Hempstead, NY - The Hofstra men's basketball team will make the trek to the City of Brotherly Love to take on Drexel on Thursday evening.
Tip-off from the Daskalakis Athletic Center is slated for 7 p.m.
The game will air on FloHoops and WRHU (88.7 FM) will have an audio-only broadcast on the Hofstra Athletics Web Channel. Links to both broadcasts, as well as the live statistics, can be found on this page and on the men's basketball schedule page at GoHofstra.com.
Hofstra brings a 15-9 overall record and a 7-4 Colonial Athletic Association mark into the meeting with Drexel, while the Dragons are 11-10 and 6-5 in the league.
The Pride is coming off a thrilling 73-71 win over UNCW on Monday evening as junior
Aaron Estrada led the way with 23 points and seven rebounds, while sophomore
Darlinstone Dubar tallied 20 points, and graduate student
Zach Cooks added 16.
Drexel defeated James Madison, 72-66, on Monday as Camren Wynter had 27 points, six rebounds, and six assists for the Dragons.
Hofstra is 48-47 all-time against Drexel in a series that began during the 1958-59 campaign. Hofstra won the first-ever meeting, 70-64, in the Middle Atlantic Championships. The Pride won this season's first meeting, 71-68, in Hempstead back on January 17. Heading into Thursday's meeting, the Hofstra/Drexel series ranks as the Pride's second-most played opponent all-time as the two schools have met 95 times. Hofstra has only faced one team more as the Pride has met Delaware 98 times. Hofstra has won 10 of the last 11 in the series with the Dragons.