2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Eighteen

Monmouth Hawks (4-13, 2-2 CAA) at North Carolina A&T Aggies (4-14, 0-5 CAA)
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 7:00 p.m.
Corbett Sports Center, Greensboro, NC

TV
FloCollege
Play-by-Play: Spencer Turkin
Analyst: Walter Johnson
Sideline: Reiven Douglas

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Joe Vasile

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth comes off a win over defending champion Charleston
-Abdi Bashir is leading the nation in made three pointers
-Bashir scored 20+ points for the seventh time in nine games
-Dok Muordar posted a career best 14 points vs. Charleston
-Monmouth snapped Charleston's 15-game CAA winning streak
-Andrew Ball blocked a career-high three shots in the win
-Monmouth is 4-0 all time against North Carolina A&T and 3-0 as CAA members
-Chris Morgan had a career-best 10 points vs. Charleston
-Cornelius Robinson III played a career-high in minutes against Charleston
-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 fifth win of the season for Monmouth
-make the Hawks 5-13 this season
-be Monmouth's fifth straight win ever over North Carolina A&T
-make MU 3-2 in the CAA
-begin a winning streak
-make MU 5-0 all time against North Carolina A&T
-mark the Hawks second road win of the season
-be the 212th win of King Rice's career

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth leads the all-time series, 4-0
-MU is 3-0 against North Carolina A&T since joining the CAA
-This is the only meeting between the schools this season

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Abdi Bashir Jr. posted his 11th game this season with 20 or more points.
-Monmouth snapped Charleston's 15-game CAA winning streak dating back to February 1, 2024.
-Dok Muordar notched career-bests in points with 14 and blocks with four, his first career game in double figures.
-Chris Morgan scored 10 points, a career-high.
-Madison Durr scored his most points as a Hawk with 18 and had his most assists in an MU uniform with six.
-Jack Collins posted his fourth career double-double and first this season.
-Andrew Ball's three blocks were a career high.
-Monmouth's 10 blocks tied a season high.
-The Hawks scored 84 points, the second most in a game this season.
-Collins' 12 boards were the most by a Hawk in a game this season.
-This was MU's first ever win over Charleston.
-Cornelius Robinson III earned his first start since November 18 at Wichita State.
-Monmouth was better from the field, 51% to 34%.
-MU topped Charleston from 3, 40% to 32%.
-The Hawks dominated in the paint, 36-24.
-Monmouth outrebounded Charleston, 42-40.
-MU led for 29:48 and only trailed for 6:48.

NEXT UP
-Monmouth visits Campbell on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. The game will air on FloCollege and on the radio via the Monmouth Digital
Network.