Published Dec 14, 2015
Particulars: Monmouth
Ron Bailey
HoyaReport.com Publisher
December 14, 2015 - Tomorrow, Georgetown faces a huge test when the Hawks of Monmouth (6-3) swoop into Verizon Center in search of picking off another high major foe - they previously downed UCLA, USC and Notre Dame this season. Head coach King Rice has his team soaring.
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Tip-off is 730P, our real time, in-game chat thread will as always be entertaining/informative, TV viewers can tune into Fox Sports 1 and radio listeners should access 106.7 FM for the broadcast of Rich Chvotkin, calling his 1,302nd Hoya game!
Junior guard Justin Robinson paces Monmouth with 21.3 points per game, while freshman guard Micah Seaborn joins him in double figure scoring (14.7 ppg). Their backcourt mate, senior Deon Jones puts in 8.3 points while pacing the Hawks with 6.9 caroms each contest.
Georgetown (6-3), coached by John Thompson III goes into tomorrow's game having won five consecutive games. Senior guard D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera leads the squad, scoring 16 points per game, good for fifth in the BIG EAST. He also owns that position amongst league assisters (4.1 apg), and is chief on the Blue and Gray in that regard. Just 10 more points will propel him to ninth on Georgetown's all time points list.
A trio of other Hoyas log double digit points: Isaac Copeland (11.8 ppg), Bradley Hayes (11.4) and L.J. Peak (10), a sophomore forward, senior center and second year guard, respectively, are those players. Hayes pulls down more caroms (6.9) than any other Blue and Gray player.
Coming Tuesday soon is a rundown of what to expect from Monmouth, informed by this writer's observation and input from a Division I coach who is well aware of what the Hawks do.