Red-hot Monmouth (4-20 SU, 9-15 ATS, 3-8 CAA) travels to Long Island to face Stony Brook (8-16 SU, 12-10 ATS, 4-7 CAA) on Wednesday night at 6:30pmET from Island Federal Credit Union Arena.
These teams met on Jan. 5 with Stony Brook winning 67-56 from New Jersey. Frankie Policelli led the Seawolves with 17 points, while Tyler Stephenson-Moore and Kaine Roberts added 15 points apiece.
We can joke about how bad Monmouth was when they first joined the CAA and opened up at 0-8 in the league. Now, they are 3-8 after beating North Carolina A&T by 15 on the road, Delaware by eight at home and Drexel by two at home on Saturday. In the Drexel win, Tahron Allen led the Hawks with 19 points, while Myles Foster added 15 points and seven rebounds. The Hawks shot 45% from the field and took just nine 3-pointers, making. But they took care of the ball, committing just five turnovers. They forced 10 from the Dragons, though Drexel shot 47% from the field and shot 9-of-25 (36%) from long range. They were also outrebounded by eight, but they found a way to win at home.
Came down to the final seconds. @MonmouthBBall got it done in crunch time.#FlyHawks ?? pic.twitter.com/AY3IOEKamF
— Monmouth Hawks (@MonmouthHawks) February 4, 2023
Monmouth (353 KenPom) is not going to rank well in most categories. In the CAA, they rank 13th and last in free throw percentage (63.8%), field goal defense (47%), three-point percentage (27.3%), three-point defense (37.5%), 3-point field goals made per game (4.08) and 12th in rebounding margin (-4.58). What they do well is hit the offensive glass where they average 11.17 per game to rank third in the CAA.
Foster, a 6-7, 240-pound forward, leads the Hawks with 12.4 points and 6.5 rebounds on 44.7% shooting, but is converting just 56.2% of his free throws.
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