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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY STAGS HAWKS 8-13 // 3-7 MAAC 7-14 // 3-6 MAAC Head Coach (Years at Fairfield)...... Sydney Johnson (7th) Head Coach (Years at MU)...... King Rice (7th) Overall Coaching Record...... 164-175 Overall Coaching Record...... 113-106 Record at Fairfield...... 98-122 Record at Monmouth...... 113-106 Assistant Coaches...... Mitch Buonaguro Assistant Coaches (Years at MU)...... Rick Callahan (7th) ...... Tom Parrotta ...... Duane Woodward (4th) ...... Tyson Wheeler ...... Jamal Meeks (3rd) Director of Operations...... Stephen Elmore Director of Basketball Operations...... Anthony Molisso (1st) Special Assistant to the Head Coach...... Brian Stafman (1st) FAIRFIELD QUICK FACTS Founded:...... 1942 Location:...... Fairfield, CT Enrollment:...... 3,300 2017-18 MONMOUTH SCHEDULE Athletics Website:...... FairfieldStags.com Date Opponent Time/Result President:...... Dr. Mark R. Nemec 11.10 BUCKNELL W, 79-78 Director of Athletics:...... Paul Schlickmann Mascot...... Stags 11.12 q at Seton Hall L, 65-75 Colors...... Cardinal Red and Black 11.14 at Lehigh W, 80-72 Home Arena...... Webster Bank Arena Capacity...... 9,000 11.19 q at Virginia L, 53-73 Affiliation...... NCAA Division I 11.22 q at UNC Asheville L, 51-62 Conference...... MAAC Facebook...... Fairfield U Athletics 11.25 PENN L, 96-101 (4ot) Twitter...... @StagsMensBball 11.27 ALBANY W, 81-73 12.02 at UConn (at XL Center) L, 81-84 (ot) 12.06 HOFSTRA L, 84-85 NIAGARA UNIVERSITY 12.09 vs. Kentucky (at MSG) L, 76-93 12.12 at Princeton L, 58-69 PURPLE EAGLES 12.22 at Yale W, 85-64 12.28 ^ at Quinnipiac L, 76-78 14-9 // 7-3 MAAC 12.31 ^ at Saint Peter’s L, 64-77 Head Coach (Years at Niagara)...... Chris Casey (5th) 01.05 ^ MANHATTAN W, 77-66 Overall Coaching Record...... 46-105 01.12 at Niagara L, 77-78 Record at Niagara...... 46-105 ^ 01.14 at Canisius L, 79-94 Assistant Coaches...... Marc Rybczyk ^ ...... Will Lanier 01.19 ^ IONA L, 73-76 ...... Kareem Brown 01.25 ^ SIENA W, 67-56 Director of Operations...... Tyrone Lewis 01.27 ^ vs. Marist (Nassau Coliseum) W, 91-78 01.29 ^ at Rider L, 85-92 NIAGARA QUICK FACTS 02.02 FAIRFIELD 7:00 PM Founded:...... 1856 ^ Location:...... Niagara University, NY 02.04 ^ NIAGARA 2:00 PM Enrollment:...... 4,025 02.08 at Iona 7:00 PM Athletics Website:...... PurpleEagles.com ^ 02.10 at Manhattan 7:00 PM President:...... Rev. James J. Maher, C.M. ^ Director of Athletics:...... Simon Gray 02.13 ^ SAINT PETER’S 7:00 PM Mascot...... Purple Eagles 02.16 CANISIUS 7:00 PM Colors...... Purple and White ^ Home Arena...... ‘Taps’ Gallagher Center 02.18 ^ at Siena 2:00 PM Capacity...... 2,100 02.22 RIDER 7:00 PM Affiliation...... NCAA Division I ^ Conference...... MAAC 02.24 ^ at Fairfield 1:00 PM Facebook...... Niagara University Purple Eagles Twitter...... @NiagaraMBB q-Preseason National Invitation Tournament (NIT) FOLLOW MONMOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL ^-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference contest * - All road contests will air on the Shore Sports Network, 1160/1310AM and ShoreSportsNetwork.com. Monmouth Basketball @MonmouthMensBBall

@MonmouthBBall @MUHawks All info as of 1/30/18. MONMOUTH QUICK FACTS 2017-18 MONMOUTH ROSTER 2017-18 FAIRFIELD ROSTER 2017-18 FAIRFIELD SCHEDULE Founded:...... 1933 NUMERICAL NUMERICAL Date Opponent Time/Result Location:...... West Long Branch, NJ 11.11 PENN W, 80-72 Enrollment:...... 6,371 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School/Previous No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous 11.14 LOYOLA MARYLAND W, 64-52 Athletics Website:...... MonmouthHawks.com 0 Ray Salnave RFr. G 6-3 205 Elmont, NY/Benjamin N. Cardozo 0 Olivier Cadieux So. G/F 6-4 205 Brebeuf Jesuit/Montreal, Canada President:...... Grey J. Dimenna 1 Pierre Sarr Jr. F 6-8 195 Dakar, Senegal/Roselle Catholic 1 Jerome Segura Sr. G 5-11 175 Langham Creek/Houston, Texas 11.18 PURDUE L, 64-106 Director of Athletics:...... Marilyn McNeil 2 Melik Martin Fr. F 6-6 200 York, PA/York Catholic 2 Taj Benning Fr. G 6-3 185 Bergen Catholic/Fair Lawn, N.J. 11.24 vs. Jacksonville L, 84-92 3 Deion Hammond Fr. G 6-4 200 Mitchellville, MD/Riverdale Baptist School 3 Tyler Nelson Sr. G 6-3 180 Central Catholic/Bradford, Mass. Mascot...... Hawks 11.25 vs. Gardner-Webb W, 75-64 4 Mustapha Traore RSo. F 6-8 210 Philadelphia, PA/The Phelps School 4 Jared Harper Jr. G 6-1 180 Suffield Academy/Los Angeles, Calif. Colors...... Blue and White 5 Nick Rutherford* Jr. G 6-3 185 Indianapolis, IN/Allen/Florida Atlantic 5 Aidas Kavaliauskas So. G 6-1 175 SPIRE Academy/Kaunas, Lithuania 11.26 at Wright State L, 56-57 Home Arena...... OceanFirst Bank Center 10 Micah Seaborn RJr. G 6-5 195 Fort Worth, TX/Prime Prep 10 Thomas Nolan R-So. G 6-3 195 Fairfield Prep/Trumbull, Conn. 12.01 at Wagner L, 76-78 Capacity...... 4,100 11 George Papas Fr. G 6-5 175 Jersey City, NJ/Union Catholic/Gould Academy 11 Alonde Legrand Fr. G 6-5 185 Berkshire/Harlem, N.Y. 12.06 at Houston L, 66-88 Affiliation...... NCAA Division I 13 Marcus McClary Fr. G 6-3 195 Linden, NJ/The Patrick School 12 Kevin Senghore-Peterson Fr. F 6-6 220 Myerscough Coll./Frolunda, Sweden Conference...... Metro Atlantic 15 Daniel Pillari Sr. G 5-10 170 Oceanport, NJ/Shore Regional 13 Jonathan Kasibabu Jr. F 6-8 240 Westtown (Pa.)/Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo 12.10 at LIU Brooklyn W, 76-72 Facebook...... Monmouth Basketball 23 Austin Tilghman Sr. G 6-1 230 Wilmington, DE/Archbishop Carroll 14 Matija Milin Jr. F 6-9 215 Sports Gymnasium/Belgrade, Serbia 12.17 OLD DOMINION L, 77-82 (ot) 24 Louie Pillari RSo. G 6-6 200 Tinton Falls, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy 15 Wassef Methnani Fr. F 6-8 208 The Knox School/Kairoun, Tunisia Twitter...... @MonmouthBBall 12.22 NEW HAMPSHIRE W, 78-68 32 Diago Quinn Jr. F 6-9 255 New York, NY/Lake Forest Academy 23 Ferron Flavors Jr. So. G 6-4 180 Stone Mountain CC/Federal Way, Wash. Instagram...... @MonmouthMensBBall 33 Zac Tillman 5Sr. C 6-10 280 Yeadon, PA/Shipley School 24 Jesus Cruz Fr. G 6-5 210 Loomis Chaffee/Carolina, Puerto Rico 12.28 SAINT PETER’S W, 70-61 44 Sam Ibiezugbe So. C 6-11 245 Simsbury, CT/The Masters School 30 Omar El-Sheik Fr. F 6-7 195 The Knox School/Cairo, Egypt 12.30 at Manhattan L, 58-61 NOTES ON THE HAWKS 35 Aziz Sultan Essa Fr. F 6-9 250 Brewster Academy/Kuwait City, Kuwait ^ ALPHABETICAL 01.05 ^ at Rider L, 77-96 01.07 at Iona L, 65-84 n In the win over Marist, Monmouth scored over 90 points in regulation for ^ No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School/Previous ALPHABETICAL 01.11 MANHATTAN L, 53-59 the first time this season, having previously scored 96 in a four-overtime loss to ^ 3 Deion Hammond Fr. G 6-4 200 Mitchellville, MD/Riverdale Baptist School 01.13 at Marist L, 89-95 (ot) Penn on 11/25. Four Hawks worked into double figures and eight Hawks scored in 44 Sam Ibiezugbe So. C 6-11 245 Simsbury, CT/The Masters School No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous ^ 01.20 NIAGARA W, 104-85 the game as MU got to 91 in the 40 minute game. 2 Melik Martin Fr. F 6-6 200 York, PA/York Catholic 2 Taj Benning Fr. G 6-3 185 Bergen Catholic/Fair Lawn, N.J. ^ 13 Marcus McClary Fr. G 6-3 195 Linden, NJ/The Patrick School 0 Olivier Cadieux So. G/F 6-4 205 Brebeuf Jesuit/Montreal, Canada 01.23 ^ RIDER L, 88-90 11 George Papas Fr. G 6-5 175 Jersey City, NJ/Union Catholic/Gould Academy 24 Jesus Cruz Fr. G 6-5 210 Loomis Chaffee/Carolina, Puerto Rico 01.27 vs. Quinnipiac L, 70-75 n Following strong weeks, Monmouth swept this weeks MAAC awards, with 15 Daniel Pillari Sr. G 5-10 170 Oceanport, NJ/Shore Regional 30 Omar El-Sheik Fr. F 6-7 195 The Knox School/Cairo, Egypt ^ 24 Louie Pillari RSo. G 6-6 200 Tinton Falls, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy 23 Ferron Flavors Jr. So. G 6-4 180 Stone Mountain CC/Federal Way, Wash. 01.29 IONA W, 103-100 (ot) Austin Tilghman earning MAAC Player of the Week while Deion Hammond was ^ 32 Diago Quinn Jr. F 6-9 255 New York, NY/Lake Forest Academy 4 Jared Harper Jr. G 6-1 180 Suffield Academy/Los Angeles, Calif. 02.02 ^ at Monmouth 7:00 PM named Rookie of the Week. It was the second honor of the season for each player. 5 Nick Rutherford* Jr. G 6-3 185 Indianapolis, IN/Allen/Florida Atlantic 13 Jonathan Kasibabu Jr. F 6-8 240 Westtown (Pa.)/Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo 02.05 SIENA 7:00 PM Tilghman posted his third double-double of the season and scored a career-high 0 Ray Salnave RFr. G 6-3 205 Elmont, NY/Benjamin N. Cardozo 5 Aidas Kavaliauskas So. G 6-1 175 SPIRE Academy/Kaunas, Lithuania ^ 1 Pierre Sarr Jr. F 6-8 195 Dakar, Senegal/Roselle Catholic 11 Alonde Legrand Fr. G 6-5 185 Berkshire/Harlem, N.Y. 02.10 ^ at Niagara 3:00 PM 24 points Saturday at Nassau Coliseum against Marist, leading Monmouth in four 10 Micah Seaborn RJr. G 6-5 195 Fort Worth, TX/Prime Prep 15 Wassef Methnani Fr. F 6-8 208 The Knox School/Kairoun, Tunisia 02.12 ^ at Canisius 7:00 PM major categories for the day including points, rebounds (12), assists (6) and 23 Austin Tilghman Sr. G 6-1 230 Wilmington, DE/Archbishop Carroll 14 Matija Milin Jr. F 6-9 215 Sports Gymnasium/Belgrade, Serbia 02.15 MARIST 7:00 PM steals (3). He preceded that with 20 points against Siena, and shot 54.5% from 33 Zac Tillman 5Sr. C 6-10 280 Yeadon, PA/Shipley School 3 Tyler Nelson Sr. G 6-3 180 Central Catholic/Bradford, Mass. ^ 4 Mustapha Traore RSo. F 6-8 210 Philadelphia, PA/The Phelps School 10 Thomas Nolan R-So. G 6-3 195 Fairfield Prep/Trumbull, Conn. 02.17 ^ QUINNIPIAC 1:00 PM the field and a perfect 19-of-19 from the free throw line on the week. In the two 1 Jerome Segura Sr. G 5-11 175 Langham Creek/Houston, Texas 02.21 ^ at Siena 7:00 PM games, Tilghman was just shy of averaging a double-double, and posted a line for 12 Kevin Senghore-Peterson Fr. F 6-6 220 Myerscough Coll./Frolunda, Sweden 02.24 MONMOUTH 1:00 PM 35 Aziz Sultan Essa Fr. F 6-9 250 Brewster Academy/Kuwait City, Kuwait ^ the week of 22 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and two steals per game. The -MAAC contest point guard was on the floor for 74 of a possible 80 minutes. Hammond continued ^ his strong freshman season with another pair of double-figure performances, netting a career-best 24 points with five triples Saturday vs. Marist at Nassau TALE OF THE TAPE MU Category FU MU Category FU Coliseum. He scored 17 points against Siena on Thursday night while averaging 2017-18 NIAGARA SCHEDULE three rebounds per game on the week. Hammond’s five threes vs. Marist notched 20 Games Played 21 7-13 Overall Record 8013 2017-18 NIAGARA ROSTER Date Opponent Time [et] a career-best, as did his nine made field goals against the Red Foxes. .465 Field Goal % .439 4-3 Home Record 6-3 NUMERICAL .397 3PT % .335 2-9 Road Record 1-8 11.10 at St. Bonaventure W, 77-75 No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous 11.15 at Minnesota L, 81-107 n Austin Tilghman posted double-doubles in consecutive games against .704 Free Throw % .715 1-1 Neutral Record 1-2 0 Chris Barton Jr. G 6-3 199 Pontiac, MI / Avondale High School 11.19 at UMass L, 76-101 Marist and Rider, compiling a career-best 24 points against Marist to go with 12 35.7 Rebounds/Game 34.7 3-6 Conference Record 3-7 1 Dominik Fragala Fr. G 6-0 145 Chantilly, VA / John Champe 2 Kevin Larkin R-Jr. G 6-5 172 Georgetown, DE / Cheyney University 11.21 at BYU L, 88-95 rebounds. Against Rider, Tilghman scored 18 points and dished out 11 assists. 248 Assists 322 684 1st Half Points 733 4 Keleaf Tate Fr. G 6-2 170 Washington, DC / Cesar Chavez 319 Turnovers 286 770 2nd Half Points 801 11.24 ALABAMA A&M W, 96-74 5 James Towns So. G 5-10 171 Detroit, MI / Henry Ford 11.25 TEXAS ARLINGTON L, 90-95 n 50 Blocks 56 39 Overtime Points 39 10 Kahlil Dukes R-Sr. G 6-0 176 Hartford, CT / USC Ray Salnave scored in double-digits against Rider for the third time in four 11.27 ARMY W, 77-71 117 Steals 128 +0.9 Rebound Margin -3.1 11 Marvin Prochet Jr. F 6-7 207 Brooklyn, NY / LI Lutheran games, netting a career-high 19 points in the game. He has now posted six 13 Matt Scott Sr. G 6-4 191 Brooklyn, NY / Brooklyn Law and Tech 11.29 BUFFALO L, 87-106 1493 Total Points 1573 445 Personal Fouls 431 double-figure efforts in his rookie campaign. 20 Sam Volmy R-Sr. G 6-3 190 Lockport, NY/ Alfred State College 12.05 at New Hampshire W, 78-70 505 FG made 558 74.7 Points/Game 74.9 21 Kierell Green R-Fr. F 6-7 177 Washington, DC/ IDEA 24 Greg King R-Jr. F 6-7 238 Atlanta, GA / Eastern Kentucky 12.10 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L, 87-93 n After using nine different lineup combinations in the first 11 games of the 143 3PT made 189 76.6 Points Against/Game 78.0 30 Greg Kuakumensah Fr. F 6-6 200 Worchester, MA / Cushing Academy 12.16 at Norfolk State W, 85-82 season, King Rice has turned to the lineup of Austin Tilghman, Deion Hammond, 340 FT made 268 -1.9 Scoring Margin -3.1 32 Dominic Robb Jr. F 6-8 226 Pittsburgh, PA / Hun School of Princeton 12.19 CLEVELAND STATE W, 79-77 Ray Salnave, Mustapha Traore and Diago Quinn to start the last seven consecutive 12.23 at Cornell W, 89-86 contests. Tilghman has started all but two games this season, while Traore has 12.29 IONA L, 93-98 been out to begin all but three games, having started 17 in a row. Quinn is the ALPHABETICAL ^ 12.31 ^ RIDER L, 76-99 only Hawk to start every game this season after having started just once in his No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous 01.05 ^ at Siena W, 84-76 first two seasons in the Blue and White. 0 Chris Barton Jr. G 6-3 199 Pontiac, MI / Avondale High School 01.07 ^ at Marist W, 86-70 TALE OF THE TAPE 10 Kahlil Dukes R-Sr. G 6-0 176 Hartford, CT / USC 01.12 MONMOUTH W, 78-77 MU Category NU MU Category NU 1 Dominik Fragala Fr. G 6-0 145 Chantilly, VA / John Champe ^ n Monmouth is 4-3 at home this season, posting wins over Bucknell, Albany, 21 Kierell Green R-Fr. F 6-7 177 Washington, DC/ IDEA 01.14 SAINT PETER’S W, 73-70 20 Games Played 23 7-13 Overall Record 14-9 ^ Manhattan and Siena. Of the three losses, one came in four overtimes to Penn, 24 Greg King R-Jr. F 6-7 238 Atlanta, GA / Eastern Kentucky 01.18 ^ at Quinnipiac W, 81-73 a second came on a wild last second tip-out off a missed free throw against .465 Field Goal % .443 4-3 Home Record 6-5 30 Greg Kuakumensah Fr. F 6-6 200 Worchester, MA / Cushing Academy 01.20 at Fairfield L, 85-104 .397 3PT % .375 2-9 Road Record 8-4 2 Kevin Larkin R-Jr. G 6-5 172 Georgetown, DE / Cheyney University ^ Hofstra, and the third came in the final minute vs. Iona. 11 Marvin Prochet Jr. F 6-7 207 Brooklyn, NY / LI Lutheran 01.24 ^ MANHATTAN W, 72-63 .704 Free Throw % .716 1-1 Neutral Record 0-0 32 Dominic Robb Jr. F 6-8 226 Pittsburgh, PA / Hun School of Princeton 01.27 at Canisius W, 105-89 13 Matt Scott Sr. G 6-4 191 Brooklyn, NY / Brooklyn Law and Tech ^ n In the win over Siena, Monmouth allowed just 56 Siena points, the lowest for 35.7 Rebounds/Game 38.0 3-6 Conference Record 7-3 4 Keleaf Tate Fr. G 6-2 170 Washington, DC / Cesar Chavez 02.02 ^ at Saint Peter’s 7:00 PM an MU opponent this season. Siena’s 16 made field goals was a season low for 248 Assists 283 684 1st Half Points 868 5 James Towns So. G 5-10 171 Detroit, MI / Henry Ford 02.04 ^ at Monmouth 2:00 PM MU defensively, and Siena shot 32.7%, the lowest output from a Hawks opponent 319 Turnovers 265 770 2nd Half Points 1031 20 Sam Volmy R-Sr. G 6-3 190 Lockport, NY/ Alfred State College 02.08 ^ QUINNIPIAC 7:00 PM this year. It marked the first time MU held an opponent under 60 points since 50 Blocks 100 39 Overtime Points 24 02.10 ^ FAIRFIELD 3:00 PM Niagara scored 59 in last year’s MAAC quarterfinals on March 3, 2017. 117 Steals 122 +0.9 Rebound Margin -1.3 02.16 ^ at Iona 7:00 PM 1493 Total Points 1923 445 Personal Fouls 420 02.18 ^ at Manhattan 2:00 PM n This weekend marks the second time MU will play home games one day 505 FG made 647 74.7 Points/Game 83.6 02.21 ^ CANISIUS 7:00 PM apart this season. Monmouth previously played back-to-back games at home 143 3PT made 200 76.6 Points Against/Game 84.8 02.23 ^ MARIST 7:00 PM on 11/25 and 11/27 against Penn and Albany respectively. 340 FT made 429 -1.9 Scoring Margin -1.2 ^-MAAC contest

All info as of 1/30/18.