Monmouth senior Deon Jones stunned everyone Sunday afternoon when he returned to the Hawks’ starting lineup after missing five games with a broken hand. But the return may not have happened without another injury at the game’s highest level. Continue reading “Russell Westbrook Helped Deon Jones Return To The Court”
ALBANY, N.Y. — Fairfield came out with energy early, but Monmouth overpowered them in the first MAAC semifinal game at the Times Union Center to take a 76-63 victory on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading “Monmouth 76, Fairfield 63: Hawks Run Past Running Stags”
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – There were several reasons Monmouth University men’s basketball coach King Rice was all smiles as he took his seat facing reporters and a battery of tape recorders and microphones late Friday night inside the Multi Purpose Activity Center. Continue reading “Monmouth 79, Rider 58: Hawks Clinch MAAC Title”
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Thunderous boos from a packed Monmouth University student section greeted the Iona College men’s basketball team as it took the floor Friday night at the Multipurpose Activity Center on the Monmouth campus. Continue reading “Early Runs Boosts Iona Past Monmouth”
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Just a little more than 10 minutes remained in the first half Monday night when guard Thomas Capuano of the Manhattan College basketball team ran in front of Monmouth University forward Deon Jones. Continue reading “Monmouth 79, Manhattan 70: Hawks Hold Off Jaspers, But Lose Deon Jones”
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ. – Junior guard Justin Robinson of the Monmouth University men’s basketball team said he was frustrated when he failed to score 1,000 career points at Kingston, N.Y. High School. Continue reading “Monmouth 85, Siena 69: Robinson Eclipses 1,000 As Hawks Handle Saints”
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – It was a day when junior point guard Justin Robinson was merely magical for the Monmouth University men’s basketball team. Continue reading “Monmouth Finally Defeats Quinnipiac In MAAC Play”
Monmouth held off a late surge from Canisius Saturday afternoon to earn a 60-54 win over the Golden Griffins and move on to the MAAC semifinals Sunday afternoon. Justin Robinson proved his worth as an all-MAAC first team member, leading four Hawks in double figures with 16 points. Continue reading “Monmouth Earns First Playoff Win For King Rice”
James Ford Jr. had the best game of his Quinnipiac career Thursday evening. The junior guard poured in a career-high 18 points thanks in large part to a 4-8 mark from beyond the arc in the Bobcats’ 72-52 rout of Monmouth. Continue reading “Role Players Step Up In Quinnipiac’s Rout of Monmouth”
After burying Quinnipiac in a barrage of second half three-pointers Tuesday night at the Hynes Center, the assembled media grilled consensus MAAC favorite Iona about the pressure of being the league leader. David Laury did his best to dance around the loaded questions, and showed his veteran leadership by being tremendously diplomatic.
“We definitely have a chance to establish ourselves, but this is the MAAC,” Laury said. “This conference is a great conference. On any given night, anyone could lose. You can’t just say it’s Iona and everyone else in the conference, there’s great teams in the conference.”
Continue reading “Can Monmouth (Or Anyone) Stay With Iona In MAAC Race?”
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