2024-25 Monmouth Women's Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Eighteen
                                                                                     
Monmouth Hawks (8-9, 3-3 CAA) vs. North Carolina A&T Aggies (10-7, 6-0 CAA)
Friday, January 24, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, N.J.
 
Please find PDF of full notes attached.
 
TV: FloCollege
Play-by-play: Maria Marino
Analyst: Dominque Patrick
 
QUICK BULLETS
- Monmouth returns home for Pride Night as they take on first-place North Carolina A&T.
- Monmouth has won eight of its last 11 games.
- MU held Charleston to a season-low 26.9% from the field in a four-point win.
- Damaris recorded 13 assists in an overtime loss at UNCW, a mark that tied a single-game program record.
- Belle Kranbuhl had a career high 16 FGA at UNCW.
- Jaye Haynes finished with a season high 18 points.
- Rodriguez tied her season high with 27 points on 12-of-16 shooting from the field vs. William & Mary.
- Taisha Exanor leads MU with five double-doubles.
- Exanor ranks second in the CAA in rebounding (9.5/game). She ranks 18th in the nation with 7.3 DRPG.
- MU ranks first in the CAA and 21st in the nation with 4.9 blocks per game.
 
A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
- Be the ninth win in the last 12 games for the Hawks.
- Improve MU to 9-9 on the season.
- Improve MU to 4-3 in CAA games this season.
- Be the sixth home victory of the season.
- Be Monmouth's second straight win over the Aggies.
 
MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
- Monmouth and North Carolina A&T are meeting for the fourth time in women's basketball competition.
- N.C. A&T leads the all-time series, 2-1.
- Monmouth has never beaten the Aggies in West Long Branch.
- Last season, Monmouth won the only meeting, 80-76, in double overtime in Greensboro.
- The Hawks went 28-of-30 from the free throw stripe in the win.
 
NEXT UP
- MU remains home to take on Northeastern on Sunday, Jan. 26.
- The game will be broadcast live on FloCollege and SNY at 2:00 p.m.
- It will be the fifth meeting all-time between the schools.
- Monmouth leads the all-time series, 3-1.
- Monmouth is 1-0 versus the Huskies in West Long Branch.
- Last season, Monmouth won the only meeting, 50-41, in Boston.
- It was the lowest offensive output by any opponent last season.
- Monmouth dominated the rebounding battle, 43-26.
- Belle Kranbuhl nearly had a double-double, finishing with 10 points and nine rebounds.
- The Hawks will be promoting Sunday as their Play4Kay game.