The Monarchs:
Overall:1-1
Home:1-0:
Away:0-1
CAA:0-0
Neutral:0-0
LAST GAME:
ODU lost at George Washington Monday night, 91-89. PierreGreene led with 21 points and Rasheed Wright added 19 points. Clifton Jonesled ODU with ten rebounds. With 4:55 left in the game, GW led 78-56. ODU went on a33-13 run to cut the lead to the final margin. FIRST GAME: The Monarchs opened theseason with an 84-57 victory over Gardner-Webb Saturday night. Twelve differentMonarchs scored led by Pierre Greene with 14 points and four assists, Andre McCullumwith 12 points and Michael Williams with ten.Rasheed Wright hauled in a career high11 rebounds. The Monarchs started two freshman in Joe Principe (red shirt last year)and true freshman Troy Nance.
JEFF CAPEL-HEAD COACH:
(Fayetteville State '77), is in his seventhyear at the helm of the Monarchs. He is 189-146 in his12th season and 110-81 atOld Dominion. Capel was the1995 CAA and NABC District IV Coach of the Year. In1997 he was named Virginia College Coach of the Year. He won his 100thcollegiate victory in the Monarchs 89-81 triple overtime win over ninth ranked Villanova in the1995 NCAA Tournament. Capel was 16-14 in 1994 at NCA&T, losing in the NCAAfirst round to Arkansas. He compiled a 63-51 mark at his alma mater, FayettevilleState, taking the Broncos to the NCAA Div. II regionals in 1993. Capel was inductedinto the Fayetteville State University Hall of Fame in 1999. His Monarch teamshave reached the CAA finals three times, winning twice.
Monarch ProbablesF 04Andre McCullum, 6-6, 210,Sr., Whiteville, NC 9.0 ppg/ 4.5 rpgF 21Ricardo Marsh, 6-7, 215, So., Mebane, NC. 10.0 ppg/ 4.5 rpgC 41 Joe Principe, 6-9, 220, Fr., Gladstone, MO. 6.0 ppg/ 4.5 rpgG 12Pierre Greene, 6-2, 180, Jr, Chicago, ILL. 17.5 ppg/3.5 apgG 13 Troy Nance, 5-9, 170 ,Fr., Va. Beach, Va. 4.5 ppg/6.5 apg
TOP SUBSTITUTESG 23Michael Williams, 6-0, 170,Sr, Thomasville, Ga. 7.5 ppg/2.5 rpgF 34Clifton Jones, 6-7, 225, Sr., Pleasantville, NJ. 8.5 ppg/9.0rpgF 22Rasheed Wright, 6-5, 190, So. Greensboro, NC. 13.5 ppg/8.5 rpgC 30Charles Dunnington, 6-10,215, Fr.,Washington, DC.5.0 ppg/ 4.5 rpgC 03 Aron McMillian, 6-8, 250, Jr., Greensboro, NC. 0.0 ppg/0.0 rpgC 40 Clay McGowen, 6-11, 205, Fr., Westerville, Ohio 2.0 ppg/ 3.0 rpgG 15Heath Burris, 6-4, 185, Sr, Va. Beach, Va. 2.0 ppg/ 1.0 rpg
FATHER - SON COMBINATION:
Jeff Capel, III, joins his father?scoaching staff after a stellar career at Duke University. Capel scored 1,601career points and ranks third all-time at Duke and 13th all-time in the ACC with 220 careerthree-pointers.
SERIES VS. STANFORD:
First Meeting.
CAPEL VS. GW:
First Meeting.
ODU vs. Pac 10:Arizona 0-1 UCLA 0-1Arizona State 0-1 Washington 1-3California 1-0
ODU VS. TOP TEN TEAMS
The Monarchs are 3-9 vs teams ranked in the top ten.
LAST WIN OVER A TOP TEN TEAM:
March 1995, NCAA 1st round in Albany, NY. ODU defeated 9th ranked and 3rd seed Villanova, 89-81(3 ot?s)
GIANT KILLERS:
In 1979-80, ODU defeated 3rd ranked Syracuse, 68-67 in Scope in anNBC regional telecast from Norfolk, Va.
On Jan. 10, 1981, ODU defeated unbeated and #1 ranked DePaul in theHorizon in Chicago, 63-62. It was DePaul's first loss in that building.
LAST GAME VS A TOP TEN TEAM:
Nov. 1998, ODU lost to 3rd ranked North Carolina, 63-61 in Charlotte, NC.
ODU VS. THE REST OF THE PUERTO RICO SHOOTOUT FIELD
Miami-Ohio 0-1, 60-58 in the 1993 NIT second round in Ohio. Georgia, 0-2, lost 95-85 in 1968-69 & 74-60 in 1981 NIT first roundin Georgia.
ODU has never played Memphis, Indiana State, AU Puerto Rico, or Utah.
ODU IN PUERTO RICO:
This is the Monarchs third trip to San Juan,Puerto Rico. In 1990-91, the Monarchs opened this tournament with a win over NorthIowa, 63-61, then lost to Murray State, 76-61 and Illinois, 80-62.
In the 1996-97 Xmas Tournament, ODU lost to Nebraska, 72-66, thendefeated SE Missouri State 74-61 and Mississippi State, 72-71 in overtime.
EXHIBITION GAMES:
Old Dominion split their two exhibition games.Defeating Court Authority, 87-85 and losing to Global Sports, 91-82. In theCourt Authority win Pierre Greene led with 23 points, while Andre McCullum hauled innine rebounds.
In the loss to Global Sports, McCullum scored 25 points and freshmanCharles Dunnington grabbed 12 rebounds.
RECORD AT FIELDHOUSE:
3-2 in 199-00
102-11 (since1970-71)
Best Record:14-0 in 1974-75 & 11-0 in 1976-77
13-1 in 1973-74 & 1975-76
RECORD AT SCOPE:
215-87 since 1971-72
5-3 in 1999-00
Best Record: 9-0 in 1992-93
13-1 in 1979-80 and 1983-84
10-1 in 1994-95
CAREER HIGHS SET LAST YEAR:
McCullum
24 pts vs. VCU
16 rebounds vs. Furman
Williams
25 pts vs. George Mason
Greene
18 pts vs. GWU & W&M
Wright
9 pts vs. Norfolk St.
6 rebs vs. ECU
Marsh
16 pts vs. ECU
10 rebs vs. JMU
Burris
10 pts vs. New Orleans
McMillian
5 pts vs. Kansas St.
5 rebs vs. GMU
CAREER HIGH THIS YEAR
Rasheed Wright
19 points vs. GW 11 rebounds vs Gardner-Webb
Troy Nance
6 points vs. GW
8 assists vs. Gardner-Webb
Charles Dunnington
6 pts vs. G.Webb
6 rebs vs. Gardner-Webb
Joe Principe
6 pts vs. G.Webb
6 rebs vs. Gardner-Webb
MONARCH RECRUITS-EARLY PERIOD
James Smith, 6-7
190 Cape Henry Collegiate
Virginia Beach, Va.
Two-Time All-Tidewater 18.3 ppg/9.2 rpg
Alan Treese, 6-8
200 Rutherford Hayes High School
Delaware, Ohio
12.5 ppg/ 8.3 rpg...three-point shooter
T. J. Waldon, 6-5
200 Kathleen High School
Lakeland, FL.
17.8 ppg/ 10.4 rpg...All-State selection
HONORS THUS FAR THIS YEAR
Andre McCullum - Pre-Season All-CAA
MONARCH CAA STATISTICAL LEADERS FROM 1999-2000
INDIVIDUALScoring: McCullum (9th) 12.9FG PCT: McCullum (8th).513Free Throw PCT:McCullum (6th) .784Rebounds: McCullum (4th) 6.9OFF Rebs:McCullum (5th) 2.5Deff Rebs: McCullum (3rd) 4.4TEAM:Scoring:7th64.7 FG PCT:3rd .433FG PCT Def:7th.424 3PT FG PCT:7th .308 REBS:6th34.9 Blocked Shots:7th 3.5Steals:5th 7.3 Assists:7th 12.9ScoringDef:4th 66.5 Free Throw Pct:.4th .668
CAA TOURNAMENT
This year's CAA Tournament will be March 3-5 at the Richmond Coliseumin Richmond, Va. The finals will be live on Monday night, March 5 onESPN2.
CAPEL CALL IN RADIO SHOW
Jeff's weekly call-in radio show is Thursday from 5-6 on ESPN 1310Radio.
MONARCH ALUMNI
Cal Bowdler ('99) Atlanta- Injured knee in pre-season (averaged 2.7ppg/1.8 rpg.. Last year...)
Chris Gatling ('91) Traded to Cleveland during the off-season...He isaveraging 12.2 Ppg and 5.0 rpg thus far this season....Played in the NBA All-Stargame in 1997.
Odell Hodge is in Belgium, Petey Sessoms is in Poland...Mark Poag isin Spain andReggie Bassette is in Greece. Skipper Youngblood is in the CzechRepublic.
MONARCH WEBSITE:
www.odusports.com CAA:
www.caasports.com
NEXT GAME:
ODU will then play either Memphis or Miami-Ohio at either4:30 or 7:00 on Friday. Also in the Tournament is Utah, Georgia, IndianaState and American Univ.-Puerto Rico.
ODU then travels to St. Joseph?s on Nov. 29 in Philadelphia.