Monmouth Ends Regular Season on High Note

Wow, what a game last night! LIU Brooklyn came to West Long Branch already having clinched the #1 seed in the NEC tournament, but they wanted to win. They played their starters. They lost by 28 points.

The Hawks wanted to beat these guys. They were embarrassed by them earlier in the season at Brooklyn, and they got revenge.

I can't imagine a better way for the Senior class to end their Monmouth careers. Mike Myers Keitt was the game's leading scorer and had the exclamation point dunk to put the Hawks up 30 and nearly explode the roof off of the MAC. Will Campbell scored 14 points and Phill Wait had 6 points and 6 boards.

Freshman Andrew Nicholas, aka Red, is gonna be a stud. Against the best team in the conference, he looked like the most confident player on the court and scored 18 points. He also had a nice drive to the basket and one-handed slam late in the game.

After dominating the top seed in the conference, the Hawks have to feel great going into the tournament. They start up against Robert Morris Thursday in Pennsylvania. Last time the teams met, Monmouth had them beat, lost the lead, and lost in overtime. Velton Jones put RMU on his back and scored 35 points in that game.

Monmouth is the hottest team in the NEC, and have a chance to do something special in King Rice's first season as head coach.