2025-26 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Two

Monmouth Hawks (1-0, 0-0 CAA) at La Salle Explorers (1-0, 0-0 A10)
Saturday, November 8, 2025 - 3:30 p.m.
John E. Glaser Arena, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
TV
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Kale Beers

Radio
Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Gary Kowal
Color: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS
- Monmouth hits the road for the first time with Saturday's contest.
- Monmouth finished with 56 rebounds in the Caldwell game, its most boards in a game since 2017.
- Justin Ray and Stefanos Spartalis led the Hawks with 16 points apiece against Caldwell.
- Six newcomers made their Monmouth debut on Tuesday night and combined for 50 points.
- Monmouth scored 96 points in the opener, it's most points in a season opener since 2009-10.
- Monmouth's bench accounted for 56 points versus Caldwell. Nine players came off the bench and scored at least two points.
- Andrew Ball just missed a double-double in the opener as he finished with nine points and nine rebounds.
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A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
- would move the Hawks to 2-0 to start the year for the first time since 2001-02.
- make King Rice's career record to 222-228.
- would give Monmouth a win in its road opener for the first time since 2019-20 at Lehigh.
- would give Monmouth its first win in four tries against La Salle.

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
- This is the fourth ever meeting between Monmouth and La Salle.
- It will be the first meeting since the 1985-86 season between the two schools.
- La Salle has won each of the previous two meetings in Philadelphia.
- The Hawks are 7-21 all-time against current members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Hawks have two wins apiece against Fordham and Saint Joseph's.

NEXT UP
- The Hawks remain on the road, traveling to Seton Hall on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.