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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 THREE vs. SAINT PETER’S results 5:00pm // DECEMBER 19, 2020 // OCEANFIRST BANK CENTER Date Opponent Time/Result (EST) December (1-1) Tues. 15 HOFSTRA L, 88-96 SAINT PETER’S PEACOCKS Fri. 18 SAINT PETER’S* W, 78-76 Head Coach: Shaheen Holloway (3rd season at SPU) Sat. 19 SAINT PETER’S* 5:00 PM January (0-0) Record at SPU: 32-34 // Career Record: 32-34 Fri. 1 at Siena* 1:00 PM Sat. 2 at Siena* 3:00 PM Peacocks Record: 4-3 (2-1 MAAC) Fri. 8 CANISIUS* 5:00 PM Sat. 9 CANISIUS* 5:00 PM VS Fri. 15 QUINNIPIAC* 5:00 PM Sat. 16 QUINNIPIAC* 5:00 PM Fri. 22 at Manhattan* 6:00 PM MONMOUTH HAWKS Sat. 23 at Manhattan* 6:00 PM February (0-0) Head Coach: King Rice (9th season at Monmouth) Fri. 5 MARIST* 5:00 PM Record at Monmouth: 150-147 // Career Record: 150-147 Sat. 6 MARIST* 5:00 PM Fri. 12 at Niagara* 4:00 PM Hawks Record: 1-1 (1-0 MAAC) Sat. 13 at Niagara* 4:00 PM Fri. 19 FAIRFIELD* 5:00 PM Sat. 20 FAIRFIELD* 5:00 PM Fri. 26 at Iona* 6:00 PM Sat. 27 at Iona* 6:00 PM March (0-0) Fri. 5 at Rider* 7:00 PM Sat. 6 at Rider* 7:00 PM TV // ESPN3/Watch ESPN 2021 MAAC Tournament - Atlantic City, NJ (March 9-13) PxP // Eddy Occhipinti Analyst // Steve Bazaz Home Games is BOLD CAPS *-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference games HAWKS QUICK NOTES Last Game: Starters Pos. # Name Class Ht. Wt. Notes G 25 Samuel Chaput Jr. 6’0” 175 Made first start of season yesterday G 3 Deion Hammond Sr. 6’4” 200 20+ points in each of first two games G 5 George Papas Sr. 6’5” 175 Tied MU 3-point record w/9 vs. Hof; 14 3’s in two games F 2 Melik Martin Sr. 6’6” 200 Career-high eight boards and five steals vs. Hofstra F 21 Nikkei Rutty Jr. 6’8” 225 Made first start of season yesterday Last Game: Off the Bench F 0 Myles Foster Fr. 6’7” 230 Made collegiate debut vs. Hofstra; one rebound G 1 Gob Gabriel So. 6’7” 175 Made season debut yesterday G 4 Donovann Toatley So. 5’9” 185 Netted 10 points yesterday in MU debut F 10 Jarvis Vaughan So. 6’9” 225 Knocked in FT line jumper in season debut yesterday ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS G 11 Mateo Delmoral Jr. 6’0” 170 Junior walk-on; played locally at Brookdale CC last yr. Assistant AD/Communications & New Media/ G 13 Marcus McClary Sr. 6’3” 195 Grabbed eight rebounds in yesterday’s win Men’s Basketball Contact: Gary Kowal G 14 Jack Holmstrom Fr. 6’5” 200 Made debut with four minutes vs. Hofstra 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 24 Myles Ruth Fr. 6’0” 150 5 points, four rebounds in yesterday’s win Press Row Phone: 732-571-3677 F 30 Klemen Vuga Fr. 6’9” 230 True freshman; dunked on first career touch 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 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP SCOUTING THE PEACOCKS Saint Peter’s comes in 4-3, and had a two game MAAC ALL-TIME SERIES wins streak snapped last night. Three Peacocks score SPU LEADS in double figures, with Fousseyni Drame, KC Ndefo 27-16 and Daryl Banks III scoring between 11.6 and 12.6 LAST MEETING: 12/18/20 points per game. MU 78, SPU 76 SAINT PETER’S HEAD COACH SHAHEEN HOLLOWAY The Peacocks lead the all-time series, with SPU Head Coach Shaheen Holloway is in his third sea- the teams tied in MAAC play since the Hawks son at the helm of the Peacocks, and is 32-34 overall. joined the league in 2013. The Blue and Previously a Seton Hall assistant, Holloway led SPU to a White knocked off the Peacocks last night. MAAC Tournament bye last season before knocking off Iona in the quarterfinals. MONMOUTH AT HOME Though there will be no fans in the stands, Monmouth has had success at the OceanFirst Bank Center, finishing last season 11-2. MU is 1-1 at home in 2020. SPU ON THE ROAD The Peacocks have yet to win a true road game from LAST TIME OUT this season, dropping road games at St. John’s and Monmouth 78, Saint Peter’s 76 Maryland before yesterday’s loss vs. MU, but they do December 18, 2020 have a neutral site victory over LaSalle at St. John’s. Team Points 1st place votes SERIES HISTORY IN MAAC PLAY Monmouth Head Coach King Rice won his 150th career game, 1: Arizona 406 18 Year Date Winner Score Site and Deion Hammond led the way with 22 points as the Hawks 2: California 378 9 2013-14 2/9/14 SPU 50-61 Jersey City, NJ held off Saint Peter’s Friday night, 78-76. SPU cut it to two 3: Utah 360 7 2013-14 2/22/14 SPU 51-61 West Long Branch, NJ quickly out of the break, but MU scored even in a row and 2014-15 1/14/15 SPU 61-62 [ot] West Long Branch, NJ used a 15-4 push to lead by 13, at 13:24. A George Papas (Jer- 4: Oregon 338 1 2014-15 2/19/15 Monmouth 63-58 Jersey City, NJ 5: UCLA 304 1 2015-16 1/30/16 Monmouth 73-57 West Long Branch, NJ sey City, NJ/Union Catholic) triple made it a 14-point lead at 2015-16 2/21/16 Monmouth 82-75 [ot] Jersey City, NJ 10:02, but the Peacocks took advantage of a 17-3 run to tie the 6: Oregon St. 235 0 2016-17 1/2/17 SPU 61-71 Jersey City, NJ game at 67 with 5:28 to go. In a tie game with just over three 7: Colorado 188 0 2016-17 2/3/17 Monmouth 71-70 [ot] West Long Branch, NJ 2017-18 12/31/17 SPU 64-77 Jersey City, NJ minutes left, senior Marcus McClary (Linden, NJ/The Patrick 8: Arizona State 165 0 2017-18 2/13/18 Monmouth 73-57 West Long Branch, NJ School) drilled a corner three to give the Hawks the lead for 9: Stanford 145 0 2017-18 3/1/18 SPU 58-60 Albany, NY good. Following freshman Myles Ruth’s (Hillside, NJ/Don Bos- 10: USC 111 0 2018-19 1/5/19 Monmouth 61-44 West Long Branch, NJ co Prep) three-point play at 1:43, Doug Edert cut it back to one 2018-19 2/7/19 Monmouth 53-51 Jersey City, NJ 11: Washington 96 0 2019-20 1/29/20 SPU 63-66 Jersey City, NJ with a three, but the Hawks got a stop on the final possession 12: Washington St. 65 0 2019-20 2/9/20 SPU 69-81 West Long Branch, NJ of the game to secure the victory. 2020-21 12/18/20 Monmouth 78-76 West Long Branch, NJ MU used an early 9-0 run to take an eight-point lead, capped by a Papas three, one of five on the night for the senior. Edert SERIES NOTES got hot for SPU, scoring nine straight points as the Peacocks -The teams have played 16 times as MAAC opponents, fought back and eventually took the lead on another Edert tri- and are tied 8-8. ple at 5:58. Following that make, MU scored 15 of the next 17, -Three of the 15 games have gone into overtime. including Donovann Toatley’s (Largo, MD/Riverdale Baptist -Overall, they have played 42 times, with SPU holding School/Chattanooga) first bucket as a Hawk and a Hammond a 27-15 advantage. -The teams are separated by 24 total points in 16 slam in transition, paving the way for MU to lead 40-32 at the MAAC games, an average of less than 2ppg. intermission. -King Rice picked up his 150th win as the Monmouth Head Coach. 20-21 MAAC STANDINGS -George Papas knocked in five threes and posted his second Team Overall MAAC consecutive game in double figures. 1. Monmouth 1-1 1-0 -Deion Hammond netted over 20 points for the second 2. Saint Peter’s 4-3 2-1 straight game to open the season, and now has 16 such games 3. Iona 3-3 2-1 in his career. 4. Marist 3-1 1-1 -Donovann Toatley made his Monmouth debut and scored his 5. Canisius 1-1 1-1 first game in double figures, netting a pair of triples. 6. Manhattan 1-1 1-1 -Marcus McClary became the second Hawk in as many games 7. Niagara 1-3 1-2 to grab eight rebounds (Melik Martin vs. Hofstra). 8. Rider 1-4 1-2 -Freshman Myles Ruth, who was on the floor in the final min- 9. Fairfield 1-6 1-2 utes, scored a career-high five points and added four rebounds, 10. Quinnipiac 2-2 0-0 two assists and two steals.