Feb. 10, 2004
MONARCH GAME NOTESCurrent Record: 13-8CAA Record: 8-4
HEAD COACH:Blaine Taylor (Montana '81)Career Record: 180-103 (.635) in nine yearsRecord at ODU: 38-39 (2 years)Record at Montana: 142-65 (7 years) 1991-1998
MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERSF 10 John Waller, 6-4, Sr, Richmond, VA. 13.8 ppg/ 5.3 rpgF 40 Alex Loughton, 6-9, So, Perth, Australia, 16.6 ppg/ 8.7 rpgF 31 Arnaud Dahi, 6-7, Fr., Ivory Coast 9.8 ppg/ 5.6 rpgG 13 Troy Nance, 5-9, Sr, Virginia Beach, VA. 4.0 ppg/ 4.4 apgG 1 Isaiah Hunter, 6-2, So, Charlotte, NC, 12.1 ppg/ 3.2 rpg
OFF THE BENCHG 2 Drew Williamson, 6-0, Fr, Burlington, NC., 3.3 ppg/ 2.8 apgF 4 T.J. Waldon, 6-4, So., Lakeland, FL. 2.1 ppg/ 1.6 rpgG 11 Abdi Lidonde, 6-2, Fr, Sutton, MA. 1.6 ppg/ 0.8 rpgF 42 Valdas Vasylius, 6-7, Fr., Klaipeda, Lithuania 7.3 ppg/3.8 rpgF 24 Kiah Thomas, 6-4, Jr., Norfolk, VA., 4.1 ppg/ 2.3 rpgC 55 Janko Mrksic, 6-10, So., Stoney Creek, Ontario, 0.5 ppg/ 1.3 rpg
TONIGHT'S OFFICIALDuke Edsall, Ray Natili, William Humes
SERIES VS. JAMES MADISONODU leads, 39-22. The Monarchs won the last meeting in Harrisonburg,81-60 on Jan. 14. Alex Loughton led with 26 points and eight rebounds.John Waller scored 18 and Arnaud Dahi added 14 points and seven rebounds.ODU shot .537 from the floor, while the Dukes shot. 359 from the floor.ODU outrebounded JMU, 40-27. Dwayne Broyles led JMU with 19Points, while Ray Barbosa and Chris Cathlin chipped in with 13 each.JMU last defeated ODU in Norfolk, in 1997-98, 51-46 in Scope.
THIS DAY IN ODU HOOP HISTORYFeb. 11, 1972 ODU defeats Norfolk State, 105-101 in overtimeas Ricky Michaelson scored 25 points.
LAST GAMEODU lost at Hofstra Saturday night, 80-79. The Monarchs led theEntire second half until Mike Radziejewski's trey with 31 secondsLeft put the Pride up 80-79. Isaiah Hunter led with a career high 28Points. Alex Loughton scored 14 with seven rebounds and ArnaudDahi added 12 points and six rebounds. ODU shot .462 for the game(.371 in the second half) and committed 18 turnovers. Hofstra shot.446 for the game. Two of ODU's three losses at Hofstra have been byone point, the other by four.
NOTE*W&M shot .545 from the floor last week. The last ODU opponent to shoot over 50 percent was Charlotte (.562).
*The 19 first half points by UNCW was the lowest by an opponent this year sincethe 20 scored in the first half by VMI.