2025-26 Monmouth Men's Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Five
                                                                                     
Monmouth Hawks (1-3, 0-0 CAA) vs. Robert Morris Colonials (3-2, 0-0 Horizon)
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 – 3:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, N.J.
 
Please find PDF of full notes attached.
 
TV: FloSports
 
QUICK BULLETS

• Following a three-game road trip, Monmouth returns home to face Robert Morris on Sunday. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. on FloSports.
• The Hawks are coming off a tight 78-73 loss at Syracuse on Tuesday. After falling behind by 14 with under seven minutes to play, Monmouth closed the game on a 20-11 run and got within three in the final seconds.
• Justin Ray contributed a career-best 25 points against the Orange, going 6-for-11 from the field and a perfect 9-for-9 at the foul line.
• Senior Jack Collins and freshman Stefanos Spartalis continued their strong starts to the season against Syracuse, adding 11 and 18 points, respectively.
• Three Hawks are averaging double-figures in scoring this year, as Spartalis (14.3), Ray (12.8) and Jason Rivera-Torres (12.5) lead the team in scoring through four games.

 
 A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...

• be the 31st all-time victory over Robert Morris and the first victory in the series since 2009.

 
 MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES

• This is the first meeting between Monmouth and Robert Morris since 2013 and the 58th all-time matchup between the programs.

 
 NEXT UP

• The Hawks head to Easton, Pa., for the Lafayette Classic (Nov. 28-30) to take on Ball State, Le Moyne and Lafayette.