2024-25 Monmouth Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Thirty-One

Monmouth Hawks (12-18, 10-7 CAA) at Drexel Dragons (16-14, 8-9 CAA)
Saturday, March 1, 2025 - 2:00 p.m.
Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia, PA

TV
NBC Sports Philadelphia/FloCollege
Play-by-Play: Rob Brooks
Analyst: Phil Martelli

RADIO
Monmouth Digital Network/Varsity Network app
Play-by-Play: Eddy Occhipinti
Analyst: Steve Bazaz

QUICK BULLETS
-Monmouth has won seven of its last nine
-Abdi Bashir has made eight threes in each of the last two games
-Monmouth's win over Elon was its 600th in the school's Division I history
-Cornelius Robinson III had a career-high 21 points vs. Elon
-MU shot 55.6% from three, the best since November 2023
-Abdi Bashir broke Monmouth's single-season three-point record on Monday
-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
-Jack Collins played all 40 minutes vs. Elon for the fourth time this season
-Madison Durr scored his 1,000th collegiate point at Hofstra
-MU's 16-point comeback at Hofstra was its largest of the season

A MONMOUTH WIN WOULD...
-mark the 13th win of the season for Monmouth
-make the Hawks 13-18 this season
-be Monmouth's fifth road win of the season
-mark wins in eight of the last 10 for the Hawks 
-move MU to 11-7 in the CAA
-secure the best CAA record for Monmouth in its third season in the league
-sweep the season series with Drexel
-be the 220th win of King Rice's career
-be Monmouth's fourth win in a row
-sweep a CAA weekend for the third time this year
-be the Hawks first win at Drexel since 2015

MORE INFO ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES
-Drexel leads the all-time series, 12-6
-Monmouth's last win at Drexel came in 2015
-MU has won two in a row over the Dragons
-Monmouth beat Drexel in a double overtime thriller earlier this season, with Madison Durr scoring 40 points and Abdi Bashir netting 32

NOTES FROM THE LAST TIME OUT
-The win was Monmouth's 600th as a Division I program.
-Cornelius Robinson III scored a career-high 21 points on a career-best 10 made FG.
-Jack Collins posted a career-high in assists with 10, the most by a Hawk in a game this season. 
-Bashir's eight threes marked his fourth game with eight or more this season, and now has four of the nine games in Monmouth history in which a
player hit eight threes or more.
-Monmouth finishes the home schedule 8-2, its 12th season with a .500 or better record in 14 years under King Rice.
-Jack Collins played all 40 minutes for the second game in a row and fourth time this season, the most 40-minute games by a Hawk under King Rice.
-For the third game in a row, MU had a player go on a personal 7-0 run to put the Hawks in front for good. Jaret Valencia did so tonight, after
Robinson did it against Northeastern and Andrew Ball vs. Hofstra.
-Monmouth's 55.6% from three was the best this season, and best since shooting 57.1% against Lehigh on November 21, 2023.
-Abdi Bashir has taken 530 field goal attempts this season, the most ever in one year by a Hawk.
-Bashir also now has taken 297 threes, the most attempts in one season by a Hawk.
-Collins tied Mustapha Traore for ninth on the all-time rebounds list with 525.
-Jaret Valencia was one point off a season-high and two from a career-best with 17.
-Valencia's nine made free throws was a career-best.
-Sam Fagan made his first career start.

NEXT UP
-Monmouth will be either the #5 or #6 seed in the CAA Tournament next Saturday, and will play in Washington, DC at either 2:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m.