2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Sixteen

Monmouth Hawks (3-12, 1-1 CAA) vs. UNCW Seahawks (11-4, 1-1 CAA)
Thursday, January 9, 2025 - 7:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

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

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth is opening a two-game homestand, hosting Charleston Saturday
-Monmouth split the opening weekend of CAA play, along with seven other teams
-Abdi Bashir has scoed 20+ points in six of the last seven 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 UNCW's first trip to Monmouth since December 2022
-MU is entering its third season as a member of the CAA
-Dok Muordar had a career-high eight points vs. Stony Brook
-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 4-12 this season
-be Monmouth's first win ever over UNCW
-be the 16th straight home win for MU, extending the school record
-open CAA play 2-1 for Monmouth for the second year in a row
-be the 211th win of King Rice's career
-improve Monmouth to 3-0 at home

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-UNCW leads the all-time series, 4-0
-Three of those meetings have taken place in the last two seasons since Monmouth joined the CAA
-This is UNCW's first visit to Monmouth since December 2022, MU's first ever conference game as a member of the CAA

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Bashir netted 20+ points for the sixth time in seven games.
-Monmouth won the second half.
-Corey Miller scored a career-best five points.
-Cornelius Robinson III notched his second double-digit scoring game of the season.
-Delaware outshot Monmouth 52% to 33%.
-Monmouth was better off the bench, 23-17.
-The Hawks shot 83% from the foul line to Delaware's 67%.

NEXT UP
-Monmouth hosts Charleston on Saturday, January 11 at 1:00 p.m. That game will air on SNY, NBC Sports Philadelphia
and FloCollege.