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2020-21 @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 FIFTEEN at MANHATTAN results 9:00pm // FEBRUARY 6, 2021 // DRADDY GYMNASIUM Date Opponent Time/Result (EST) December (3-2) Tues. 15 HOFSTRA L, 88-96 MANHATTAN JASPERS Fri. 18 SAINT PETER’S* W, 78-76 Head Coach: Steve Masiello (10th season at Manhattan) Sat. 19 SAINT PETER’S* L, 76-78 Sun. 27 CANISIUS* W, 84-66 Record at Manhattan: 145-157 // Career Record: 145-157 Mon. 28 CANISIUS* W, 97-69 Jaspers Record: 5-6 (4-6 MAAC) January (5-3) Sun. 3 at Siena* L, 77-78 VS Sun. 4 at Siena* L, 62-76 Sat. 9 MARIST* W, 80-64 Sun. 10 MARIST* W, 72-62 MONMOUTH HAWKS Fri. 15 QUINNIPIAC* W, 92-80 [ot] Sat. 16 QUINNIPIAC* W, 70-63 Head Coach: King Rice (10th season at Monmouth) Fri. 29 at Niagara* W, 77-67 Record at Monmouth: 158-151 // Career Record: 158-151 Sat. 30 at Niagara* L, 74-83 Hawks Record: 9-5 (9-4 MAAC) February (1-0) Fri. 5 at Manhattan* W, 70-65 Sat. 6 at Manhattan* 9:00 PM Fri. 19 FAIRFIELD* TBA Sat. 20 FAIRFIELD* TBA Fri. 26 at Iona* TBA Sat. 27 at Iona* TBA TV // ESPN3/WatchESPN Radio // Monmouth Digital Network March (0-0) PxP // Jason Guerette PxP // Eddy Occhipinti Thurs. 4 at Rider* TBA Analyst // Chris Williams Analyst // Steve Bazaz Fri. 5 at Rider* TBA 2021 MAAC Tournament - Atlantic City, NJ (March 9-13) HAWKS QUICK NOTES Home Games is BOLD CAPS Last Game: Starters *-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference games Pos. # Name Class Ht. 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Notes G 24 Myles Ruth Fr. 6’0” 150 Career-high six assists yesterday vs. Manhattan G 3 Deion Hammond Sr. 6’4” 200 Tied career 3PT record yesterday at 260; next 3 breaks it G 5 George Papas Sr. 6’5” 175 Tied MU 3-point record w/9 vs. Hof; leads MU in 3’s F 2 Melik Martin Sr. 6’6” 200 First career double-double vs. Niagara 1/30 C 21 Nikkei Rutty Jr. 6’8” 225 Career-high 12 points vs. Niagara 1/29 Last Game: Off the Bench F 0 Myles Foster Fr. 6’7” 230 Netted eight points on 4-5 FG in win over Griffs G 1 Gob Gabriel So. 6’7” 175 Tied career-best with eight points vs. Niagara G 4 Donovann Toatley So. 5’9” 185 Scored 17, his MU high, on 1/30 vs. Niagara F 10 Jarvis Vaughan So. 6’9” 225 Knocked in FT line jumper in season debut ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS G 11 Mateo Delmoral Jr. 6’0” 170 Junior walk-on; made MU debut vs. Canisius 12/27 Assistant AD/Communications & New Media/ G 13 Marcus McClary Sr. 6’3” 195 Game-tying buzzer-beating jumper vs. QU on 1/15 Men’s Basketball Contact: Gary Kowal G 14 Jack Holmstrom Fr. 6’5” 200 Knocked in first FG, a 3, vs. Griffs on 12/28 Kowal phone: 732-263-5557 G 15 Mike James, Jr. Jr. 6’0” 170 Walk-on guard that saw nine games as Fr. Kowal email: [email protected] G 25 Samuel Chaput Jr. 6’0” 175 MAAC leader in assist-turnover ratio (+2.42) Press Row Phone: 732-571-3677 F 30 Klemen Vuga Fr. 6’9” 230 5-6, 10 pts. vs. Canisius; first FR. in doubles since 2019 Athletics Website: MonmouthHawks.com FOLLOW MONMOUTH BASKETBALL FACEBOOK // MONMOUTH BASKETBALL INSTAGRAM // @MONMOUTHMENSBBALL TWITTER // @MONMOUTHBBALL ATHLETICS // @MONMOUTHHAWKS 2020-21 MONMOUTH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1 MORE ON SCOUTING THE JASPERS TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Manhattan is 5-7, and 4-7 in the MAAC. The Jaspers had won three in a row and four of the previous five ALL-TIME before dropping a pair at Saint Peter’s last weekend. SERIES Ant Nelson Elijah Buchanan and Samir Stewart are MON LEADS 11-9 averaging in double figures, while Warren Williams LAST MEETING: 2/5/21 is the leading rebounder with more than seven per MON 70, MAN 65 contest. MANHATTAN HEAD COACH STEVE MASIELLO Monmouth has won nine of 10 and five in 10th year Manhattan Head Coach Steve Masiello has a row in the series, including the last three 145 wins to his credit and a pair of MAAC titles in his contests at Draddy Gymnasium. time with the Jaspers. Among those 145 wins are 92 MAAC victories. MONMOUTH ON THE ROAD The Hawks will hit the road for just the third trip this season, coming off a weekend set at Niagara in which the Hawks earned a split. MU looks for its first road sweep tonight. MANHATTAN AT HOME LAST TIME OUT The Jaspers are 3-4 at Draddy this season, picking up Monmouth 70, Manhattan 65 wins over Rider and a pair over Niagara while February 5, 2021 dropping two to Marist and the front end of the weekend series with the Broncs. After this weekend, Team Points 1st place votes Monmouth had three seniors score in double figures, including Manhattan and Monmouth will both have completed 1: Arizona 406 18 eight of 10 home MAAC games. 18 points and nine rebounds from Melik Martin and topped 2: California 378 9 Manhattan 70-65 in front of a national-television audience on 3: Utah 360 7 Friday night. Deion Hammond tied the program record for SERIES NOTES made three pointers when he made his 260th in the second 4: Oregon 338 1 -The teams have played 20 times overall, with MU 5: UCLA 304 1 owning the 11-9 edge. half. An 11-2 run to begin the second half staked the Hawks -This marks the 16th matchup in MAAC competition to a quick 13-point lead, 48-35 in the beginning stages of the 6: Oregon St. 235 0 second half. MU continued to lead by no less than eight until 7: Colorado 188 0 between the two schools, with MU leading 9-6. -Monmouth has won the last five meetings. Samir Stewart’s three at 2:53 cut it to seven. Manhattan got as 8: Arizona State 165 0 -MU has captured nine of 10 vs. Manhattan. close as four but no closer, as the Blue and White got late stops 9: Stanford 145 0 to convert the victory. Martin scored the first five points of the 10: USC 111 0 SERIES HISTORY IN MAAC PLAY game to stake the Hawks to a quick 5-0 lead, and the Blue and Year Date Winner Score Site White led 10-2 in the early stages. A tight first half saw Mon- 11: Washington 96 0 2013-14 12/8/13 Manhattan 66-75 Riverdale, NY 12: Washington St. 65 0 2013-14 2/19/14 Manhattan 61-75 West Long Branch, NJ mouth lead for the majority, but the Jaspers scored five in a row 2014-15 1/25/15 Manhattan 64-71 Riverdale, NY to lead by one at 7:51. The Hawks ripped off the next seven and 2014-15 2/1/15 Manhattan 76-87 West Long Branch, NJ 2015-16 1/21/16 Manhattan 71-78 Riverdale, NY never trailed again, with Hammond knocking in a late three to 2015-16 2/15/16 Monmouth 79-70 West Long Branch, NJ send MU to the locker room up four. 2016-17 1/20/17 Monmouth 82-71 West Long Branch, NJ NOTES 2016-17 2/10/17 Monmouth 62-58 Riverdale, NY 2017-18 1/5/18 Monmouth 77-66 West Long Branch, NJ -Deion Hammond tied Dave Calloway’s program record for 2017-18 2/10/18 Manhattan 76-93 Riverdale, NY made three pointers, making his 260th in the second half. 2018-19 1/12/19 Monmouth 65-49 West Long Branch, NJ 2018-19 3/1/19 Monmouth 62-54 Riverdale, NY -Melik Martin posted his 17th career game in double figures, 2019-20 1/18/20 Monmouth 65-58 Riverdale, NY and sixth in the last seven games. 2019-20 3/1/20 Monmouth 80-60 West Long Branch, NJ 2020-21 2/5/21 Monmouth 70-65 Riverdale, NY -Martin was one rebound shy of his second consecutive double-double, with the nine rebounds marking as the second highest total of his career. 20-21 MAAC STANDINGS -Myles Ruth dished out a career best six assists. Team MAAC Overall -George Papas scored in double digits for the 23rd time in his 1. Monmouth 9-4 9-5 career and fifth time in a row. 2. Siena 8-2 8-2 -Nikkei Rutty grabbed seven boards, the fourth time this year 3. Marist 7-7 9-7 he’s has seven or more boards. 4. Saint Peter’s 6-4 9-6 -MU is now 6-1 in MAAC series opening games. 5. Niagara 6-8 7-9 NUMBERS CRUNCH 6. Rider 4-8 4-11 -Monmouth outshot Manhattan 47.1% to 36.2%. 7. Manhattan 4-7 5-7 -MU held the Jaspers to 23.3% from three-point range. 8. Fairfield 3-7 3-12 -The Hawks and Jaspers each pulled in 39 rebounds. 9. Iona 3-1 5-3 -MU led for 37:06 and never trailed in the second half. 10. Canisius 3-3 3-3 -The Hawks outran MC, 9-0 on the fast break. 11. Quinnipiac 2-4 4-6 -Manhattan was led by 16 points and 10 rebounds by Warren Williams. 2020-21 MONMOUTH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2 2020-21 MONMOUTH ROSTER NUMERICALName Position Height Weight Class Hometown/High School [Last School] 0 Myles Foster F 6-7 230 Fr.