2025-26 Monmouth Men's Basketball Gameday Preview: Game 18
                                                                       
Monmouth Hawks (8-9, 2-2 CAA) vs Drexel Dragons (8-10, 2-3 CAA)
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 – 7:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, N.J.
 
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia / FloCollege
 
Quick Bullets

• Following an overtime setback against Hofstra on Saturday, Monmouth returns home to face Drexel on Thursday.
• Jason Rivera-Torres scored a career-best 30 points against Hofstra and has double figures in each of his last 11 games. The guard leads the Hawks with 16.1 points per game (8th in CAA).
• Against Fairfield on Dec. 14, Jack Collins became the seventh player in program history to reach 600 rebounds. He enters Saturday's contest with 630, sixth most in program history.
• Andrew Ball has double figures in three straight games, including a career-best 18 points against William & Mary.
• Three Hawks are averaging double figures this season, led by Rivera-Torres (16.1), Justin Ray (11.6) and Stefanos Spartalis (10.8).
• Rivera-Torres is 1 of 3 players in the DI with at least 25 blocks and assists.
• Monmouth ranks 14th nationally and leads the CAA with 5.5 blocks per game.

A Monmouth Win Would...

• Give Monmouth its third CAA victory of the season and second straight home win of conference play.

More Info on the All-Time Series

• Monmouth and Drexel are set to square off for the eighth time as CAA opponents in a series where the Hawks have won two of the last three meetings.

Next Up

• The Hawks will stay home on Monday for a MLK Day showdown against Northeastern. Tipoff for the nationally televised affair from the OceanFirst Bank Center is set for 11 a.m. on CBS Sports Network.