2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Twenty-Eight

Monmouth Hawks (9-18, 7-7 CAA) at Hofstra Pride (12-15, 4-10 CAA)
Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 7:00 p.m.
David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex, Uniondale, NY

TV
CBS Sports Network
Play-by-Play: John Fanta
Analyst: Tarik Turner

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network
Varsity Network App
Play-by-Play: Joe Vasile

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth has won four of its last six
-Madison Durr is currently at 983 career points between Monmouth and The Citadel, with 355 coming this season
-Abdi Bashir is three three-pointers away from tying the program single-season record of 103 made threes
-Andrew Ball scored a season-best 14 points at Stony Brook
-Monmouth dished out a season-high 22 assists at Stony Brook
-Madison Durr was named CAA, Lou Henson National, Oscar Robertson National and Metropolitan Basketball Writers Player of the Week last
week
-Durr set the program's Division I record with 35 consecutive made free throws, snapped against Hampton
-Madison Durr posted the eighth 40-point game in school history vs. Drexel
-Durr's 19-19 from the foul line set a program and CAA record vs. Drexel

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark the 10th win of the season for Monmouth
-make the Hawks 10-18 this season
-be Monmouth's fourth road win of the season
-mark wins in five of the last seven for the Hawks 
-move MU to 8-7 in the CAA
-close the Hawks at 2-1 on the road trip
-win the season series with Hofstra
-be the 217th win of King Rice's career

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Monmouth and Hofstra are meeting for the 16th time ever
-Hofstra leads the all-time series 8-7
-Hofstra leads the series as CAA foes, 2-1
-Monmouth won the most recent meeting at home, 81-78
-Hofstra has won three in a row on Long Island
-Hofstra is Monmouth's longest common opponent, dating back to 2017, as the Pride were MU's only non-conference opponent during the COVID
shortened 2020-21 year when Monmouth was a member of the MAAC
-After winning five straight in the series, Monmouth snapped a seven-game losing skid to the Pride last season

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Abdi Bashir hit his 100th three of the season. He is the first player in Division I to make 100 threes this year, and the second Hawk in school
history to hit that mark.
-Sam Fagan scored his first career points.
-Lucas Orchard scored a career-high four points.
-Towson narrowly outshot Monmouth, 41% to 38%.
-Monmouth had 30 paint points to Towson's 34.
-MU limited the Tigers to 30% from 3.

NEXT UP
-Monmouth hosts Northeastern on Monday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. That game will air nationally on CBS Sports Network.