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BRIDGEPORT, CONN. – Deon Jones (Wilmington, Del./Sanford School) scored a game-high 18 points, and Zac Tillman (Yeadon, Pa./Shipley School) tallied a season-best 14 points, while Justin Robinson (Lake Katrine, N.Y./Kingston), who went 8-for-8 from the free throw line in the final four minutes, en route to 12 points, led Monmouth to a 60-59 victory over Fairfield at Webster Bank Arena in Metro Atla

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Deon Jones (Wilmington, Del./Sanford School) and Justin Robinson (Lake Katrine, N.Y./Kingston) combined for 32 points, six rebounds and six assists, but Monmouth, which had won five straight road games, fell at Manhattan College on Sunday afternoon, 71-64, in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action in Draddy Gymnasium.

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Monmouth’s defense, which held Niagara to just 19.0% shooting from the floor in the first half, helped pace the Hawks to a 69-58 victory over the Purple Eagles in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action on Friday night in the MAC. The Hawks, who have limited eight opponents on the year in the 50’s, improve to 11-9 overall and 7-2 in the MAAC.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Monmouth University shot a season-best 56.3% from the field as the Hawks defeated Penn 71-56 on Wednesday night in the Palestra, highlighted by Deon Jones’ (Wilmington, Del./Sanford School) game-high 17 points and six rebounds.

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – Monmouth, which trailed by 11 three times in the first half, rallied from a seven-point hole with 6:43 left in the game behind a 12-2 run, to claim a 55-54 victory at Rider University on Monday night in Alumni Gym in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action.

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – In a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference contest that featured eight ties and 14 lead changes, Monmouth dropped its first league game of the season, as Quinnipiac escaped the MAC with a 68-64 victory on Friday night. Monmouth, which was led by Justin Robinson’s (Lake Katrine, N.Y./Kingston) 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists, falls to 7-8 overall and 4-1 in the MAAC.

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. – Monmouth University moved to 4-0 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action with its third league road win behind a 66-50 victory over Niagara University on Sunday afternoon at the Gallagher Center.

Led by four players in double-figures, Monmouth rallied from a 13-point first half deficit to storm back to capture a 73-68 victory at Canisius in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play on Friday night at the Koessler Athletic Center.

On the surface, sophomore Mike Nyisztor and junior Pat Marinaccio lack the big-game, varsity experience that many other players throughout the WOBM Christmas Classic field have, but in many ways, games like the one in which they played on Tuesday night are in their blood.

The WOBM Christmas Classic served as a launching pad last season for the Manasquan girls basketball team, which won the Shore Conference Tournament and was one win away from an NJSIAA Tournament of Champions title.

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Rutgers needed a jump shot from senior Myles Mack at the buzzer to escape Monmouth with a 59-58 victory over the Hawks on Sunday afternoon in front of a sell-out crowd in the MAC.

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. - Brice Kofane (Yaounde, Cameroon/Miller School/Providence) established a new career-high with 13 points, while Andrew Nicholas (Wrightsville, Pa./Eastern York) added seven points, five rebounds and two steals, but Monmouth University dropped a non-conference contest to St. Francis Brooklyn 71-46, on Tuesday night in the MAC.