Rice's 21 lead Monmouth over Towson 51-43 in CAA opener

AP
Jan 04, 2024

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) Xander Rice scored 21 points as Monmouth beat Towson 51-43 on Thursday night in the Coastal Athletic Conference opener for both teams.

Rice shot 5 for 13 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) and 10 of 11 from the free throw line for the Hawks (8-6). Jaret Valencia scored nine points while shooting 4 of 7 from the field and 1 for 4 from the line, and added three blocks. Jack Collins had six points and shot 3 for 11, including 0 for 6 from beyond the arc.

The Tigers (7-7) were led in scoring by Christian May, who finished with 12 points. Dylan Williamson added seven points and four assists for Towson.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
TOWS
Tigers
20
MONM
Hawks
21

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Charles Thompson vs. Nikita Konstantynovskyi (Hawks gains possession)
19:47		Jaret Valencia misses two point jump shot
19:45		Tomiwa Sulaiman defensive rebound
19:23		Dylan Williamson misses two point jump shot
19:21		Nikita Konstantynovskyi defensive rebound
18:57		Nikita Konstantynovskyi turnover (bad pass) (Tomiwa Sulaiman steals)
18:33		Nendah Tarke misses two point jump shot
18:31		Charles Thompson offensive rebound
18:26		Charles Thompson misses two point layup
18:24		Nikita Konstantynovskyi defensive rebound
18:18	+2	Jaret Valencia makes two point dunk (Xander Rice assists)	0-2
17:56	+3	Nendah Tarke makes three point jump shot (Charles Thompson assists)	3-2
17:28	+2	Jakari Spence makes two point jump shot	3-4
17:03		Jack Collins personal foul (Christian May draws the foul)
16:49		Jaret Valencia blocks Nendah Tarke's two point layup
16:47		Jakari Spence defensive rebound
16:44		Jack Collins misses two point layup
16:42		Charles Thompson defensive rebound
16:32		Christian May misses three point jump shot
16:30		Xander Rice defensive rebound
16:16		Nikita Konstantynovskyi misses two point layup
16:14		Nendah Tarke defensive rebound
16:00		Christian May turnover (bad pass) (Jakari Spence steals)
15:50		Jack Collins misses three point jump shot
15:48		Christian May defensive rebound
15:34		Messiah Jones misses two point layup
15:32		Charles Thompson offensive rebound
15:24		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
15:22		Jaret Valencia defensive rebound
15:13		Jaret Valencia misses three point jump shot
15:08		Tigers defensive rebound
15:11		TV timeout
14:48		Tyler Tejada misses three point jump shot
14:46		Dylan Williamson offensive rebound
14:25	+2	Dylan Williamson makes two point jump shot	5-4
14:09		Chase Paar blocks Nikita Konstantynovskyi's two point layup
14:07		Nikita Konstantynovskyi offensive rebound
14:01		Nikita Konstantynovskyi misses two point layup
13:59		Dylan Williamson defensive rebound
13:56		Nikita Konstantynovskyi personal foul
13:50		Christian May misses three point jump shot
13:48		Jaret Valencia defensive rebound
13:43	+2	Xander Rice makes two point layup (Jaret Valencia assists)	5-6
13:43		Mekhi Lowery shooting foul (Xander Rice draws the foul)
13:43	+1	Xander Rice makes regular free throw 1 of 1	5-7
13:14		Charles Thompson turnover (bad pass) (Jack Collins steals)
13:05		Abdi Bashir Jr. misses three point jump shot
13:03		Mekhi Lowery defensive rebound
12:58		Klemen Vuga blocks Christian May's two point layup
12:56		Tigers offensive rebound
12:47		Tyler Tejada misses two point jump shot
12:45		Klemen Vuga defensive rebound
12:33		Abdi Bashir Jr. misses two point jump shot
12:31		Tyler Tejada defensive rebound
12:13		Tyler Tejada misses two point layup
12:12		Tomiwa Sulaiman offensive rebound
12:12		Cornelius Robinson Jr. personal foul (Tomiwa Sulaiman draws the foul)
11:53	+2	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes two point layup	7-7
11:38		Cornelius Robinson Jr. misses two point jump shot
11:36		Charles Thompson defensive rebound
11:26		Nendah Tarke misses three point jump shot
11:24		Abdi Bashir Jr. defensive rebound
11:16	+2	Cornelius Robinson Jr. makes two point layup (Xander Rice assists)	7-9
10:57		Tomiwa Sulaiman offensive foul
10:57		Tomiwa Sulaiman turnover (offensive foul)
10:57		TV timeout
10:30		Chase Paar personal foul (Xander Rice draws the foul)
10:14		Xander Rice misses three point jump shot
10:12		Cornelius Robinson Jr. offensive rebound
10:12		Messiah Jones personal foul (Cornelius Robinson Jr. draws the foul)
10:03		Klemen Vuga turnover (traveling)
9:38		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
9:36		Christian May offensive rebound
9:30		Christian May misses two point jump shot
9:28		Xander Rice defensive rebound
9:18	+2	Abdi Bashir Jr. makes two point jump shot	7-11
9:00		Dylan Williamson turnover (bad pass)
8:42	+2	Xander Rice makes two point layup	7-13
8:15	+3	Messiah Jones makes three point jump shot (Dylan Williamson assists)	10-13
7:51		Nikita Konstantynovskyi misses two point layup
7:49		Charles Thompson defensive rebound
7:42		TV timeout
7:34		Tyler Tejada misses two point layup
7:32		Charles Thompson offensive rebound
7:23	+3	Tyler Tejada makes three point jump shot (Dylan Williamson assists)	13-13
7:13		Nikita Konstantynovskyi turnover (lost ball) (Tyler Tejada steals)
7:08	+2	Tyler Tejada makes two point layup	15-13
6:46		Jaret Valencia turnover (lost ball) (Nendah Tarke steals)
6:42		Abdi Bashir Jr. shooting foul (Tomiwa Sulaiman draws the foul)
6:42	+1	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-13
6:42	+1	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-13
6:22		Charles Thompson blocks Nikita Konstantynovskyi's two point layup
6:21		Hawks offensive rebound
6:17		Abdi Bashir Jr. misses three point jump shot
6:15		Charles Thompson defensive rebound
5:58		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
5:56		Abdi Bashir Jr. defensive rebound
5:43		Nikita Konstantynovskyi misses two point jump shot
5:41		Tomiwa Sulaiman defensive rebound
5:27		Nendah Tarke misses two point layup
5:25		Hawks defensive rebound
5:03		Mekhi Lowery blocks Xander Rice's three point jump shot
5:02		Hawks offensive rebound
4:58		Christian May blocks Jakari Spence's two point jump shot
4:56		Christian May defensive rebound
4:42		Messiah Jones turnover (bad pass) (Jakari Spence steals)
4:37	+2	Jaret Valencia makes two point dunk (Jakari Spence assists)	17-15
4:14		Jaret Valencia blocks Tyler Tejada's two point layup
4:12		Nikita Konstantynovskyi defensive rebound
4:04		Jack Collins misses three point jump shot
4:02		Tyler Tejada defensive rebound
3:43		Chase Paar misses two point layup
3:41		Jack Collins defensive rebound
3:29		Chase Paar blocks Xander Rice's two point layup
3:27		Chase Paar defensive rebound
3:05		Tyler Tejada turnover (traveling)
3:05		TV timeout
2:47	+2	Nikita Konstantynovskyi makes two point layup	17-17
2:47		Christian May shooting foul (Nikita Konstantynovskyi draws the foul)
2:47	+1	Nikita Konstantynovskyi makes regular free throw 1 of 1	17-18
2:34	+3	Dylan Williamson makes three point jump shot (Nendah Tarke assists)	20-18
2:07		Abdi Bashir Jr. turnover (out of bounds)
1:50		Tyler Tejada misses three point jump shot
1:48		Jakari Spence defensive rebound
1:39		Jack Collins misses three point jump shot
1:36		Hawks offensive rebound
1:34		Jaret Valencia misses two point jump shot
1:32		Nendah Tarke defensive rebound
1:07		Tyler Tejada turnover (bad pass) (Jaret Valencia steals)
1:01	+2	Jakari Spence makes two point layup	20-20
0:59		Tigers 30 second timeout
0:53		Jaret Valencia blocks Christian May's three point jump shot
0:51		Jakari Spence defensive rebound
0:48		Jakari Spence turnover (bad pass)
0:24		Nendah Tarke misses three point jump shot
0:22		Charles Thompson offensive rebound
0:22		Jaret Valencia shooting foul (Charles Thompson draws the foul)
0:22		Charles Thompson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:22		Charles Thompson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:22		Nikita Konstantynovskyi defensive rebound
0:03		Charles Thompson shooting foul (Jaret Valencia draws the foul)
0:03	+1	Jaret Valencia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-21
0:03		Jaret Valencia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:03		Christian May defensive rebound
0:00		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
0:00		End of period

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Rice's 21 lead Monmouth over Towson 51-43 in CAA opener

1st Half
TOWS
Tigers
20
MONM
Hawks
21

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Rice's 21 lead Monmouth over Towson 51-43 in CAA opener

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TOWS
Tigers
20
MONM
Hawks
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