Game Twelve at Siena Results 7:00Pm // JANUARY 3, 2020 // TIMES UNION CENTER
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2019-20 @MONMOUTHBBALL GAME NOTES Monmouth University Athletics Communications // 400 Cedar Ave. West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Men’s Basketball Contact // Gary Kowal // [email protected] // 732-263-5557 // #FlyHawks schedule & game twelve at siena results 7:00pm // JANUARY 3, 2020 // TIMES UNION CENTER Date Opponent Time/Result (EST) November (4-5) Tue. 5 at Lehigh W, 66-62 SIENA SAINTS Sat. 9 at Hofstra L, 74-94 Wed. 13 at Kansas State^ L, 54-73 Head Coach: Carmen Maciariello (1st season at Siena) Fri. 15 at Kansas L, 57-112 Record at Siena: 5-5 // Career Record: 5-5 Mon. 18 at Pittsburgh^ L, 50-63 Fri. 22 vs. Kennesaw State% W, 71-40 Saints Record: 5-5 (1-0 MAAC) Sat. 23 vs. Stetson% L, 55-63 Tue. 26 RADFORD^ W, 80-63 VS Wed. 27 NORFOLK STATE^ W, 75-71 December (2-0) Tue. 10 at Princeton W, 67-66 MONMOUTH HAWKS Sat. 21 UALBANY 2:00 PM January (0-0) Head Coach: King Rice (9th season at Monmouth) Fri. 3 at Siena* 7:00 PM Record at Monmouth: 137-138 // Career Record: 137-138 Sun. 5 IONA* 2:00 PM Fri. 10 CANISIUS* 7:00 PM Hawks Record: 6-5 (0-0 MAAC) Sun. 12 at Quinnipiac* 2:00 PM Thu. 16 MARIST* 7:00 PM Sat. 18 at Manhattan* 7:00 PM Fri. 24 NIAGARA* 7:00 PM Sun. 26 at Iona* 1:00 PM Wed. 29 at Saint Peter’s* 7:00 PM February (0-0) Sun. 2 RIDER* 1:00 PM TV // ESPN3/Watch ESPN Radio // Shore Sports Network Tue. 4 at Fairfield* 7:00 PM PxP // Robert Lee Sun. 9 SAINT PETER’S* 2:00 PM PxP // Eddy Occhipinti Fri. 14 at Canisius* 7:00 PM Analyst // Kevin O’Donnell Analyst // Steve Bazaz Sun. 16 at Niagara* 1:00 PM Fri. 21 MARIST* 7:00 PM Sun 23 QUINNIPIAC* 2:00 PM Fri. 28 at Rider* 7:00 PM March (0-0) HAWKS QUICK NOTES Sun. 1 MANHATTAN* 2:00 PM Last Game: Starters Wed. 4 FAIRFIELD* 7:00 PM Pos. # Name Class Ht. 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Notes Fri. 6 SIENA* 7:00 PM G 25 Samuel Chaput So. 6’0” 175 Career-high seven assists in opener at Lehigh G 3 Deion Hammond Jr. 6’4” 200 Has scored in double digits in nine of 11 games 2020 MAAC Tournament - Atlantic City, NJ (March 10-14) G 0 Ray Salnave R-Jr. 6’3” 205 Back-to-back game winners with >3 seconds left Home Games is BOLD CAPS G 13 Marcus McClary Jr. 6’3” 195 Averaged 8.5ppg in 2019 MAAC Tournament *-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference games F 4 Mustapha Traore R-Sr. 6’8” 210 Career-high rebounds and 2nd dbl-dbl vs. Radford ^- Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans Fort Myers Tip-Off % - MAAC/ASUN Challenge in Orlando, FL Last Game: Off the Bench G 1 Gob Gabriel Fr. 6’7” 175 True freshman wing; brother, Wenyen plays for NBA’s Kings F 2 Melik Martin Jr. 6’6” 200 Season-high 10 points at Princeton G 5 George Papas Jr. 6’5” 175 Two double-figure efforts this season F 10 Jarvis Vaughan Fr. 6’9” 225 Made first career FGA, foul line jumper at Lehigh ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS G 11 Donovann Toatley So. 5’9” 185 Chattanooga transfer; sitting out this season as transfer Assistant AD/Communications & New Media/ G 15 Mike James, Jr. So. 6’0” 170 Walk-on guard that saw nine games last yr. Men’s Basketball Contact: Gary Kowal F 21 Nikkei Rutty So. 6’8” 225 Career-high 10 points and seven boards at Hofstra Kowal phone: 732-263-5557 G 24 Louie Pillari R-Sr. 6’6” 200 Made first three shots of season at Lehigh Kowal email: [email protected] F 33 Jake Glezen Fr. 6’8” 240 True freshman big from Wantagh, NY Press Row Phone: 732-571-3677 C 44 Sam Ibiezugbe Sr. 6’11 245 Career-high eight rebounds in opener at Lehigh Athletics Website: MonmouthHawks.com FOLLOW MONMOUTH BASKETBALL FACEBOOK // MONMOUTH BASKETBALL INSTAGRAM // @MONMOUTHMENSBBALL TWITTER // @MONMOUTHBBALL ATHLETICS // @MONMOUTHHAWKS 2019-20 MONMOUTH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1 MORE ON TONIGHT’S MATCHUP SCOUTING THE SAINTS The Saints come in 5-5, with three consecutive wins ALL-TIME SERIES under their belt including a MAAC victory over MONMOUTH LEADS Canisius. Jalen Pickett leads four in double figures, 12-4 while Manny Camper is averaging a double-double LAST MEETING: 1/31/19 including nearly 12 rebounds per contest. MON 66, SIE 55 SIENA HEAD COACH CARMEN MACIARIELLO Monmouth has not lost to Siena in the Carmen Maciariello is in his first season with the regular season since 2014, MU’s only MAAC Saints after taking over last spring, and has posted a regular season loss ever to the Saints. 5-5 mark to this point. Maciariello is a former Siena assistant. MONMOUTH ON THE ROAD The Hawks have two true road wins at Lehigh and Princeton and a neutral site victory over Kennesaw State so far this season. SIENA AT HOME Siena is a perfect 5-0 at the Times Union Center this season while not having won a road contest to this LAST TIME OUT point. Monmouth 72, UAlbany 70 December 21, 2019 SERIES HISTORY Year Date Winner Score Site Team Points 1st place votes 1979-80 N/A Siena 84-92 N/A Ray Salnave netted a game-winning basket in the final seconds 1: Arizona 406 18 2003-04 12/2/03 Monmouth 89-76 Albany, NY for the second consecutive game, this one with 2.8 seconds left 2004-05 1/2/05 Siena 59-60 West Long Branch, NJ 2: California 378 9 2013-14 1/2/14 Monmouth 63-59 West Long Branch, NJ to lead Monmouth over the University at Albany on Saturday, 3: Utah 360 7 2013-14 3/2/14 Siena 54-70 Albany, NY 72-70. A back-and-forth second half that saw six ties and 10 2014-15 2/14/15 Monmouth 83-64 Albany, NY 4: Oregon 338 1 lead changes had Monmouth with its biggest lead of five with 2014-15 3/1/15 Monmouth 63-57 West Long Branch, NJ 5:20 to go after Deion Hammond canned a transition three. 5: UCLA 304 1 2015-16 1/18/16 Monmouth 85-69 West Long Branch, NJ 2015-16 2/1/16 Monmouth 93-87 Albany, NY UAlbany fought back to take a one-point lead on an Ahmad 6: Oregon St. 235 0 2016-17 2/13/17 Monmouth 102-82 Albany, NY Clark finish with 2:13 left, and in a tie game, Salnave hit a step- 7: Colorado 188 0 2016-17 2/24/17 Monmouth 77-73 West Long Branch, NJ 2016-17 3/5/17 Siena 85-89 Albany, NY back jumper with 1:11 remaining to put the Hawks up. MU led 8: Arizona State 165 0 2017-18 1/25/18 Monmouth 67-56 West Long Branch, NJ by as many as four in the final minute, but the Great Danes got 9: Stanford 145 0 2017-18 2/18/18 Monmouth 93-89 (3ot) Albany, NY Trey Hutcheson open for a game-tying three in the left corner 2018-19 1/14/19 Monmouth 63-60 (ot) Albany, NY 10: USC 111 0 2018-19 1/31/19 Monmouth 66-55 West Long Branch, NJ with nine seconds to play. Salnave came up the floor, went left 11: Washington 96 0 and finished the and-one with 2.8 to play to put the Hawks up 12: Washington St. 65 0 SERIES NOTES to stay. UAlbany leapt to a 29-14 lead at the 9:28 mark of the -The teams met for the first time in 1979. first, making four of their first five from three and at one point -Monmouth has lost just once to Siena in the last 11 shooting north of 75%. MU clawed back, thanks to a 9-0 run meetings, with that coming in the 2017 MAAC keyed by seven Hammond points, including a three, to draw Tournament. within four. After the Great Danes went up six, Sam Ibiezugbe -MU has not lost to Siena in the regulat season since completed a three-point play at the rim and Salnave knocked 2014, the only time the Hawks have fallen to the in a pair of late free throws to send the Hawks to the locker Saints ever in regular season MAAC play. room trailing by just one. NOTES -Ray Salnave netted the game-winning basket for the second game in a row. 19-20 MAAC STANDINGS -Salnave has now scored to tie or put Monmouth up in the Team Overall MAAC final 15 seconds of regulation or overtime eight times in his 1. Rider 7-4 1-0 career, and now two games in a row. 2. Siena 5-5 1-0 -Deion Hammond scored double digits for the eighth time this 3. Monmouth 6-5 0-0 season and 50th time in his career. 4. Quinnipiac 5-5 0-0 -Hammond now has eight career games of 20+ points, with 5. Manhattan 4-5 0-0 four of them coming in the last five contests. 6. Fairfield 4-7 0-0 -The Hawks move to 4-2 all time against UAlbany, and 3-0 in 7. Saint Peter’s 3-6 0-0 West Long Branch. 8. Iona 2-5 0-0 -Hammond connected on his first five shots from the field.