Hempstead, NY - The Hofstra men's basketball team will make the trek to Philadelphia on Monday when the Pride takes on Drexel in a special nationally-televised Martin Luther King Jr. Day contest against the Dragons. The game will be the 100th all-time meeting in the longtime rivalry with Drexel. 

Tip-off from the Daskalakis Athletic Center is slated for 3 p.m. 

The game will air on CBS Sports Network with Fran Charles and Chris Walker on the call. WRHU will also have an audio-only broadcast available on the HAWC. Links to all, including the live statistics, can be found on this page and on the men's basketball schedule page on GoHofstra.com. 

Hofstra will bring a 10-8 overall record and a 2-3 conference mark into Monday's contest. The Pride is coming off a narrow 65-60 loss at Towson this past Thursday. Hofstra placed three players in double figures as Jean Aranguren had 14, Michael Graham tallied 12, and TJ Gadsden chipped in with 11. 

Drexel has an identical 10-8 and 2-3 CAA record heading into the contest. The Dragons have lost two straight, including a 65-54 setback against Elon on Thursday. Kobe Magee had 17 points for Drexel in that game, while Jason Drake added 15. 

Hofstra is 51-48 all-time against Drexel and the Pride has won five of the last six and 13 of the last 15 meetings between the teams. The series is Hofstra's second-most played opponent all-time, only bested by Delaware (103). The series began during the 1958-59 campaign.