FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 66 (19-8, 12-4 CAA)
Hofstra 50 (9-18, 3-13 CAA)

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – A balanced offensive attack and another strong defensive performance led the Monmouth University women's basketball team to a 66-50 win at Hofstra University in Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) play on Sunday.
 
The Hawks ran their current win streak to five straight games and their road win streak to 11 straight games with the win. 

The two sides went back-and-forth to start the first period. With the game tied at 6-6, Taisha Exanor converted a traditional three-point play for the Hawks. That kick started a 13-0 run by the visitors to end the period and allowed Monmouth to take a 19-6 lead after one. 
 
The Hawks and Pride traded points to start the second period. A three-pointer from Rosalie Mercille at 2:14 gave the Hawks a 30-12 lead. The two sides continued to battle as Monmouth took a 32-15 lead at the break. 
 
Hofstra opened the third quarter on a 7-0 run and cut the Monmouth lead to nine, 32-23 with 7:02 to go. Monmouth responded with a 10-2 run of its own and pushed its lead back to 17, 42-25 with 4:18 to go in the period. A driving lay-up from Jania Hall as time expired in the third gave the visitors a 54-34 advantage with 10 minutes to play. 


A driving lay-up from Ariana Vanderhoop at 2:54 of the fourth period gave Monmouth its largest lead of the game, 66-40. Hofstra closed the game on a 10-0 run as Monmouth claimed the 66-50 win.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Really proud of our continued toughness on the road. There is so much fight in these Hawks and you can feel how important it is to them. We had a bunch of players step up and play out of position due to injuries. We will keep showing up one day at a time and try our best to out team the other team."
    - Head coach Ginny Boggess

- The Hawks won the only meeting of the season with Hofstra. The Hawks now lead the all-time series with the Pride, 10-5 and have won seven straight versus the Pride.
- The Hawks rolled their current win streak to five straight games. It is Monmouth's second five-game win streak of the season (Dec. 2 – Jan. 1).
- Monmouth stretched its current road win streak to 11 straight games. The Hawks are tied for the third longest road win streak in the country with Gonzaga and Chattanooga.  
- The Hawks moved into a tie for second place with North Carolina A&T with just two games remaining in the regular season. 
- The win was Monmouth's 19th of the season. The Hawks become the first team since the 2011-12 squad to win at least 19 games. 
- Monmouth's 12 conference wins are the most by a Hawks squad since the 2012-13 team.
- Jania Hall led the Hawks with a game-high 13 points on Sunday. It was Hall's 13^th game this season in double figures. 
- Ariana Vanderhoop tossed in 10 points for her fifth straight game and 14th game of the season. 
- Taisha Exanor finished with 12 points as she reached double figures for the fifth time this season. 
- Exanor and Diamond Wiggins led the defensive efforts with seven rebounds each. Wiggins' seven boards were a career-high.   

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth shot 47.9% from the field, including 70% (7-for-10) in the third quarter. 
- The Monmouth defense allowed Hofstra to shoot just 28.1% for the game, including 13.8% in the first half. 
- The Hawks hit seven three-pointers to Hofstra's four in the contest. 
- Monmouth took advantage of its chances at the foul line as the Hawks were 13-for-16 in the game. 
- The Hawks finished the game with a 40-32 edge in the rebounding battle. The Hawks move to 13-2 on the year when they pull down at least 40 rebounds in a game. 
- Monmouth made the most of its offensive rebounds as the Hawks turned 11 offensive rebounds in 15 second chance points. 
- Monmouth used a balanced attack as seven Hawks scored at least six points in the game. 
- Nine Hawks pulled down at least one rebound in the game.
 
NEXT UP
Monmouth will play its final road game of the regular season as the Hawks visit Towson on Thursday, Mar. 7 at 7 p.m.