2019-20 MONMOUTH

Home Game 9 • Sunday, February 9 • OceanFirst Bank

SCHEDULE/RESULTS November Opponent Time SAINT PETER’S Tue. 5 at Lehigh W, 66-62 Sat. 9 at Hofstra L, 74-94 PEACOCKS (10-11, 7-5 MAAC) Wed. 13 at Kansas State L, 54-73 Fri. 15 at Kansas L, 57-112 Mon. 18 at Pittsburgh L, 50-63 Fri. 22 vs Kennesaw State^ W, 71-40 Sat. 23 vs Stetson^ L, 55-36 MONMOUTH Tue. 26 RADFORD W, 80-63 Wed. 27 NORFOLK STATE W, 75-71 HAWKS (13-9, 7-4 MAAC) December Tue. 10 at Princeton W, 67-66 Sat. 21 ALBANY W, 72-70 Janurary 2019-20 MONMOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER Fri. 3 at Siena* L, 72-75 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School Sun. 5 IONA* W, 73-61 0 Ray Salnave G 6-3 205 R-Jr. Elmont, NY / Benjamin N. Cardozo Fri. 10 CANISIUS* W, 84-65 1 Gob Gabriel G 6-7 175 Fr Manchester, NH/ Bradford Christian Academy Sun. 12 at Quinnipiac* L, 70-84 2 Melik Martin F 6-6 200 Jr. York, PA / York Catholic Thurs. 16 at Marist* W, 74-66 3 Deion Hammond G 6-4 200 Jr. Mitchellville, MD / Riverdale Baptist School Sat. 18 at MANHATTAN* W, 65-58 4 Mustapha Traore F 6-8 210 R-Sr. Philadelphia, PA / The Phelps School Fri. 24 NIAGARA* W, 82-71 5 George Papas G 6-5 175 Jr. Jersey City, NJ / Union Catholic Sun. 26 at Iona* W, 94-88 10 Jarvis Vaughan F 6-9 225 Fr. Churchville, VA / Massanutten Military Academy Wed. 29 at Saint Peter’s* L, 63-66. 11 Donovann Toatley G 5-9 185 So. Largo, MD/ Riverdale Baptist School/ Chattanooga Feburary 13 Marcus McClary G 6-3 195 Jr. Linden, NJ / Sun. 2 RIDER* W, 90-84 15 Michael James Jr. G 6-0 170 So. West Hempstead, NY / Malverne 21 Nikkei Rutty F 6-8 225 So. New Rochelle, NY / Trinity-Pawling Tue. 4 at Fairfield* L, 53-55 24 Louie Pillari G 6-6 200 R-Sr. Tinton Falls, NJ / Christian Brothers Academy Sun. 9 SAINT PETER’S* 2:00 p.m. 25 Samuel Chaput G 6-0 175 Sr. Longueuil, Quebec / Saint Anthony’s (TX) Fri. 14 at Canisius* 7:00 p.m. 33 Jake Glezen F 6-8 240 Fr. Wantagh, NY/ Loomis Chaffee Sun. 16 at Niagara* 1:00 p.m. 44 Sam Ibiezugbe C 6-11 245 Sr. Simsbury, CT / The Masters School Fri. 21 QUINNIPIAC* 2:00 p.m. Fri. 28 at Rider* 7:00 p.m. Head Coach: King Rice (North Carolina, 1992), 9th season March Assistant Coach: Rick Callahan (Salem College, 1980), 7th season Sun. 1 MANHATTAN* 2:00 p.m. Assistant Coach: Jamal Meeks (Indiana, 1992), 5th season Wed. 4 FAIRFIELD* 7:00 p.m. Assistant Coach: JR Reid (North Carolina, 1993), 2nd season Fri. 6 SIENA* 7:00 p.m. Director of Basketball Operations: Josh James (Monmouth, 2017), 2nd season 2019 MAAC Tournament: March 10-14 Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Dan Murphy (UConn, 2006), 2nd season (Atlantic City, NJ) Athletic Trainer: Vanessa Sweeney, A.T.C

Home Games is BOLD CAPS *-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference games ^-MAAC/ASUN Challenge (Played at ESPN Wide SALNAVE HITS 1,000 World of Sports, Orlando, Florida) Be sure to be in your seats today by 1:50 p.m. as we will honor Ray Salnave for becoming the 45th Hawk in program history to record 1,000 career points! Salnave did so with a corner three against Rider last weekend, joining teammate Deion Hammond in the 1K club.

STAY CONNECTED THE 2019-20 HAWKS Monmouth Basketball @MonmouthMensBBall @MonmouthBBall @MonmouthHawks Monmouth Hawks 2019-20 SAINT PETER’S MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER INSIDE THE NUMBERS NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Dallas Watson So. G 6-4 170 Brooklyn, NY / Saint Raymond’s 1 Aaron Estrada Fr. G 6-4 207 Woodbury, NJ / St. Benedict’s VS 2 Doug Edert Fr. G 6-2 185 Nutley, NJ / Bergen Catholic 13-9 (7-4) W-L (Conf.) 10-11 (7-5) 4 Nazeer Bostick R-Jr. G 6-4 195 Philadelphia, PA / Penn State / Roman Catholic 3-2 Last 5 4-1 5 Daryl Banks III Fr. G 6-3 165 Los Angeles, CA / The Patrick School 10 Fousseyni Drame Fr. F 6-7 192 Bamako, Mali / Our Savior New American School (NY) 70.0 Points/Game 65.6 11 KC Ndefo So. F 6-7 195 Elmont, NY / Abraham Lincoln 70.5 Scoring Def. 65.2 12 Majur Majak So. C 7-1 215 Juba, South Sudan / The Patrick School -0.5 Margin +0.4 13 Amir Hicks Sr. G 5-11 155 Paterson, NJ / St. Mary’s .405 FG% .401 14 Hassan Drame Fr. F 6-7 190 Bamako, Mali / Our Savior New American School (NY) .405 15 Matthew Lee Fr. G 6-0 160 San Juan, Puerto Rico / Dohn Prep (OH) .428 FG% Def. 20 Derrick Woods Sr. F 6-8 225 Trenton, NJ / Delaware / St. Bonaventure / Pennsbury (PA) .348 3PT% .347 24 Quinn Taylor Sr. G/F 6-5 200 Amarillo, TX / Tascosa .359 3PT% Def. .344 25 Cameron Jones Gr. G 6-3 195 Fairless Hills, PA / Pennsbury (PA) .739 FT% .716 34.0 Reb./Game 37.5 Head Coach: (Seton Hall ’00) – 2nd season Assistant Coach: Ryan Whalen (Saint Joseph ’08) – 2nd season 38.0 Reb. Def. 33.2 Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator: Matt Eisele (Pittsburgh ’04) – 2nd season -4.0 Margin +4.3 Assistant Coach: John Morton (Seton Hall ‘90) – 2nd season 286 Assists 215 Corey Lowery (Rutgers-Newark ‘98) – 2nd season Director of Player Development / Coaching Consultant: 287 TO 355 Director of Basketball Operations: Steven Cruz (Siena ’14) – 1st season 57 Blocks 91 175 Steals 161

PERFECT FROM THE LINE Monmouth posted its first perfect night from the foul line this season at Fairfield, knocking down all eight attempts they took on the night.

HAWKS ON ESPNU MU’s February 28th matchup with rival Rider at Alumni Gym in Lawrenceville, NJ has been flexed to air on ESPNU at 9:00 p.m. While it will be Monmouth’s first linear broadcast of the season, their final 29 regular season games and the MAAC Tournament will air on the ESPN Family of Networks.

SALNAVE REACHES 1,000 With a corner three in the second half of a win over Rider, Ray Salnave became the 25th player at the Division I level and 44th overall in program history to reach the 1,000 point mark. He joins teammate Deion Hammond, who got there on January 10 at Quinnipiac, and the duo are the first pair of 1,000 point scorers at MU to get there in the same season since Justin Robinson and Deon Jones in 2015-16.

GET SOME, GEORGE George Papas exploded off the bench against Rider for a career-high 21 points, including two threes in the decisive 8-1 run for Monmouth in the second half to propel them to victory. It was Papas’ first career 20+ effort, knocking in a career best six field goals and tying a career-high with five triples. He was also 5-5 from the foul line, and leads MU in free throw shooting on the season.

NIKKEI TAKES ADVANTAGE Making his first start since November 15, Nikkei Rutty capitalized against Rider, posting his first career double-double with career bests in points (11) and rebounds (12). He made five field goals, a career best, and grabbed six of MU’s season-best 17 offensive rebounds.

SECOND CHANCES The Hawks snagged 17 offensive rebounds against Rider, a season best. Six of them went to Nikkei Rutty, and the Hawks extended possessions to the tune of 20 second-chance points.

Today Around the MAAC MAAC Standings Team Ovrl. MAAC Sunday, 2/9 1. Monmouth 13-9 7-4 -Iona at Fairfield, 2pm 2. Rider 13-9 7-5 3. Siena 11-10 7-5 -Manhattan at Quinnipiac, 2pm 4. Saint Peter’s 10-11 7-5 -Niagara at Rider, 2pm 5. Quinnipiac 11-10 6-5 6. Manhattan 10-10 6-5 7. Fairfield 9-13 5-6 8. Niagara 7-15 5-6 9. Marist 6-15 5-7 10. Iona 6-12 4-7 11. Canisius 9-14 4-8