Niagara Purple Eagles at Monmouth Hawks
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
68 - 77
68 - 77
Monmouth clinches MAAC title outright, beats Niagara 77-68
The Hawks (25-6, 17-3) have won 11 of their last 12, and will play the winner of Thursday's Rider-Quinnipiac game in the conference tournament quarterfinals Friday night.
Niagara (7-24, 5-15) has lost three straight, and enters as the 10th seed, facing Canisius in a first-round game Thursday.
Je'lon Hornbeak and Collin Stewart added 12 points apiece, and Diago Quinn grabbed 16 rebounds and chipped in six points for the Hawks.
Emile Blackman scored 22 points and Marvin Prochet had 10 points and 13 rebounds to lead Niagara. Chris Barton had 11 points and six assists.
Monmouth had a 12-point lead midway through the second half. Niagara pulled to 68-66 with 2:48 left but did not get closer.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 68 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Chris Barton missed Three Point Jumper. | 68 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:08 | Daniel Pillari made Free Throw. | 68 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:08 | Daniel Pillari made Free Throw. | 68 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:08 | Foul on Chris Barton. | 68 - 75 |
Statistics
 NIA |
 MONM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 17-56 | FG | 23-74 |
| 30 | Field Goal % | 31 |
| 6-26 | 3PT | 9-39 |
| 23 | Three Point % | 23 |
| 28-31 | FT | 22-28 |
| 90 | Free Throw % | 79 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 9 | Assists | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 18 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 23 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 14 | Points in Paint | 28 |
| 20 | Fouls | 19 |
| 3 | Largest Lead | 12 |
Game Information
Venue: OceanFirst Bank Center
Location: West Long Branch, NJ
Attendance: 4,172 | Capacity:
Location: West Long Branch, NJ
Attendance: 4,172 | Capacity:
2025-26 Metro Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimack | 17-3 | - | 23-11 |
| Saint Peter's | 14-6 | 3 | 17-12 |
| Siena | 13-7 | 4 | 23-12 |
| Marist | 12-8 | 5 | 19-12 |
| Quinnipiac | 12-8 | 5 | 19-13 |
| Fairfield | 11-9 | 6 | 21-13 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 11-9 | 6 | 15-17 |
| Iona | 10-10 | 7 | 18-14 |
| Sacred Heart | 9-11 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Manhattan | 8-12 | 9 | 12-20 |
| Canisius | 5-15 | 12 | 10-21 |
| Niagara | 5-15 | 12 | 8-22 |
| Rider | 3-17 | 14 | 4-25 |
2025-26 Coastal Athletic Association Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNC Wilmington | 15-3 | - | 27-7 |
| Charleston | 14-4 | 1 | 21-11 |
| Hofstra | 12-6 | 3 | 24-11 |
| Monmouth | 11-7 | 4 | 19-15 |
| William & Mary | 10-8 | 5 | 20-12 |
| Drexel | 10-8 | 5 | 17-16 |
| Towson | 9-9 | 6 | 19-15 |
| Stony Brook | 9-9 | 6 | 17-15 |
| Campbell | 8-10 | 7 | 16-18 |
| Hampton | 7-11 | 8 | 13-19 |
| Elon | 6-12 | 9 | 14-18 |
| North Carolina A&T | 4-14 | 11 | 11-19 |
| Northeastern | 2-16 | 13 | 7-24 |