Date: Thursday, Dec. 21, 2000
Site: UIC Pavillion
Radio: ESPN 1310 Radio
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
LAST GAME:
The Monarchs won their third straight game with a 81-76victory at Dayton Tuesday night. Rasheed Wright and Pierre Greene each scored 20points. Ricardo Marsh added 16 points with eight rebounds. ODU shot .59.6(31-52) from the floor. Last Saturday, ODU defeated Virginia Military Institute,89-81. Pierre Greene scored a career high 24 points, while Andre McCullum, Rasheed Wrightand Heath Burris each added 11 points. Ricardo Marsh hauled in a career hightying ten rebounds. ODU shot .500 from the field and outrebounded the Keydets, 44-36.
JEFF CAPEL-HEAD COACH:(Fayetteville State '77), is in his seventhyear at the helm of the Monarchs. He is 192-151 in his12th season and 113-86 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 PROBABLES:
| Pos. | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | Hometown | Pts./Rebs |
| F | 04 | Andre McCullum | 6-6 | 210 | Sr. | Whiteville N.C. | 9.6 ppg/ 3.3 rpg |
| F | 22 | Rasheed Wright | 6-5 | 190 | So. | Greensboro, NC. | 10.6 ppg/ 5.5 rpg |
| F | 34 | Clifton Jones | 6-7 | 225 | Sr. | Pleasantville, NJ. | 6.0 ppg/ 7.2 rpg |
| G | 12 | Pierre Greene | 6-2 | 180 | Jr | Chicago Ill. | 12.5 ppg/3.3 apg |
| G | 23 | Michael Williams | 6-0 | 170 | Sr | Thomasville, Ga. | 6.5 ppg/ 2.0 rpg |
TOP SUBSTITUTES:
| Pos. | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | Hometown | Pts./Rebs. |
| F | 21 | Ricardo Marsh | 6-7 | 215 | So. | Mebane N.C. | 10.0 ppg/ 5.3 rpg |
| G | 13 | Troy Nance | 5-9 | 170 | Fr. | Va. Beach Va. | 4.0 ppg/ 5.2 apg |
| C | 41 | Joe Principe | 6-9 | 220 | Fr. | Gladstone, Mo. | 3.0 ppg/ 2.4 rpg |
| C | 30 | Charles Dunnington | 6-10 | 215 | Fr. | Washington DC. | 1.8 ppg/1.8 rpg |
| G | 15 | Heath Burris | 6-4 | 185 | Sr | Va. Beach, Va. | 5.6 ppg/ 1.0 rpg |
| G | 10 | John Waller | 6-4 | 180 | Fr. | Richmond, Va. | 3.7 ppg/1/0 rpg |
THIS DAY IN ODU ATHLETIC HISTORY:
Dec. 21, 1989 Chris Gatling scored 31 points and hauled in tenrebounds as Old Dominion defeated VCU for third place in the Richmond Times DispatchTournament, 77-67. Dec. 21, 1985, Keith Thomas scored 21 points and Kenny Gattison added13 points with 12 rebounds in ODU?s 67-55 win over VCU in the third place game ofthe Richmond Times Dispatch Tournament.
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. UIC: First Meeting
CAPEL VS. UIC: 0-0
ODU VS. MIDWESTERN:
Butler: 0-1
UW Green Bay: 0-1
Wright State: 1-1
LAST WIN OVER A MIDWESTERN TEAM:
ODU defeated Wright State, 81-60 in 1998-99.
ODU vs. CAA TEAMS:
American 19-12 East Carolina 30-12 George Mason 23-5James Madison 35-19 UNC Wilmington 15-10 Richmond 26-18VCU 31-26William & Mary 43-11
CAREER HIGHS THIS YEAR:
Rasheed Wright 20 vs. Dayton 11 rebounds vs Gardner-Webb Troy Nance11 points vs. NC St. 11 assists vs. N.C. State Charles Dunnington 6pts vs. G.Webb 6 rebs vs. Gardner-Webb Joe Principe 6pts vs. G.Webb 6 rebs vs. Gardner-Webb John Waller 12 vs. AU Puerto Rico A. Themistocleous 7pts vs. Stanford 3 rebs vs. Stanford Heath Burris 15 pts vs. Kansas St. Ricardo Marsh 10 rebounds vs. VMI Pierre Greene 24 points vs. VMI
JONES HITTING THE BOARDS:
Clifton Jones leads the team in reboundingand has been the Monarchs top rebounder in seven of the 11 games. Heranks seventh in the league in rebounding and second in offensive rebounding.
LEADING AT HALFTIME:
ODU has led at halftime in the following games.
TAKING CARE OF THE BALL:
Freshman Troy Nance and junior Pierre Greene rank 2nd and tenth respectfully in assist to turnover ration in theCAA.
NAIL BITERS:
Last year, the Monarchs lost 11 games by six points or less and nineby four points or less along with four overtime games on the road. This year, ODUhas 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:
ABOUT OLD DOMINION:
ODU is a state school located in Norfolk, Va. The University wasfounded in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary...the nameOld 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-timeCAA Player of the Year Marina DiGiacomo who scored an NCAA record 167 career goalsand 414 career points. DiGiacomo also was named the Honda Award winner forthat sports, Old Dominion?s fifth field hockey player to do so. The Universityathletic teams have won 28 National Titles (24 teams titles, Sailing 11, FieldHockey 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 Coliseumin Richmond, Va. The finals will be live on Monday night, March 5 onESPN2.
FIELDHOUSE FLOOR PROJECT:
Long onto www.oducourt.com for information on how to purchase your very own bit of Old Dominion basketballhistory in the form of an authentic piece of the original fieldhouse floor. Instructionsand order forms can be found for plaques featuring an authentic piece of the floor.You may also call 1-800-968-9697. Prices range from $42-$130 and all proceeds benefitathletic scholarships at Old Dominion.
CAPEL CALL IN RADIO SHOW:
Jeff's weekly call-in radio show is Thursday from 5-6 on ESPN 1310Radio.
MONARCH ALUMNI:
NEXT GAME:
UNLV visits Norfolk on Dec. 31st.
The first CAA home game is on Jan. 3 vs. JMU at 6:00 in thefieldhouse