West Long Branch, NJ – Madison Durr set an OceanFirst Bank Center record with 40 points, and Abdi Bashir Jr. had 32 as Monmouth University Men's Basketball won a thriller over Drexel University Thursday night, 104-97 in double overtime.
 
Durr scored all but one point for MU in the second extra session, putting the Hawks up at 2:20 with a take to the rim before netting four clutch free throws down the stretch. MU ended the game on a 7-0 run, holding Drexel off the board for the final 2:36 and allowing just one field goal in the second OT.
 
Bashir has MU leading early in the first overtime with a three, and Durr put the Hawks up at 2:39. In a tie game, Jack Collins got a friendly roll to put the Hawks on top, and after Drexel tied it from the line, Bashir had the final shot but it didn't fall, sending it to a second OT tied at 91.
 
Monmouth led by as many as 13 early in the second half, and never trailed in the half at any point. A tight game saw Drexel keep it close throughout, with the lead not growing past five the entire last five minutes. Despite going 6-6 from the line in the final 1:05, Drexel continued to answer, and Shane Blakeney's three with 0.9 seconds to go sent it to overtime tied at 80.
 
Drexel led early, but MU rolled off a 17-3 run with four triples from Bashir in 2:45 to lead by 10. Bashir got hot again later in the half, hitting two in 46 seconds to push the advantage to 18. Drexel chipped away, ultimately sending it to half with the Hawks up 44-33.  
 
NOTES AND QUOTES

"That was an awesome, awesome game. You have to give Drexel and Zach Spiker a lot of credit, but you also have to look at our guys. There were so many times we could have stopped playing in this game because things didn't go our way, but our guys just kept fighting." – Head Coach King Rice

"Shout out to our student section. That was so awesome. These kids showed up and showed out. That was so cool that they were here and we probably would not have stayed strong enough to win that game without our students." – Rice on the student section
 
"I'm a very downhill player, I think that's when I'm really good at making plays. We all have roles, today it called for me scoring, other days it calls for me making passes out. Coach Rice instills confidence in me, being a point guard I definitely get coached differently here and this is the best place I've ever been." – Guard Madison Durr
 
-Durr scored the eighth 40-point game in program history
-This was the first time two Monmouth players have scored 30 points in the same game
-This marked the second 40-point game under King Rice, and first since 2/13/17 vs. Siena (Justin Robinson)
-Durr set the OceanFirst Bank Center scoring record (previous was 37 – Xander Rice, 2/15/24 vs. Campbell and Niagara's Kahlil Dukes, 2/4/18)
-Durr set the single-game record for made free throws with 19
-Durr has the most free throw makes without a miss in program history (19-19)
-It also marked the most free throw makes without a miss in the NCAA this season
-Durr notched the 17^th 40-point game in the NCAA this year
-This was the first 40-point game in West Long Branch since Rahsaan Johnson's program record 43 (2/4/01 vs. St. Francis Brooklyn in Boylan Gym)
-Durr's 19-19 from the line signified the most FTM without a miss in CAA history
-It was also the second most FTM in a game in CAA history (David Robinson, 1986)
-Durr became the 26^th player in NCAA history with 19+ FTM without a miss
-This was the most FTM without a miss in the NCAA since Holland Woods of Portland St. vs. Montana on 1/30/20 was 21-21
-Durr joins three players since 1995 that have gone 19-19 or better from the line in a 40-point game (Grant Williams, Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt, 23-23 on 1/23/19, Ja Morant, Murray St. vs. SIUE, 21-21 on 1/19/19, Keiton Page, Oklahoma St. vs. Texas, 20-20 on 2/18/12)
-Abdi Bashir posted his fourth 30-point game of the season
-Bashir's 33 field goal attempts is a program record
-The 33 FGA is the most in a game in the NCAA this season and fourth most in a game in CAA history
-Bashir's 20 3-point attempts is a program record and the second most threes attempted in a game in CAA history
-Monmouth topped 100 points for the first time since 3/2/23 in the CAA Tournament against Hampton
-The 104-point outburst was the most points in a game for MU since January 15, 2016 at Iona (110)
-Monmouth now has five 100+ point games under King Rice
-MU was two points shy of setting the OceanFirst Bank Center scoring record (106 vs. LIU Brooklyn, 2/25/12)
-Jack Collins posted his fifth career double-double and second this season.
-Andrew Ball had a season-high 12 points.
-Monmouth has now won four in a row over Drexel in West Long Branch
-This was MU's first multi-overtime game since 1/10/19 at Quinnipiac
-Collins set a career-high with 50 minutes played, tying an arena record (Andrew Nicholas, 2/16/14 and Melik Martin, 11/25/17)
-Bashir (48) and Durr (45) also set career highs in minutes played
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth outshot Drexel, 47% to 40%
-MU was better off turnovers, 12-7
-Monmouth dominated the fast break, 22-7
-Monmouth led for 35:27
-10 players scored in double figures total in the game
 
UP NEXT
-Monmouth hosts Delaware Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are available at MonmouthHawks.com/Tickets