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MMONMOUTHONMOUTH BASKETBALL 2016-17 GAME NOTES GAME SIXTEEN VS. IONA Men’s Basketball Contact: Gary Kowal | [email protected] | 732-263-5557 | @MonmouthBBall TOONIGHTNIGHT’S MAATCHUPTCHUP Schedule & Results MONMOUTH IONA November Opponent Time HAWKS GAELS Fri. 11 DREXEL W, 78-65 Tue. 15 at South Carolina L, 69-70 [OT] (10-5, 2-2 MAAC) (9-6, 2-2 MAAC) Fri. 18 at Syracuse L, 50-71 Tue. 22 CORNELL W, 76-61 Sat. 26 at South Carolina State^ W, 86-62 16-17 Record ..........................10-5, 2-2 16-17 Record ...............................9-6, 2-2 Sun. 27 Holy Cross^ W, 80-77 16-17 Points Per Game ..................79.3 16-17 Points Per Game .....................76.3 December Thurs. 1 at Quinnipiac* W, 91-72 16-17 Points Allowed Per Game..... 76.2 16-17 Points Allowed Per Game........73.7 Sun. 4 CANISIUS* W, 94-88 16-17 Rebounds Per Game ............ 37.0 16-17 Rebounds Per Game ...............35.4 Tue. 6 at Wagner W, 81-71 Sat. 10 ARMY WEST POINT W, 81-71 OPENING TIP Tue. 13 at Memphis W, 82-79 A rematch of last year’s MAAC Tournament Finals, Monmouth and Iona square off in a Tue. 20 PRINCETON W, 96-90 Wed. 28 at North Carolina L, 74-102 key early-season MAAC contest. The Hawks have dropped three straight for the fi rst me Sat. 31 RIDER L, 90-93 [OT] since 2014, while Iona has dropped three of four, with both teams standing at an even January 2-2 in league play. The teams split the regular season contests a season ago. Mon. 2 at Saint Peter’s* L, 61-71 Fri. 6 IONA* 7:00 p.m. TOONIGHTNIGHT’S MEEDIADIA INNFORMATIONFORMATION Sun. 8 MARIST* 2:00 p.m. Sat. 14 at Niagara* 7:00 p.m. WATCH RADIO FOLLOW Mon. 16 at Canisius* 7:00 p.m. Facebook: Monmouth Basketball Fri. 20 MANHATTAN* 7:00 p.m. TwiƩ er: @MonmouthBBall Sun. 22 FAIRFIELD* 2:00 p.m. Instagram: MonmouthMensBBall Fri. 27 QUINNIPIAC* 7:00 p.m. YouTube: MonmouthHawks Mon. 30 at Marist* 7:00 p.m. ESPNU | WatchESPN Monmouth Digital Network Snapchat: MUHawks February Play-by-play: Doug Sherman Play-by-play: Eddy Occhipin Monmouth.StatBroadcast.com Fri. 3 SAINT PETER’S* 7:00 p.m. Analyst: Julianne Viani Analyst: Steve Bazaz Mon. 6 at Rider* 7:00 p.m. Fri. 10 at Manhattan* 7:00 p.m. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (Subject to Change) Mon. 13 at Siena* 7:00 p.m. Thu. 16 NIAGARA* 8:00 p.m. POS. # NAME CLASS HT. WT. NOTES Tue. 21 at Fairfi eld* 7:00 p.m. G 12 Justin Robinson Sr. 5’8” 175 Season-best 33 points at Wagner Fri. 24 SIENA* TBA G 10 Micah Seaborn RSo. 6’5” 195 Made 8 three-pointers vs. SC State (8-9 3PT) Sun. 26 at Iona* 4:00 p.m. G 11 Je’lon Hornbeak 5Sr. 6’3” 190 Shooting 47% from deep this season March F 1 Pierre Sarr So. 6’8” 195 Made fi rst career start against Army 2017 MAAC Tournament: March 2-6 (Albany, NY) C 43 Chris Brady Sr. 6’10” 250 Career-best 21 pts. on 9-12 FG at Holy Cross OFF THE BENCH Home Games is BOLD CAPS G 0 Josh James Sr. 6’2” 200 Missed games vs. Wagner, Army & SPU w/injury *-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference games G 5 Ray Salnave Fr. 6’3” 205 Plans to redshirt this season ^-Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational (Played at Holy Cross) F 14 Mustapha Traore RFr. 6’8” 210 RS Freshman; six rebs. vs. Cornell G 15 Dan Pillari Jr. 5’10” 170 Walk-on who has played in 40 games G 23 Austin Tilghman Jr. 6’1” 230 Career-best 18 points vs. Princeton Athletics Communications G 24 Louie Pillari RFr. 6’6” 200 RS Freshman; 4 points vs. Cornell Assistant AD/Communications & New Media: Gary Kowal G 30 Collin Stewart 5Sr. 6’8” 200 3 starts this season; 5 3’s at Quinnipiac Men’s Basketball Contact: Gary Kowal F 32 Diago Quinn So. 6’9” 255 Tied career-best with eight points @ SPU Kowal phone: 732-263-5557 C 33 Zac Tillman Sr. 6’10” 280 Plans to redshirt this season Kowal email: [email protected] C 44 Sam Ibiezugbe Fr. 6’11 255 6 points vs. Cornell, career-best Press Row Phone: 732-571-3677 Athletics Website: MonmouthHawks.com Monmouth Men’s Basketball on Social Media Monmouth @monmouthbballl @monmouthmensbball Monmouth @muhawks Basketballl hawks 2016 -17 monmouth basketball game notes 1 MOORERE OONN TOONIGHTNIGHT’S MAATCHUPTCHUP SCOUTING THE GAELS All-Time Series Jordan Washington is joined by transfers Sam Cas- sell Jr. and Jon Severe in averaging double fi gures for the Gaels, while Washington also leads the way in rebounding. Iona won the Great Alaska Shootout and posted two four-game win streaks before the Iona leads, 8-2 New Year. Last Meeting: 2016 MAAC Finals Final: Iona 79, Monmouth 76 HEAD COACH TIM CLUESS Tim Cluess is in his seventh season at the helm of Iona, and has won 129 games in his time with the Gaels. He has led Iona to three NCAA Tournaments. Last Time Out THE ALL-TIME SERIES Iona leads the all-time series 8-2, with the teams Saint Peter’s 71, Monmouth 61 splitting the regular season meetings each of the January 2, 2017 past two seasons. Th e Monmouth men’s basketball team cut into the Saint Peter’s lead several times but could not get even as they fell at the Yanitelli Center on Monday evening, 71-61. Micah HAWKS AT HOME Seaborn scored 19 points in the defeat for Monmouth. Monmouth is 16-3 the last two seasons at home, with Monmouth trimmed the Saint Peter’s lead to a narrow as two at 9:24 when Collin last year’s only regular season home loss coming to Stewart fi nished a weakside layup to make it 40-38. Saint Peter’s was able to get the the Gaels. MU dropped its fi rst home game this year advantage back to eight, eventually going up 11 with 5:52 left on a Trevis Wyche triple. the last time out against Rider. Seaborn’s three at 1:09 trimmed it back to a six-point game, and Je’lon Hornbeak had a IONA ON THE ROAD chance to get it to three aft er MU took one away but it fell short and the Peacocks made all their free throws down the stretch, fi nishing 17-17 from the line on the evening. Iona has dropped its last two true road games (at Delaware, at Fairfi eld) and are 2-4 away from home. Monmouth was held to a season-low 19 points in the fi rst half, while also holding the Peacocks under 40%. Saint Peter’s, who hit two shots with the shot clock expiring AGAINST THE MAAC including one from Cavon Baker at 8:08 from nearly half court, made 10 fi eld goals in The Hawks are 37-27 against the MAAC in regular the opening 20 minutes, seven of which came from downtown. season play since joining the league for the 2013-14 NOTES AND QUOTES season. Six wins over Niagara followed by fi ve over -Josh James missed his third game of the season with injury, allowing Pierre Sarr to Fairfi eld and Siena are the most over a program in make his fourth career start. the league, while MU has beaten Canisius a total of -MU has now lost three in a row for the fi rst time since 11/23-30, 2014 against Towson, six times including postseason play. Maryland and SMU. -Justin Robinson worked into double fi gures for the 14th time in 15 games. All-Time Series Records (Regular Season/Postseason) -Micah Seaborn has now scored 45 points in two games at the Yanitelli Center. Canisius 5-2/1-0 -Monmouth is now 2-2 in MAAC play. Fairfi eld 5-1/1-0 -Justin Robinson has now played 80 minutes in the last two games, seeing 39 minutes Iona 2-4/0-2 tonight. Manhattan 1-5/0-0 NUMBERS CRUNCH Marist 4-2/0-0 -MU held Saint Peter’s to 27 fi rst half points, the second-least allowed in a period (25 Niagara 6-0/0-0 vs. South Carolina State). Quinnipiac 3-4/0-0 -Diago Quinn tied a career-best with eight points. Rider 3-4/1-1 Saint Peter’s 3-4/0-0 -Th e Hawks outrebounded SPU 37-33 on the night. Siena 5-1/0-0 -Monmouth outscored the Peacocks 26-24 in the paint. -Saint Peter’s was a perfect 17-for-17 from the foul line. 2016-17 MAAC Standings (as of 1/5) -Saint Peter’s made 10 triples of 22 fi eld goals made. Team Overall MAAC Tonight Around the MAAC 1. Canisius 10-5 3-1 2. Rider 9-5 2-1 Friday, 1/6 3. Fairfi eld 7-5 2-1 4. Saint Peter’s 6-7 2-1 -Rider at Marist, 7pm 5. Monmouth 10-5 2-2 6. Iona 9-6 2-2 7. Quinnipiac 5-9 2-2 8. Marist 5-10 2-2 9. Niagara 5-10 2-2 10. Siena 4-11 1-3 11. Manhattan 5-9 0-3 2016 -17 monmouth basketball game notes 2 22016-17016-17 MMonmouthonmouth BBasketballasketball RRosteroster NUMERICAL No. Name Class Position Height Weight Hometown/High School [Last School] 0 Josh James Sr.