2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Seventeen

Monmouth Hawks (3-13, 1-2 CAA) vs. Charleston Cougars (13-3, 3-0 CAA)
Saturday, January 11, 2025 - 1:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

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

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth is in the midst of a two-game homestand before four straight away
-Monmouth split the opening weekend of CAA play, along with seven other teams
-Abdi Bashir has scoed 20+ points in six of the last eight games
-Abdi Bashir posted his third 30+-point game this season against Stony Brook
-Jaret Valencia matched a season best with four blocks against Stony Brook
-This is Charleston's first trip to Monmouth since January 2023
-MU is entering its third season as a member of the CAA
-Dok Muordar had a career-high eight points vs. UNCW
-Abdi Bashir is second in the country in three pointers made
-MU knocked off its 10th high-major under King Rice vs. Seton Hall
-Corey Miller had a career-best five points at Delaware

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark the fourth win of the season for Monmouth
-make the Hawks 4-13 this season
-be Monmouth's first win ever over Charleston
-make MU 3-1 at home this season
-open CAA play 2-2 for Monmouth for the second year in a row
-be the 211th win of King Rice's career

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Charleston leads the all-time series, 3-0
-All three of those meetings have taken place in the last two seasons since Monmouth joined the CAA
-This is Charleston's first visit to Monmouth since January 2023, MU's first ever season in the CAA. Charleston came in nationally ranked in that game

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Monmouth's 15-game home winning streak, the longest in school history, was snapped.
-Bashir scored in double figures for the 15th time in 16 games this year.
-Madison Durr posted his 10th game in double figures this season.
-Dok Muordar matched a career-high with eight points.
-Bashir's five assists marked a career-best.
-Muordar also tied a career-best with three blocks.
-Monmouth was better from the foul line, 64% to 58%.
-MU topped UNCW on the fast break, 12-11.
-Monmouth forced 21 UNCW turnovers.

NEXT UP
Monmouth visits North Carolina A&T on Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. That game will air on FloCollege and on the radio via the Monmouth Digital Network.