Bahar, Basile set marks as Monmouth tops Holy Cross 48-36
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Kenji Bahar threw for a career-high 324 yards with three touchdowns, Mike Basile had a career-high 19 tackles and Monmouth defeated Holy Cross 48-36 on Saturday.
Kamau Dumas also had an 89-yard punt return and 39-yard interception return for the Hawks (5-1). Dumas' punt return in the third quarter -- the first for Monmouth since 2011 -- made it 41-17 and his pick six with 4:54 to play sealed the win.
Bahar completed 23 of 31 passes with Reggie White Jr. catching nine for 137 yards and touchdowns covering 13 and 3 yards. Michael Jolly ran for 119 yards on six carries and Erik Zokouri had two 1-yard TD plunges.
A week after setting the school record for career tackles, Basile added 17 solo stops with two assists -- pushing his career total to 377 -- and forced a fumble.
Holy Cross' Peter Pujals completed 36 of 63 passes to 13 different for 509 yards -- breaking his school record by one yard -- and four touchdowns and ran for another for the Crusaders (2-4). Three of the touchdowns came in the fourth quarter.
Monmouth finished with 514 yards and Holy Cross 630.
Game Information
2024 Coastal Athletic Association Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Delaware | 1-0 | 4-0 |
Stony Brook | 1-0 | 4-1 |
Villanova | 1-0 | 4-1 |
William & Mary | 1-0 | 4-1 |
New Hampshire | 1-0 | 3-1 |
Rhode Island | 1-0 | 3-1 |
Monmouth | 1-0 | 3-2 |
Richmond | 1-0 | 3-2 |
Maine | 1-1 | 3-2 |
Hampton | 0-1 | 3-2 |
Bryant | 0-1 | 1-3 |
Towson | 0-1 | 1-3 |
UAlbany | 0-1 | 1-3 |
Elon | 0-1 | 1-4 |
North Carolina A&T | 0-1 | 1-4 |
Campbell | 0-2 | 2-3 |
2024 Patriot League Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Bucknell | 1-0 | 3-2 |
Georgetown | 0-0 | 3-2 |
Lafayette | 0-0 | 2-2 |
Colgate | 0-0 | 1-4 |
Holy Cross | 0-0 | 1-4 |
Fordham | 0-0 | 0-5 |
Lehigh | 0-1 | 3-2 |