2025-26 Monmouth Women's Basketball Gameday Preview: Game Twenty-Nine
                                                                                     
Monmouth Hawks (18-10, 11-7 CAA) vs. Towson Tigers (12-16, 9-7 CAA)
Thursday, March 5, 2026 – 7:00 p.m.
OceanFirst Bank Center, West Long Branch, N.J.
 
Please find PDF of full notes attached.
 
TV: FloCollege/SNY/NBC Sports Philadelphia+
Play-by-play: Joe Vasile
Analyst: Renee Washington
 
Quick Bullets
- Monmouth will host Towson in the regular season finale on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the OceanFirst Bank Center
- The Hawks are coming off a loss to Hofstra in a defensive battle on Sunday, 44-43
- The Tigers have won two straight, while MU has lost two in a row
- Monmouth has surpassed last season's overall win totals already (18 > 16 ovr., 11 > 10 conf.)
- The Hawks knocked down a season-high 14 triples in the setback versus N.C. A&T, going 37.8% from beyond the arc
- Divine Dibula has been incredibly efficient all season, leading the team with 21 double-figure performances. She ranks 16th in the NCAA in FG% (59.2%)
- Gigi Gamble (13.7), Dibula (13.5) and Alexis Andrews (10.3) seek to become the first Hawks trio to average double-digits in scoring in 24 seasons ('02-03)
- As a team, MU boasts the fourth-best defense in the CAA holding opponents to 57.6 points per contest
- The Hawks rank second defensively in the CAA in opponent field goal percentage at 37.4%
 
A Monmouth Win Would...
- Keep MU in play for a double bye in the upcoming CAA Championships
- Give the Hawks a 19-10 overall and 12-6 conference record at the conclusion of the regular season
- Mark the third straight season with 10+ CAA wins
- Give the Hawks their seventh straight win over the Tigers, dating back to Monmouth's 2023-24 CAA Championship final victory
- Clinch back-to-back 10-win seasons at home for the Hawks
- Clinch a season series sweep of Towson, and seventh straight victory in the all-time series
- Give MU its first win on a Thursday this season
 
More Info on the All-Time Series
- Monmouth leads the all-time series, 6-1
- The Hawks defeated Towson on the road, 56-53, on Jan. 16 in the first meeting of the season
- It snapped a six-game Towson win streak
- Divine Dibula and GiGi Gamble combined for 43 points
- Monmouth held Towson to just 25.4% shooting
 
Next Up
- Monmouth will wait for the final conference standings to release on Saturday evening. The Hawks play their next contest at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C. and will compete for the 2025-26 CAA Women's Basketball Championship title.
- Monmouth is 5-2 all-time in CAA Championship games and have one title (2023).