Game 8
Monmouth Hawks (3-4, 1-0 MAAC)
vs. Iona Gaels (4-2, 0-0 MAAC)
• Sunday, December 7, 2014 • 4:30 p.m.
• West Long Branch, N.J. | the MAC

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Monmouth-Iona Series History:
• Sunday's game marks just the fifth all-time meeting between Monmouth and Iona, and the third contest as members of the MAAC.
• Iona leads the all-time series 4-0, which began during the 1982-83 season.
• The two schools met once each during the 82-83 and 84-85 campaigns.
• Iona, the 2014 MAAC Regular Season Champions at 17-3, won both meetings last season, by an average of 18.5 points.

Fast Fact:
• As of Dec. 4th, Monmouth ranks 58th in the nation in score defense (59.6 ppg), while Iona ranks 10th in the NCAA in scoring offense (86.2 ppg) and second in 3FGs per game (12.0).

Blue & White Bits:
• Monmouth, under fourth year head coach King Rice, embarks on its second season in the highly competitive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

• Monmouth was selected sixth in this year's Preseason MAAC Coaches Poll, while junior guard Deon Jones was named to the Preseason All-MAAC Third Team.

• Senior guard Andrew Nicholas became the 20th player in Monmouth's Divsion I history to score 1,000 career points behind his 24-point performance against Towson (11/23), in which he tied a career-high with six made three-pointers.

• Last season, the Hawks came back from double-digit deficits in six of their wins on the year.

• The guard duo of Jones and Andrew Nicholas combined for 939 points last season, which tied for the sixth-highest combined single-season point total in program history.

• In 2014-15, Monmouth returns 88.9% of its scoring (1964/2208) from a season ago, and 82.0% of its minutes played.

• The Hawks return their top six scorers from last year's 11-21 team.

• Monmouth's returning sophomores combined for 77 starts, 833 points (26.0 ppg), 223 assists (6.9 apg) and 402 rebounds (12.6 rpg) as rookies in the Blue & White.

• Through seven games, including three at high-majors (West Virginia, Maryland, SMU), Monmouth is allowing just 59.6 points per game to the opposition, including three at 50 points exactly. Last season, opponents scored at a 73.1 ppg clip against the Hawks.

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