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The Game
This is the first meeting between Stonehill and Texas A&M-Commerce. The Skyhawks have never faced off against a Southland Conference opponent. The Lions made the transition to Division I the same year that Stonehill did, making the jump from the DII Lone Star Conference to the SLC in 2022-23. The Skyhawks enter Monday's meeting having lost three straight games on the road, falling at No. 6 UConn, Saint Joseph's, and No. 17 Kentucky. The Skyhawks and Lions play in the finale of the Wildcat Challenge hosted by Kentucky as Texas A&M-Commerce currently sits at 1-1 in the round robin style tournament, losing to the host Wildcats before defeating Saint Joseph's on Friday.

Media Information
Monday night's game will be broadcasted digitally on ESPN+ with Greg Higgins (play-by-play) and Justin Walker (analyst) calling the action for the Lions.

Last Time Out
LEXINGTON, Ky. (November 17, 2023) – The No. 17 ranked Kentucky Wildcats hosted Stonehill men's basketball at Rupp Arena Friday night as the Skyhawks fell 101-67 in the second of three Wildcat Challenge contests. The Skyhawks were led on the offensive end by sophomore Tony Felder (Brockton, Mass.) and graduate student Max Zegarowski (South Hamilton, Mass.) as the pair tallied 15 points each. Senior Jackson Benigni (East Hampton, Conn.) notched a game-high four steals which also set a new career-high for the guard. Kentucky's Reed Sheppard led all scorers with 25 points off the bench, making nine of his ten shot attempts and seven of his eight three-pointers. He was also a game-high +42 on the court while his seven assists were tied for a game-high mark. Rob Dillingham also had seven assists for the Wildcats while netting 20 points on a 70% shooting percentage.Four different Wildcats recorded a game-high five rebounds in the win.

Preseason Prognostications
Stonehill was picked to finish ninth in its first Northeast Conference season by the league's head coaches before they finished in a tie for second place as they went 10-6. This season, they were voted to finish in sixth place, three spots higher after their strong debut to the NEC in 2022-23.  

Tough Slate
Stonehill has picked up where it left off last season when it comes to assembling a  tough non-conference slate, featuring three pre-season ranked opponents and two of the NCAA Final Four teams from this past March. They'll take on teams from the Big East  (1 - #5 UConn), ACC (1 - #12 Miami), SEC (1 - #17 Kentucky), Big Ten (1 - Rutgers), A-10 (2- Saint Joseph's (Pa.), George Washington), Patriot League (1 - Army), America East (3 - UMass Lowell, Binghamton, New Hampshire), and the MAAC (2 - Quinnipiac, Rider) leading up to their second season of NEC play. 11 of the Skyhawks 15 non-conference games will be played on the road.

Ranked Rigor
Stonehill enters the season with three nationally ranked opponents from the AP/Coaches Preseason Poll, No. 6 UConn, No. 13 Miami, and No. 16 Kentucky. Entering the 2023-24 season, the Skyhawks had never faced a nationally ranked Division I opponent in its programs history.

In Transition
Stonehill announced it had accepted an invitation to join the Northeast Conference and commence a four-year transition to full NCAA Division I membership on April 5, 2022. The Skyhawks started their four-year transition on July 1, 2022, and will earn full NCAA Division I membership in 2026-27. At the June NEC meetings, the Conference presidents announced a shift in the waiting period for automatic qualifier sports from competing for NEC postseason championships from four to two years, making Stonehill eligible to compete in the NEC postseason starting this year, in 2023-24.

Proud History
Stonehill won the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup six times, finishing in the top three in the final standings 15 of the last 17 years. Stonehill was one of just ten institutions nationwide to receive the NCAA Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Achievement, recognizing athletic departments with an Academic Success rating of 90-percent or better, in each of the first ten years of the program's existence. The College ranks No. 98 in the category of National Liberal Arts Schools by U.S. News & World Report and No. 94 in the Best Value category.

Hoop History
Stonehill men's basketball earned 15 NCAA Division II Tournament bids over its history, the last was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Stonehill was a charter member of the Northeast-10 Conference, winning the first two tournament championships in 1981 and '82, finishing its time in the Conference with four postseason titles and six regular season championships.

Getting Social
Fans and media members of Stonehill Athletics have multiple social media outlets to get updates on all 23 varsity programs. The department's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/stonehillskyhawks, and you can also follow @GoStonehill on Twitter and @stonehillskyhawks via Instagram! You can also search for Stonehill men's basketball on Facebook, follow the team's Twitter account via @StonehillBball as well as head coach Chris Kraus @CoachChrisKraus, and its new Instagram feed @stonehillbball. 

Up Next
Stonehill wraps up its five-game road trip on Sunday, Nov. 26 at Quinnipiac in a non-conference matchup at 2 p.m. from M&T Bank Arena in Hamden, Connecticut.