2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Twenty-Two

Monmouth Hawks (5-16, 3-5 CAA) vs. Drexel Dragons (12-9, 4-4 CAA)
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 7:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
SNY/NBC Sports Philadelphia/FloCollege
Play-by-Play: Matt Harmon
Analyst: Dave Calloway

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth is opening a four-game homestand
-Andrew Ball comes off a career-high 10 rebounds vs. William & Mary
-Cornelius Robinson III scored a career-best 20 points at William & Mary
-This is the first of two meetings between Monmouth and Drexel this seaaon
-Abdi Bashir is second in the nation in made three pointers
-Bashir scored 20+ points for the ninth time in 12 games vs. Elon
-Dok Muordar posted a career best 14 points vs. Charleston
-Muordar tied a career high with four blocks at Campbell
-Jack Collins played all 40 mins. vs NCAT and Elon, the first Hawk under King Rice to play all 40 minutes twice in one season
-MU knocked off its 10th high-major under King Rice vs. Seton Hall

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark the sixth win of the season for Monmouth
-make the Hawks 6-16 this season
-be Monmouth's third straight home win over Drexel
-snap a three-game skid for the Hawks 
-even MU to 4-5 in the CAA
-open the four-game homestand 1-0
-mark the 17th home win in 18 games for Monmouth
-be the 213th win of King Rice's career

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Drexel leads the all-time series, 12-5
-Monmouth has won the last three meetings in West Long Branch
-Since joining the CAA, Monmouth is 2-3 against the Dragons
-MU won the most recent matchup last season, 67-62
-King Rice and Zach Spiker are meeting for the eighth time, dating back to Spiker's Days at Army

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Cornelius Robinson III had a career-high 20 points.
-Andrew Ball grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds.
-Jack Collins posted his eighth game in double figures this season. 
-Madison Durr scored in doubles for the 14th time this year.
-Monmouth limited William & Mary to 18% from three.
-The Hawks outshot the Tribe from the floor, 44% to 43%.
-Monmouth outrebounded William & Mary, 41-35.

NEXT UP
Monmouth remains home to host Delaware on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. That game will air on SNY, NBC Sports Philadelphia and
FloCollege.