Jan. 2, 2002
OLD DOMINION MONARCHS AT HOFSTRA PRIDE
Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002, 7:00 p.m. Hofstra Arena/ ESPN 1310 Radio
ABOUT THE MONARCHS: 6-5 Overall/0-1 CAA
/4-3 Home/1-0 Nuetral/1-2 Away
Last Game
* Lost at UNLV, 84-76 on Sunday.
* John Waller career high 20 pts...
* Clay McGowen (7 rebs)/ Ricardo Marsh 15 pts
* ODU led 71-65 with 4:02 left
* Monarchs have lost three straight.
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.14.5 ppg/ 6.5 prg
F 22 Rasheed Wright, 6-5, 195, Jr., Greensboro, NC.14.3 ppg/ 4.6 rpg
C 40 Clay McGowen, 6-11, 220, So, Westerville, OH. 7.1 ppg/ 6.2 rpg
G 10 John Waller, 6-4, 175, So, Richmond, Va. 7.2 ppg/ 3.1 rpg
G 12 Pierre Greene, 6-2, 185, Sr, Chicago, IL. 9.0 ppg/ 3.0 rpg
OR 13 Troy Nance, 5-9, 175, So, Va. Beach, Va. 7.5 ppg/ 4.5 apg
TOP SUBSTITUTES
G 24 Kiah Thomas, 6-4,185, Fr., Norfolk, Va.6.0 ppg/ 3.1 rpg
C 30 Charles Dunnington, 6-9, 220, So. Washington, DC.2.8 ppg/ 3.7 rpg
G 11 Marcus Drewry, 6-2, 180,Jr., Evanston, IL.0.0 ppg/ 2.0 apg
F 01 Andreas Themistocleous, So, Nicosia, Cyprus0.3 ppg/ 0.6 rpg
C 41 Joe Principe, 6-10, 225, So., Gladstone, MO.0.8 ppg/ 0.6 rpg
THIS DAY IN MONARCH HISTORY
1974, All-American Joel Copeland poured in 39 points and Jay Roundtree added 19 rebounds as the then Div.II Monarchs defeated Delaware, 92-80.
TONIGHT'S OFFICIALS
Mike Wood, Karl Hess, Ed Corbett.
CAA GAMES TODAY:
VCU at Drexel, W&M at George Mason, James Madison at Delaware.
DREWRY JOINS MONARCHSJunior guard Marcus Drewry made his first appearance with the Monarchs at UNLV.The 6-2 guard from Marshalltown C.C. played 11 minutes with two assists. He missedthe first half of the season recovering from surgery to repair an unhealed stressfracture in his right foot. While Drewry played high school basketball in Evanston, IL.He was born in nearby Portsmouth, Va.
JUST LIKE HIS MOTHER??? Drewry's Mother, Karen Drewry was a Virginia HighSchool League All-Star. She once scored 68 points in a game. In 1988, she helped leadHampton University to the NCAA Div. II National Championship and is HU's fourthall-time assist leader with 352.
SERIES VS. HOFSTRA:ODU leads, 1-0. The two teams met in 1993-94 in the second finals of the UCSanta Barbara Tournament. ODU won, 92-66.
MONARCHS VS. CAA TEAMS
Delaware (2-0) Drexel (0-0)George Mason (24-6)Hofstra (1-0)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 all11 games...Marsh has 615 career points thus far.
CLAY MCGOWEN:The 6-11 sophmore who played only 57 minutes last year has grabbed seven or morerebounds in four of his last five games, and five times thus far this season. He blockedfive shots against Memphis.
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)
MONARCH SCORING LEADERS THIS SEASON
Ricardo Marsh (5)
Rasheed Wright (4)
McGowen & Waller (1)
MONARCH REBOUND LEADERS THIS SEASON
Ricardo Marsh (4)
Clay McGowen (3)
Rasheed Wright & Pierre Greene (2)
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.
MONARCH INJURIES:Freshman T. J. Waldon (Lakeland, Fl.) is recovering from a stress fracture ofthe third metatarsal bone in his left foot... OTHER NOTES: Freshman Alan Treese (Delaware, OH.) is the only Monarch who has not played in a game this year.
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.
MONARCHS IN THE FIELDHOUSE: 110-15Last 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 11 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:
MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN1-01-10-20-00-14-00-1
Leading at Halftime: 5-3
Tied at Halftime: 0-1
Trailing at Halftime: 1-1
Scoring: 51- 60 Points 2-0
61-70 Points: 1-3
71-80 Points: 2-2
81-90 Points: 1-0
90-100 Points: 0-0
Outrebounds Opponents: 5-2
Opponents Outrebounds ODU:1-3
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: Wright8th14.3
Marsh7th14.5
FG PCT:Marsh8th.492
FT PCT: Wright3rd.818
REBS: Marsh 6th6.5
McGowen9th6.2
ASST: Nance5th4.5
Steals: Wright11th1.4
Nance10th1.5
Blocked Shots: McGowen4th1.5
Team
Scoring:7th68.3
FG PCT:6th.427
3PT FG:4th.368
Rebs:6th36.6
Scoring Def:1st67.4
FT PCT:2nd.708
FG PCT Def: 4th.422
3PT FG Def:4th.337
Assists:1st15.4
Blocks4th5.0
Steals:6th6.1
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 10 vs. Sacramento State (ties)
Clay McGowen 12 vs. UNCW
John Waller , 10 vs. UNCW
Charles Dunnington 7 vs. Virginia Tech
Troy Nance 6 vs. Va. Tech
John Waller, 5 vs. Coastal Carolina (ties)
ASSISTS
Kiah Thomas 3(4 times)
Ricardo Marsh 7 vs. Coastal Carolina
BLOCKED SHOTSClay McGowen 5 vs. Memphis
MONARCH CAA STATISTICAL LEADERS FROM LAST YEAR
Assists: Pierre Greene & Troy Nance (5th) 3.48
Free Throw Percentage: Greene (5th) .769
Wright (10th) .740
Steals: Greene (9th) 1.23
Three-Point Field Goal PCT: Wright (10th) .364
BLAINE TAYLOR'S RADIO CALL IN SHOWEvery Thursday afternoon from 5-6 p.m. on ESPN 1310 radio withhost John Castleberry. Note this week the show will be on Friday from5-6... Fans can also e-mail questions to Taylor at www.odusports.com
MONARCH ASSISTANTSKenny 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.
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.
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 NBA
Mark West ('83) Assistant General Manager with Phoenix Suns(Played 17 years in the NBA)
Cal Bowdler ('99) In third season with Atlanta HawksCurrent Avg:4.3 ppg/ 2.7 rpg (14 pts at Phila./ 6 rebs vs. MIL.)Chris Gatling ('91) Now with the Miami Heat.
(NBA All-Star in 1997) current avg:8.7 ppg/ 4.0 rpg
NOTE: 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. 5 Drexel 7:35 p.m. at home
Jan. 7 Delaware 7:35 p.m. at home