2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Thirty

Monmouth Hawks (11-18, 9-7 CAA) vs. Elon Phoenix (17-12, 8-8 CAA)
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 7:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, NJ

TV
NBC Sports Philadelphia/FloCollege
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth has won six of its last eight
-Abdi Bashir broke Monmouth's single-season three-point record last time out 
-Monmouth's +18 rebounding margin vs. Northeastern was its best since 2017
-Abdi Bashir has five 30-point games this season, tying the school record for most in one year
-Monmouth has won 20 of 22 at home
-Jack Collins played all 40 minutes vs. Northeastern for the third time this season
-Madison Durr scored his 1,000th collegiate point at Hofstra
-Andrew Ball scored seven straight points, including a game-winning three, in under two minutes to close out the win at Hofstra
-MU's 16-point comeback at Hofstra was its largest of the season
-Durr set the program's Division I record with 35 consecutive made free throws

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark the 12th win of the season for Monmouth
-make the Hawks 12-18 this season
-be Monmouth's eighth home win of the season
-mark wins in seven of the last nine for the Hawks 
-move MU to 10-7 in the CAA
-secure a record over .500 in the CAA for the second year in a row
-split the season series with Elon
-be the 218th win of King Rice's career
-be the 600th win in the program's Division I history
-secure the Hawks to finish no lower than the sixth seed in the CAA

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Elon leads the all-time series, 2-1
-Monmouth fell to Elon in a close game in North Carolina in January
-The Hawks won at Elon on the final weekend of the regular season last year
-This is the fourth ever meeting between the schools, all coming since Monmouth joined the CAA

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-Abdi Bashir set the program record for single-season made threes with his 104th made triple at 4:36 of the opening half, breaking George Papas'
(2021-22) record of 103. 
-Bashir posted his fifth 30-point game of the season, tying the program record for 30-point games in a season (Xander Rice – 2023-24, Corey Albano 
1996-97, Rich Pass – 1984-85).
-Monmouth has won six of its last eight and clinched at least a .500 CAA record for the second straight year.
-The Hawks clinched the season series in its only game against Northeastern this season.
-Bashir posted the eighth game of eight or more threes in program history, and is the only player in Monmouth history with three such games.
-The win was the 599th Division I win in school history.
-Monmouth's +18 in rebounding was the Hawks best since a +29 against Lehigh on November 13, 2017.
-Robinson finished two points shy of his career-best, and his seven field goals was one off a career-best.
-Monmouth has won 20 of its last 22 at home.
-Jack Collins played all 40 minutes for the third time this season, He is the only player with multiple games playing all 40 minutes under King Rice.
-Monmouth had a player go on a personal 7-0 run late in the second half to give the Hawks the lead for good for the second game in a row, with
Andrew Ball doing so at Hofstra and Robinson doing it vs. the Huskies.
-Collins moved into the top-10 in program history in total rebounds with 520. 
-Monmouth dominated the glass, 41-23.
-The Hawks outshot Northeastern, 47% to 43%.

NEXT UP
-Monmouth closes the regular season at Drexel Saturday at 2pm on Flo and MDN.