2025-26 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game One

Monmouth Hawks (0-0, 0-0 CAA) vs Caldwell Cougars (0-0, 0-0 CACC)
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 - 7:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, N.J.
 
TV
SNY/FloCollege
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS
- Monmouth enters the 2025-26 season tonight, the 70th season in program history and 43rd in Division I.
- Monmouth returns nine letterwinners from a season ago.
- Jack Collins was a Preseason All-CAA Second Team selection.
- Monmouth is looking for its seventh opening night win in 15 tries under King Rice.
- Monmouth is entering its fourth season as a member of the CAA.
- Monmouth has seven new players on this seasons roster - three transfers and four true freshmen
- MU topped Rhode Island College (103-67) and Manhattan (81-62) in exhibition action.

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
- mark the first win of the season for Monmouth.
- make King Rice's career record 221-228.
- move Monmouth to 4-0 against current members of the CACC.
- make Monmouth 15-29 all time on opening night
- move the Hawks to 7-8 on opening night under Rice
- would make the Hawks 3-2 in their last five home openers.
- make the Hawks 1-0 this season.
- be the first win in a Monmouth uniform for seven new Hawks.
- make Monmouth 2-0 against Caldwell all time

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
- This is the second ever meeting between Monmouth and Caldwell.
- Monmouth is 3-0 all time against current CACC membership.
- This is the first meeting between the Hawks and Cougars since 1987
- The Hawks went 1-2 last season against teams from the state of New Jersey. This is the first of three games for the Hawks against in-state foes.

NEXT UP
- The Hawks return to action on Saturday, Nov. 8 when they hit the road for first time this season. Monmouth visits La Salle at 3:30 p.m.