2025-26 Monmouth Women's Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Thirty
                                                                                     
No. 4 Monmouth Hawks (19-10, 12-7 CAA) vs. No. 13 UNCW Seahawks (12-16, 9-7 CAA)
Thursday, March 12, 2026 – 2:30 p.m.
CareFirst Arena, Washington, D.C.
 
Please find PDF of full notes attached.
 
TV: FloCollege
 
Quick Bullets
- Monmouth will begin its 2026 CAA Women's Basketball Championship in Washington, D.C. versus #13 UNCW
- The Hawks are coming off a win to Towson, 83-77, a week ago before having a bye
- Gigi Gamble dropped a career-high 41 points and was the CAA Player of the Week
- It was the most points by a CAA player this season and the second-most by a Hawk ever
- MU has surpassed last season's ovr. and conf. win totals
- Divine Dibula is top 10 in the CAA in both scoring and rebounding, while ranking inside the top 20 in the nation shooting 58.2% from the field
- Gamble (14.7), Dibula (13.2) and Alexis Andrews (10.4) seek to become the first Hawks trio to average double-digits in scoring in 24 seasons ('02-03)
- Gamble (First Team), Dibula (Second Team) and Madalena Amaro (Rookie Team) all earned All-CAA honors
- Monmouth has made the CAA Quarterfinals in each of the previous three seasons
 
A Monmouth Win Would...
- Advance Monmouth to the CAA Quarterfinals for the fourth straight season
- Improve Monmouth to 6-2 all-time in the CAA Tournament
- Give Cait Wetmore her first career 20-win season
- Make MU 2-0 against UNCW this season
- Make the Hawks 2-1 in March games this year
- Give MU its second win on a Thursday this season
 
More Info on the All-Time Series
- Monmouth leads the all-time series, 3-2
- The Hawks defeated UNCW on the road, 52-50, on Jan. 9 in the only meeting of the regular season
- It was the eighth straight win for the Hawks during the longest win streak the program has seen since 2010-11
- MU improved to a 3-0 start in CAA play for the first time ever
- Divine Dibula recorded a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds
- Gigi Gamble had four steals, and the Hawks won the rebounding battle, 42-35
- Monmouth held UNCW to just 31.6% shooting
 
Next Up
- No. 4 Stony Brook awaits the winner. The game is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13. The Seawolves went 2-0 against the Hawks this season.
- Stony Brook went 2-0 versus the Hawks this season.