Drexel falls to Monmouth, remains winless

For 20 minutes, Bruiser Flint thought his team might have figured it out.

Felled by self-inflicted wounds in two losses to start the season, his Drexel Dragons held a high-flying Monmouth offense to 35 percent shooting in the first half of Saturday's 82-74 loss at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.

Drexel forward Rodney Williams had 10 points on four shots in the first half, and Flint's offense was humming, shooting 50 percent from the field.

And then, without warning, the mistakes came, swift and unforgiving.

A pair of wide-open three-point looks for Monmouth's Micah Seaborn. Three turnovers in the last five minutes of the game. A whopping 10 missed free throws.

For Flint, there was no way to sugarcoat it.

"We just imploded," he said, exasperated after the game. "We've done that. We pick a few minutes to implode, and we do it. And [Monmouth is] good enough to take advantage of that, and they did."

Monmouth (2-1) capitalized on each second-half miscue with precision. The Hawks knocked down 18 of 26 second-half field-goal attempts, pouring in 51 points with relative ease.

Monmouth's Justin Robinson scored 20 points in the second half to power his team.

Once known as an arbiter of lockdown defense, Flint's team is allowing 79.7 points per game through three contests this year, all losses.

Robinson scored almost at will after the break, hitting 7 of 8 shots in the final 20 minutes.

And Seaborn, a freshman, was left standing alone at the arc on multiple occasions.

"In the second half, we were just leaving guys wide open," Flint said. "It wasn't even like they ran a play or something. It was just, 'Yo, I'm by myself.' And we've been playing like that."

After another collapse, Flint was left with more questions than answers.

"Last year I knew we were going to have our problems. This year? I don't get it.

"We've got guys out there that should be understanding what they're doing and have played. I don't get it this year. I don't get it."