2025-26 Monmouth Men's Basketball Gameday Preview: Game 13
                                                                       
Monmouth Hawks (5-7, 0-0 CAA) vs. Lehigh Mountain Hawks (4-8, 0-0 Patriot)
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025 – 1:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, N.J.
 
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia / SNY / FloCollege
 
Quick Bullets

• Monmouth will wrap up non-conference play on Sunday when it hosts Lehigh in the 15th all-time matchup between the two schools. 
• The game will be broadcast on NBC Sports Philadelphia, SNY and FloCollege with Eddy Occhipinti and Steve Bazaz on the call. 
• Jason Rivera-Torres has scored in double figures in each of his last six games, including three 20-point performances. Rivera-Torres leads Monmouth with 14.8 points per game, good for 10th in the CAA. The guard is also third in the conference, averaging 1.5 blocks per game.
• In Wednesday's game against Quinnipiac, five Hawks reached double figures, the most in a game this season. Rivera-Torres led Monmouth with 18 points while Stefanos Spartalis and Andrew Ball had 13 apiece. Jack Collins and Cornelius Robinson III added 12 points and 10 points, respectively.
• Against Fairfield on Dec. 14, Collins became the seventh player in program history to reach 600 rebounds. He enters Sunday's contest with 606. 
• Three Hawks are averaging double figures this season, led by Rivera-Torres (14.8), Spartalis (12.8) and Justin Ray (11.3). 
• Monmouth ranks 24th nationally in blocks per game, averaging 5.3. 

 
All-Time Series

• Monmouth is looking to win its third-straight home matchup over Lehigh. The teams have split the last four meetings over the past four years, with the home team winning each contest.

 
Next Up

• The Hawks will begin CAA play on New Year's Eve when Campbell comes to the OceanFirst Bank Center. Tipoff on Dec. 31 is set for 2 p.m.