Dec. 4, 2001
OLD DOMINION VS. GEORGE WASHINGTON
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001, 7:37 p.m. ODU Fieldhouse... Comcast Sports TV
ABOUT THE MONARCHS: 4-1 Overall/3-0 Home/1-0 Nuetral/0-1 Away
* Four of next Five games at home
* Defeated Illinois-Chicago Saturday night, 71-65.
* Ricardo Marsh 16 pts/ Rasheed Wright 12 pts
* Pierre Greene 14 points/ 3 asts/ 4 steals/Troy Nance 7asts.
* ODU shot .667 from the floor in the second half
* Only 10 turnovers for the game
* Also defeated Delaware State,Virginia Tech, & Sacramento State
* Lost to #12 Memphis
HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana '81)
* Top Assistant at Stanford the last three years
* 142-65 at Montana (1991-1998) - five 20+ win seasons.
* 384-156 in 18 years as an assistant and head coach
* 1992 Montana team was 27-4
* 1992 National Rookie Coach of the Year
* 1992 Big Sky Coach of the Year
MONARCH PROBABLES
F 21 Ricardo Marsh, 6-7, 225, Jr, Mebane, NC.16.4 ppg/ 6.0 prg
F 22 Rasheed Wright, 6-5, 195, Jr., Greensboro, NC.14.6 ppg/ 6.0 rpg
C 30 Charles Dunnington, 6-9, 220, So.,Washington,DC 1.8 ppg/ 4.2 rpg
G 12 Pierre Greene, 6-2, 175, Sr, Chicago, IL.11.0 ppg/ 3.2 apg
G 13 Troy Nance, 5-9,175, So, Va. Beach, Va. 7.8 ppg/5.0 apg
OR 24 Kiah Thomas, 6-4, 185, Fr., Norfolk, Va. 7.4 ppg/ 3.4 rpg
TOP SUBSTITUTES
G 10 John Waller, 6-4,175, So., Richmond, Va.3.2 ppg/ 1.6 rpg
F 33 James Smith, 6-7, 200, Fr., Norfolk, Va.0.0 ppg/ 0.3 rpg
C 40 Clay McGowen, 6-11, 220, So, Westerville, OH.4.0 ppg/ 4.4 rpg
C 41 Joe Principe, 6-10, 225, So., Gladstone, MO.0.4 ppg/ 1.0 rpg
THIS DAY IN MONARCH HISTORY
Dec. 5, 1970, First regular season game played in the fieldhouse. ODU defeatsWashington and Lee, 84-60 as Dave Twardzik and Skip Noble each scored 15points. Randy Couling scored the first Monarch basket in the fieldhouse andfinished with nine points.
TONIGHT'S OFFICIALS
Frank Scagliotta, Bernard Clinton, Sean Hull.
CAA GAMES TODAY:
Lafayette at Drexel,Central Michigan at George Mason,West Virginia at James Madison,Towson at VCU
GAME TIME CHANGE:
The ODU-UNLV game on Dec. 30 will now start at 7 p.m. pacific and 10 p.m.Eastern time. Originally was scheduled for 7:30 pacific and 10:30 ET.
GREENE PRE-SEASON ALL -CAA: Senior guard Pierre Greene was selected to theCAA pre-season men's basketball All-CAA team by the league's head coaches andmedia in attendance at media day on Oct. 31 in Baltimore, MD. As a team, the Monarchs were picked to finish seventh.
MONARCH INJURIES:Freshman T. J. Waldon (Lakeland, Fl.) will be out 4-6 weeks with a stress fracture ofthe third metatarsal bone in his left foot.
SERIES VS. GW:
The Colonials lead, 7-3. GW won last year's game, 91-89 in Washington, DC.
Monarchs last win vs. GW: 75-64 in 1999-00 here in the fieldhouse.
ODU VS. ATLANTIC 10:
Richmond (26-19), St. Bonaventure (1-1)Duquesne (3-1), Dayton (4-4)Rhode Island (2-2), Xavier(3-2),St. Joseph's (2-5)
LAST WIN VS. A-10 TEAM: Defeated Dayton, 81-76 last December in Dayton.The Flyers are coached by ODU Sports Hall of Famer and former head coach OliverPurnell.
MONARCHS IN THE FIELDHOUSE: 109-12
Last year, ODU was 6-1, losing the home finale to UNC Wilmington, 62-59.
BEST YEAR BY YEAR RECORDS IN THE FIELDHOUSE
14-0 in 1974-75 (Div. II National Champions)
11-0 in 1976-77 (First Div. I team/ NIT)
13-1 in 1975-76 (Div. II Final Four)
13-1 in 1973-74 (Div. II Regional Finals)
12-2 in 1970-71 (Div. II Championship Game)
DEFENSEAll five Monarch opponents have shot under 50 percent from the floor.Virginia Tech was held to .298 shooting, the lowest since ODU held Americanto .259 shooting in 1996. The Hokies scored 19 points in the first half, the lowest since VMI was held to11 in 1982.
MONARCH EXHIBITION GAMES:ODU defeated E.A. All-Stars Southeast, 106-99 in overtime as Ricardo Marshscored 25 points and hauled in 13 rebounds. ODU shot .473 from the floor anddominated the boards, 63-35. EA All-Stars later defeated North Carolina....
In the second exhibition game, ODU defeated Kentucky ABA, 89-82. Six Monarchswere in double figures. Pierre Greene led with 16 points, six assists and four steals.Ricardo Marsh hauled in 16 rebounds. ODU shot .576 from the floor. Kentucky ABAlater beat Tennessee.
When ODU Does the Following:
MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN1-01-00-10-00-02-00-0
Leading at Halftime: 3-0
Tied at Halftime: 0-0
Trailing at Halftime: 1-1
Scoring: 51- 60 Points 1-0
61-70 Points: 1-1
71-80 Points: 2-0
81-90 Points: 0-0
90-100 Points: 0-0
Outrebounds Opponents: 3-0
Opponents Outrebounds ODU:1-1
MONARCHS SIGN TWO IN EARLY PERIODIsaiah Hunter, 6-3 G, Charlotte, NC., Independence High SchoolJanko Mrksic, 6-10, 250, C, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, bishop Ryan High School
MONARCH CAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS
Individual
Scoring: Marsh5th16.4
Wright9th14.6
FG PCT:Marsh8th.517
FT PCT: Wright5th.905
REBS: Wright & Marsh 14th6.0
ASST: Nance2nd5.0
Steals: Wright3rd2.0
Greene7th1.6
3PT FG PCT:Nance2nd.583
Blocked Shots:McGowen3rd1.9
Team
Scoring:6th66.6
FG PCT:6th.419
3PT FG:3rd.379
Rebs:8th34.6
Scoring Def:1st63.0
FT PCT:1st.766
FG PCT Def: 3rd.406
3PT FG Def:3rd.307
Assists:2nd15.4
Blocks3rd4.9
Steals:3rd7.0
BLAINE TAYLOR'S RADIO CALL IN SHOWEvery Thursday afternoon from 5-6 p.m. on ESPN 1310 radio withhost John Castleberry. Fans can also e-mail questions to Taylor atwww.odusports.com
MONARCH NEW ASSISTANTS
Kenny Gattison (ODU'86) Sun Belt Conference All-Decade Team and
League Player of the Year in 1986.
Larry Krystkowiak (Montana '86) Three-Time Big Sky Player of the Year and
Academic All-American.
*Both played nine years in the NBA.
THE NEW CAA (COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION)
* The CAA is now comprised of ten teams
* The four new schools are Delaware, Hofstra (Long Island, NY.),Towson (Baltimore, Md. Area), and Drexel (Philadelphia)
* Also in the league are: Old Dominion, Virginia Commonwealth, James Madison,UNC Wilmington, William & Mary, and George Mason.
CURRENT ALUMNI MONARCHS IN NBA
Mark West ('83) Assistant General Manager with Phoenix Suns
(Played 17 years in the NBA)
Cal Bowdler ('99) In third season with Atlanta Hawks
Current Avg:4.8 ppg/ 2.8 rpg (14 pts at Phila.)
Chris Gatling ('91) Now with the Miami Heat.
(NBA All-Star in 1997) current avg:9.2 ppg/ 4.9 rpg
"FAREWELL TO THE FIELDHOUSE TRIBUTES"
* UIC game was 70's night
* Jan. 19 vs. Virginia Commonwealth is '80's night
* Feb. 16 vs. James Madison is '90's night
NEXT GAMEODU travels to former CAA member East Carolina on Saturday for a 7 p.m.contest in Greenville, NC.,then break for exams.
ODU returns to action on Dec. 15 to host Coastal Carolina, coached by formerMonarch assistant Pete Strickland.