2025-26 Monmouth Men's Basketball Gameday Preview: Game 32
                                                                       
No. 4 Monmouth Hawks (17-14, 11-7 CAA) vs. No. 5 Drexel Dragons (17-15, 10-8 CAA)
Sunday, Mar. 8, 2026 – 2:30 p.m.
Carefirst Arena, Washington, D.C.
 
TV: FloCollege
Play-by-Play: Paul Fritschner
Analyst: Martin Bahar

Radio: Monmouth Digital Network
Play-by-Play: Joe Vasile
Analyst: Steve Bazaz
 
Quick Bullets

• The Hawks head to D.C. for their fourth appearance in the CAA Tournament.
• Monmouth enters the tournament riding a three game win streak.
• The Hawks are led by Second Team All-CAA selection, Jason Rivera-Torres. Rivera-Torres is averaging 15.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.
• The Hawks are 6-2 since the month of February started.
• Monmouth shot 55.4% from the field in the win over Northeastern. It was the fifth time this season the Hawks have shot 50% or better in a game.
• The Hawks will get their third shot at Drexel in the quarterfinals. In the two previous meetings, the visiting team won by an average of 21 points.
• Monmouth is looking to advance to a semifinal game for the first time since the 2021-22 season when the Hawks advanced all the way to the MAAC Championship game. 

A Monmouth Win Would...

• Advance the Hawks to the CAA Semifinals for the first time since joining the league. It also would give Monmouth a four-game win streak, it's longest of the season. 

More Info on the All-Time Series

• Monmouth and Drexel will be meeting for the third time this season and 22nd time overall. The Dragons lead the all-time series, 14-7. 

  This is the second meeting between the two squads in the CAA Tournament. The Dragons secured a 64-45 win in the second round during the 2022-23 season.

Next Up

• The winner of the quarterfinal match will advance to Monday's CAA semifinals. That game will tip off at 6:00 p.m.