Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000 Robins Center
ESPN 1310 Radio 7:30 p.m.
The Monarchs:
Overall:1-6
Home:1-1:
Away:0-3
CAA:0-0
Neutral:0-2
LAST GAME: The Monarchs lost to North Carolina State Saturday night, 87-78. Andre McCullum led ODU with a season high 23 points and seven rebounds. Ricardo Marsh added 16 points and freshman Troy Nance scored a career high 11 points and dished out ten assists. ODU outrebounded NCST, 31-28 and committed only 11 turnovers (four in the second half). The Wolfpack shot.650 for the game, while ODU shot .439.
JEFF CAPEL-HEAD COACH: (Fayetteville State '77), is in his seventh year at the helm of the Monarchs. He is 189-150 in his12th season and 110-85 at Old Dominion. Capel was the1995 CAA and NABC District IV Coach of the Year. In 1997 he was named Virginia College Coach of the Year. He won his 100th collegiate victory in the Monarchs 89-81 triple overtime win over ninth ranked Villanova in the 1995 NCAA Tournament. Capel was 16-14 in 1994 at NCA&T, losing in the NCAA first round to Arkansas. He compiled a 63-51 mark at his alma mater, Fayetteville State, taking the Broncos to the NCAA Div. II regionals in 1993. Capel was inducted into the Fayetteville State University Hall of Fame in 1999. His Monarch teams have reached the CAA finals three times, winning twice.
MONARCH PROBABLESF 04 Andre McCullum 6-6 210 Sr. Whiteville, NC 10.6ppg/ 3.7 rpgF 21 Ricardo Marsh 6-7 215 So. Mebane, NC. 10.6ppg/ 4.1 rpgC 30 Charles Dunnington 6-10 215 Fr. Washington, DC. 2.3 ppg/ 2.0 rpgG 12 Pierre Greene 6-2 180 Jr Chicago, ILL. 10.9ppg/3.5 apgG 13 Troy Nance 5-9 170 Fr. Va. Beach, Va. 4.6ppg/5.1 apgTOP SUBSTITUTESG 23 Michael Williams 6-0 170 Sr Thomasville, Ga. 6.1ppg/2.3 rpgF 34 Clifton Jones 6-7 225 Sr. Pleasantville, NJ. 5.7 ppg/6.7 rpgF 22 Rasheed Wright 6-5 190 So. Greensboro, NC. 10.0ppg/5.4 rpgC 41 Joe Principe 6-9 220 Fr. Gladstone, MO. 4.2ppg/ 3.0 rpgC 03 Aron McMillian 6-8 250 Jr. Greensboro, NC. 2.0ppg/1.2 rpgG 15 Heath Burris 6-4 185 Sr Va. Beach, Va. 4.5ppg/ 1.2 rpg
THIS DAY IN ODU ATHLETIC HISTORY:
On Dec 6, 1957, Leo Anthony hit 16 of 19 free throws as the then Norfolk Division defeated the Univ. of Baltimore, 80-66...On Dec. 6, 1966, ODU defeats Catholic U., 86-78.
TONIGHT'S OFFICIALS:
Larry Rose, Alan Spainhour, Bill Humes
FATHER - SON COMBINATION: Jeff Capel, III, joins his father's coaching staff after a stellar career at Duke University. Capel scored 1,601 career points and ranks third all-time at Duke and 13th all-time in the ACC with 220 career three-pointers.
SERIES VS. RICHMOND:
ODU leads, 26-17. Richmond won two of three games last year. ODU won the first meeting in Scope, 60-58, UR came back to win in the Robins Center, 56-55 and then in the CAA Tournament, 67-55.
CAPEL VS. Richmond: 10-4ODU vs. CAA TEAMS :American 19-12 East Carolina 30-12 George Mason 23-5James Madison 35-19 UNC Wilmington 15-10 Richmond 26-17VCU 31-26 William & Mary 43-11LAST TIME ODU STARTED 1-6: 1940-41CURRENT LOSING STREAK: Longest since 1997-98 (7 straight)RECORD AT FIELDHOUSE: (1-0)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 & 1975-76RECORD AT SCOPE (0-1)215-87 since 1971-72 5-3 in 1999-00Best Record: 9-0 in 1992-93 13-1 in 1979-80 and 1983-84 10-1 in 1994 CAREER HIGHS THIS YEARRasheed Wright 19 points vs. GW 11 rebounds vs Gardner-WebbTroy Nance 11 points vs. NC St. 11 assists vs. N.C. StateCharles Dunnington 6 pts vs. G.Webb 6 rebs vs. Gardner-WebbJoe Principe 6 pts vs. G.Webb 6 rebs vs. Gardner-WebbJohn Waller 3 pts vs. Stanford & G.WebbA. Themistocleous 7 pts vs. Stanford 3 rebs vs. StanfordHeath Burris 13 pts vs. AU PR.
JONES HITTING THE BOARDS: Clifton Jones leads the team in rebounding and has been the Monarchs top rebounder in four of the seven games.
NAIL BITERS
Last year, the Monarchs lost 11 games by six points or less and nine by four points or less along with four overtime games on the road. This year, ODU has lost three games by five points or less and one by nine.
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 (in graduate school) He is also on the board of the NABC Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Rasheed Wright - All-Tournament selection in the Puerto-Rico Shootout.
MONARCH CURRENT CAA STATISTICAL LEADERS (2000-01)IndividualsRebounds Clifton Jones 7th 6.7Off.Rebounds Clifton Jones 2nd 3.29Blocks Clifton Jones 7th 1.29Assists Pierre Greene 9th 3.67TeamScoring Offense 7th 72.1Scoring Defense 8th 75.4Free Throw Pct. 8th 62.7Field Goal Pct. 7th .422Field Goal Pct. Def. 9th .4873PT FG PCT. 3rd .367Rebounding 4th 37.3Blocked Shots 4th 3.86Assists 8th 13.1Steals 7th 6.71Off Rebounds 1st 15.57Def. Rebounds 6th 21.67MONARCH CAA STATISTICAL LEADERS FROM 1999-2000INDIVIDUALScoring: ;McCullum (9th) 12.9FG PCT: .McCullum (8th).513Free Throw PCT:McCullum (6th) .784Rebounds: McCullum (4th) 6.9OFF Rebs:McCullum 5th (2.5)Deff Rebs: McCullum 3rd (4.4)TEAM:Scoring:7th 64.7 FG PCT:3rd .433FG PCT Def:7th .424 3PT FG PCT:7th .308REBS:6th 34.9 Blocked Shots:7th 3.5Steals:5th 7.3 Assists:7th 12.9Scoring Def:4th 66.5 Free Throw Pct:.4th .668
ABOUT OLD DOMINION
ODU is a state school located in Norfolk, Va. The University was founded in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary...the name Old Dominion is the nickname of the State of Virginia.
SCHOOL OF CHAMPIONS: Old Dominion's Field Hockey squad captured their ninth NCAA title with a 3-1 win over North Carolina. Led by four-time CAA Player of the Year Marina DiGiacomo who scored an NCAA record 167 career goals and 414 career points. ODU has won 28 National Titles (24 teams titles, Sailing 11, Field Hockey 9, Women's basketball 3, Men's Basketball 1)...Three wrestling individual NCAA titles (Div. II) and one Women's Individual Tennis title.
CAA TOURNAMENT
This year's CAA Tournament will be March 3-5 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Va. The finals will be live on Monday night, March 5 on ESPN2.
CAPEL CALL IN RADIO SHOW
Jeff's weekly call-in radio show is Thursday from 5-6 on ESPN 1310 Radio.
MONARCH ALUMNI
Cal Bowdler ('99) Atlanta- 1.0 ppg/ 0.5 rpg (averaged 2.7 ppg/1.8 rpg.. Last year...)
Chris Gatling ('91) Traded to Cleveland during the off-season...He is averaging 11.5 Ppg and 6.1 rpg thus far this season....Played in the NBA All-Star game in 1997.
Odell Hodge is in Belgium, Petey Sessoms is in Poland...Mark Poag is in Spain and Reggie Bassette is in Greece. Skipper Youngblood is in the Czech Republic. Dave Twardzik is an assistant with the Detroit Pistons. Mark West has retired.
MONARCH WEBSITE: www.odusports.com CAA: caasports.com NEXT GAME: Old Dominion hosts Kansas State Saturday night in Scope at 7:35 p.m.