Jan. 11, 2002
OLD DOMINION AT. GEORGE MASON
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002, 7:00 p.m. Patriot Center/ ESPN 1310 Radio
ABOUT THE MONARCHS: 8-6 Overall/2-2 CAA
/6-3 Home/1-0 Nuetral/1-3 Away
Last Game
* Defeated Delaware, 60-58 last Monday
* Ricardo Marsh 16 pts/8 rebs
* Wright & Waller 10 pts each
* Outrebounded Blue Hens 39-36
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.14.6 ppg/ 6.7 prg
F 22 Rasheed Wright, 6-5, 195, Jr., Greensboro, NC.13.8ppg/ 5.4 rpg
C 40 Clay McGowen, 6-11, 220, So, Westerville, OH. 6.3 ppg/ 5.4 rpg
G 10 John Waller, 6-4, 175, So, Richmond, Va. 7.0 ppg/ 3.5 rpg
G 12 Pierre Greene, 6-2, 185, Sr, Chicago, IL. 9.8 ppg/ 2.8 rpg
OR 13 Troy Nance, 5-9, 175, So, Va. Beach, Va. 7.9 ppg/ 4.4 apg
TOP SUBSTITUTES
G 24 Kiah Thomas, 6-4,185, Fr., Norfolk, Va.5.2 ppg/ 3.0 rpg
C 30 Charles Dunnington, 6-9, 220, So. Washington, DC.3.1 ppg/ 3.8 rpg
G 11 Marcus Drewry, 6-2, 180,Jr., Evanston, IL.0.0 ppg/ 1.0 apg
C 41 Joe Principe, 6-10, 225, So., Gladstone, MO.0.8 ppg/ 1.2 rpg
F 33 James Smith, 6-7, 200, Fr., Norfolk, Va.0.5 ppg/1.0 rpg
THIS DAY IN MONARCH HISTORYJan. 12, 1980, Monarchs hold Navy to just 14 made field goals and went on todefeat the Midshipmen, 58-44.
TONIGHT'S OFFICIALSBill Humes, Kelly Lombard, Dave Davis
CAA GAMES TODAY:VCU at W&M, Hofstra at JMUDelaware at UNCW, Drexel at Towson
SERIES VS. GEORGE MASONODU leads, 24-6.
First Meeting: 1979-80: ODU won in Scope, 99-78.
Last Year: GMU won in the Patriot Center, 81-76, while ODU won in Norfolk,78-70.
ODU's last win in the Patriot Center: 1997-98, 78-66.
COMPARING TEAM STATS
ODUGMU
Scoring 67.968.6
FG%.416431
FT%.705699
3PT%.354.332
Rebounds37.235.9
FG Def. .418.411
Scoring Def..66.6.64.6
MONARCHS VS. CAA TEAMS
Delaware (3-0) Drexel (1-0)George Mason (24-6)Hofstra (1-1)James Madison(36-20) UNCW(15-14)Towson (7-0)VCU (32-27)W&M (45-12)
WRIGHT AND MARSHRasheed Wright and Ricardo Marsh are the only two Monarchs who have started all14 games...Marsh has 660 career points thus far.
MARCUS DREWRY JOINS LINEUPJunior Marcus Drewry (Evanston, IL.) Missed the first half of the season recovering from surgery to repair an unhaled stress fracture in his right foot. Drewry wasborn in nearby Portsmouth, VA.. His mother Karen was a Virginia High School LeagueAll-Star. She once scored 68 points in a game, and in 1988 helped Hampton Universitywin the NCAA Div. II National Championship. She is HU's fourth all-time assist leaderwith 352.
ALSO BACKFreshman T.J. Waldon, Lakeland, FL. He missed five weeks with a stress fracture inhis right foot. His brother B.B. is a starter and standout at South Florida.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE PERFORMERS
Ricardo Marsh vs. Coastal Carolina (21 pts/11 rebs)
Rasheed Wright vs. Delaware State (18 pts/ 10 rebs)
Clay McGowen vs. East Carolina (15 pts/ 10 rebs)
AN ARTISTSophomore center Charles Dunnington (Washington, DC.) is an art major and hasone of his paintings in the lobby of Firestation #7 by the ODU campus.
MONARCH SCORING LEADERS THIS SEASON
Ricardo Marsh (6)
Rasheed Wright (4)
McGowen & Waller (1)
Nance (1)
Greene(1)
MONARCH REBOUND LEADERS THIS SEASON
Ricardo Marsh (5)+
Clay McGowen (3)
Rasheed Wright (3)+
Pierre Greene (2)
+ co leaders
TROY NANCE CAA PLAYER OF THE WEEKTroy Nance was named CAA Player of the Week on Dec. 17. He scored a career high18 points (14 in the second half) with 7 assists and four steals in the Monarchs 81-67victory over Coastal Carolina.
GAME TIME CHANGE:*The ODU-W&M game on Jan. 26 originally scheduled for 12 noon has been moved7 p.m. and will be televised on Comcast Sportsnet..
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.
WALK-ON'S:The Monarchs have two walk-ons in sophomore Andreas Themistocleous (Nicosia,Cyprus) and junior Samir Hickson (Collegeville, Pa.). Themistocoleous appeared in15 games last year, including a career high seven points against Taylor's Stanfordsquad in the Puerto Rico Shootout. Hickson got into the Coastal Carolina game.
MONARCHS IN THE FIELDHOUSE: 112-15
Last year, ODU was 6-1
UNCW has beaten ODU three times
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)
GLOBAL SPECTRUM TO MANAGE CONSTANT CENTEROld Dominion University has selected the Philadelphia based firm Global Spectrumto manage the 8,600 seat Constant Convocation Center, which is slated to open in late fall of 2002. The highly regarded company provides management for public assemblyfacilities across the country, most notably the First Union Center, which is home to theNBA's Philadelphia 76ers, as well as facilities at Temple, South Carolina and RhodeIsland.
CENTER CONSTRUCTION UPDATE:
* General Contractor, S.B. Ballard is ahead of schedule
* Building will be weather tight by March of 2002 to allow for installation ofinterior finishes and equipment.
* The design for a new Athletic Hall of Fame, to be located in the main lobby ofthe building is well underway.
DEFENSEAll 14 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. ECU shot .333
When ODU Does the Following:
MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN2-01-10-20-10-15-00-1
Leading at Halftime: 6-4
Tied at Halftime: 0-1
Trailing at Halftime: 2-1
The Monarchs were 3-4 in December and 3-1 in November
Scoring: 51- 60 Points 3-0
61-70 Points: 1-4
71-80 Points: 3-2
81-90 Points: 1-0
90-100 Points: 0-0
Outrebounds Opponents: 6-2
Opponents Outrebounds ODU:2-4
MONARCHS SIGN TWO IN EARLY PERIODIsaiah Hunter, 6-3 G, Charlotte, NC., Independence High SchoolScored 32 points in a game last week and was named Scholastic Playerof the Week by the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER.Janko Mrksic, 6-10, 250, C, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, bishop Ryan High School
MONARCH CAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS
Individual
Scoring:Marsh6th14.6
Wright9th 13.8
FG PCT:Marsh5th.478
FT PCT: Wright5th.819
REBS: Marsh 8th6.7
ASST: Nance4th4.4
Steals: Wright13th1.4
Nance6th1.6
Blocked Shots: McGowen4th1.4
Team
Scoring:6th67.9
FG PCT:7th.416
3PT FG:4th.354
Rebs:7th37.2
Scoring Def:4th66.6
FT PCT:3rd.705
FG PCT Def: 8th.418
3PT FG Def:4th.318
Assists:2nd14.7
Blocks3rd5.0
Steals:4th6.5
CAREER HIGHS SET THIS SEASON
POINTS: Rasheed Wright 21 vs. Sacramento State
Kiah Thomas 16 vs. Memphis
Clay McGowen 15 vs. East Carolina
John Waller, 20 vs. UNLV
Troy Nance, 18 vs. Coastal Carolina
REBOUNDS
Ricardo Marsh 11 vs. Coastal Carolina
Clay McGowen 12 vs. UNCW
John Waller , 10 vs. UNCW
Charles Dunnington 7 vs. Virginia Tech
Troy Nance 6 vs. Va. Tech
ASSISTS
Kiah Thomas 3(4 times)
Ricardo Marsh 7 vs. Coastal Carolina
BLOCKED SHOTSClay McGowen 5 vs. Memphis
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 at www.odusports.com
MONARCH ASSISTANTS
Kenny Gattison (ODU'86) Sun Belt Conference All-Decade Team andLeague Player of the Year in 1986.
Larry Krystkowiak (Montana '86) Three-Time Big Sky Player of the Year andAcademic All-American. *Both played nine years in the NBA.
CAA TELECONFERENCE CALLBegins Tuesday Jan. 8. Blaine Taylor is on at 10:30...Call 888-935-0164..Membersof the media should contact Tripp Sheppard at the CAA office for the passwordto access the call.
CURRENT ALUMNI MONARCHS IN NBAMark West ('83) Assistant General Manager with Phoenix Suns(Played 17 years in the NBA)
Cal Bowdler ('99) In third season with Atlanta HawksCurrent Avg:3.9 ppg/ 3.1 rpg (14 pts at Phila./ 6 rebs vs. MIL.)Chris Gatling ('91) Now with the Miami Heat.
(NBA All-Star in 1997) current avg:7.5 ppg/ 4.5 rpgNOTE: Skipper Youngblood ('2000) is playing for Roanoke in the NBADevelopmental league
"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 GAME
Jan. 14 at Towson 7:30 p.m.