2023-24 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Twenty-Four
                                                                                     
Monmouth Hawks (12-11, 5-5 CAA) vs. William & Mary Tribe (8-15, 3-7 CAA)
Thursday, February 8, 2024 – 7:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, N.J.
 
Please find PDF of full notes attached.
 
TV
SNY/NBC Sports Philadelphia/FloSports
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Dave Calloway
 
QUICK BULLETS
- Monmouth is coming off a 1-1 week where they defeated first-place Drexel, 67-62, at home on Thursday
- The Hawks tied a season high with 19 team assists at Delaware
- This is the only meeting of the year between the Hawks and Tribe
- Xander Rice reached 400 career assists during Saturday's game at Delaware
- Xander Rice reached 1,500 points in his college career against Hofstra
- Monmouth has won nine in a row at home dating back to November
- Rice has three 30-point games this season, the fourth most in MU history
- MU came back from down 13 against Hofstra, its second largest comeback in a win this season (Northern Illinois - 19)
- King Rice is the 19th active NCAA head coach with 200+ wins at one institution
- The Hawks have started the same lineup in all 23 games
 
A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
- mark the 13th win of the season for Monmouth
- extend MU's home winning streak to 10
- move Monmouth's CAA record to 6-5
- register as the 202nd win of Rice's career, and his first over William & Mary
- be Monmouth's first ever win over the Tribe
- hand William & Mary its 16th loss of the season
- be MU's sixth win in the calendar year of 2024 and second in the month of February
- propel MU back to two games over .500 overall at 13-11


MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
- William & Mary leads the all-time series, 1-0
- The two teams meet for the first and only time this of the 2023-24 season
- This is the 2nd all-time meeting between the teams
- The Tribe won the first and only meeting between the two schools last season in Williamsburg by a score of 74-62
- Klemen Vuga scored in double figures and Jack Holmstrom knocked down two threes in last year's meeting, while Myles Foster scored a career-high 23 points
- The first meeting came on Feb. 25, 2023 - the final day of the '22-23 regular season
 
NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
- Xander Rice recorded his 400th career assist, making him one of 26 active Division I players with 1,500 points and 400 assists.
- Cornelius Robinson Jr. tied his career high with nine points.
- MU tied a season high with 19 assists.
- Jayden Doyle posted a season best five points.
- Doyle knocked in his first three since 11/24 against Belmont.
- Nikita Konstantynovskyi scored in doubles for the ninth time this year. » Monmouth was better in the paint, 38-34.
- MU had 19 assists to Delaware's 15.
- There were nine ties and 11 lead changes.
 
NEXT UP
- Monmouth makes the trip to Boston to play Northeastern on Saturday, Feb 10.
- Monmouth won the first matchup this season - an 81-62 victory in West Long Branch.
- The Hawks lead the all-time series, 3-2.
- The game will air on FloSports at 1:00 p.m.