice scored 37 points, a career-high and tied for the most points ever in the OFBC

-Rice banked in two threes in the final 3.2 seconds against the Fighting Camels

-MU has won two games at the buzzer this season for the first time in the Rice era 

-Monmouth ended the game on an 8-2 run in the final nine seconds

-Jakari Spence picked up his 100th assist of the season against Campbell

-Jaret Valencia is the reigning CAA Rookie of the Week, the fourth weekly honor of the season by a Hawk

-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

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...

-mark the 15th win of the season for Monmouth

-extend the home winning streak to 12

-move Monmouth's CAA record over .500 to 8-6

-register as the 204th win of Rice's career

-split the season series with Stony Brook

-hand Stony Brook its 13th loss of the season

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

-propel MU to three games over .500 overall at 15-12

-make Monmouth 12-1 at the OceanFirst Bank Center

-register as Monmouth's second weekend sweep in CAA play this season

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES

-Monmouth and Stony Brook are meeting for the fifth time ever

-SBU leads the all-time series, 3-1

-This is Stony Brook's third ever trip to MU, with the Hawks winning here last season 

-The first meeting was played in West Long Branch in The MAC at 6:00 a.m. as part of ESPN's 24-Hour Tipoff Marathon

-Monmouth was led in that November 16, 2010 contest by nine points from Will Campbell and 13 rebounds by Ed Waite

-Stony Brook took the lead in that game from the foul line with 22 seconds left, and Monmouth's Marcus Ware's bid for the tie at the

horn fell short

-Stony Brook won the previous meeting this season on Long Island

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT

-This marked Monmouth's 11th straight home win, the second longest streak in program history.

-Xander Rice scored a career-high 37 points, his fourth 30-point game of the season.

-Rice made eight threes, the fifth Hawk in program history to make eight or more triples in one game.

-Rice's 37 points is the 11th most points in a game in program history.

-Monmouth has made two true buzzer beaters this season for the first time under King Rice.

-Jaret Valencia scored in double figures for the eighth time this season.

-Valencia blocked four shots for the fifth time this year.

-This was MU's third win this season after trailing by double digits.

-This was the first matchup between Monmouth and Campbell since 1983.

-Every Hawk to play in the game scored.

-Monmouth was better off the bench, 14-11.

-MU topped Campbell in the paint, 42-32.

-The Hawks were better on the move, 23-18.

-The game featured five ties and eight lead changes.

NEXT UP

-Monmouth will visit Towson on Thursday, 2/22 at 7pm

-Monmouth took the first meeting from the Tigers in January

-The game will air on FloSports and the Monmouth Digital Network (radio)