Nov. 26, 2002
OLD DOMINION MONARCHS VS CAMPBELL
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002, 7:00 p.m. Ted Constant Convocation Center
ABOUT THE MONARCHS:* ODU lost its home opener to North Carolina, 67-59* Wright led with 17 points and 8 rebounds.* Marsh and Loughton each scored 13 pts.* ODU shot .292 from the floor, but outrebounded UNC 42-35* ODU was 1-1 during the pre-season exhibitions* ODU defeated Global Sports, 91-88, Lost to EA Sports, 83-78* ODU was 13-16 last season.
HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana '81)* Top Assistant at Stanford the last three years* 142-65 at Montana (1991-1998) - five 20+ win seasons.* 397-172 in 19 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 PROBABLESF 21 Ricardo Marsh, 6-8, 240, Sr, Mebane, NC.13 ppg/ 8.0 rpgF 22 Rasheed Wright, 6-5, 210, Sr., Greensboro, NC.17 ppg/ 5.0 rpgC 40 Alex Loughton, 6-9, 235, Fr., Perth Australia13 ppg/ 8.0 rpgG 24 Kiah Thomas, 6-4, 190, So, Norfolk, VA. 5.0 ppg / 3.0 rpgG 01 Isaiah Hunter, 6-2, 160, Fr., Charlotte, NC. 3.0 ppg/ 4.0 apg
TOP SUBSTITUTESG 13 Troy Nance, 5-10, 175, Jr., Va. Beach, VA. 0.0 ppg/ 3.0 apgG 10 John Waller, 6-4, 185, Jr, Richmond, VA. 3.0 ppg/ 4.0 rpgC 41 Joe Principe, 6-10, 245, Jr., Gladstone, MO. 0.0 ppg/ 2.0 rpgF 4 T.J. Waldon, 6-4, 214, Fr., Lakeland, FL. 5.0 ppg/ 5.0 rpgC 55 Janko Mrksic, 6-10, 270, Fr., Ontario, Canada 0.0 ppg/ 2.0 rpg
THIS DAY IN MONARCH HISTORYNov. 26, 1994 Mike Jones scored 20 points, Petey Sessoms added 17 with ten rebounds as ODU defeated Towson, 93-75.
TONIGHT'S OFFICIALSSean Hull, Sean Casady, Wallace Rutecki
CAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS:Freshman Alex Loughton who grabbed eight rebounds and scored 13 points againstNorth Carolina, was named CAA Rookie of the Week.
CAA GAMES TODAY:UNC Wilmington at Texas San Antonio, 8 p.m.VCU at Western Kentucky, 8 p.m.W&M at Liberty , 9 p.m.
SERIES VS. CAMPBELLODU leads: 8-2First Meeting: 1938-39....ODU, 56-48Last Meeting: 1975-76....ODU, 120-93
Other Series Results.1946-47 43-48 L1946-47 52-40 W1966-67 94-78 W1970-71 79-82 L1971-72 111-73 W1972-73 99-86 W1973-74 96-67 W1974-75 83-77 W
MONARCHS VS. ATLANTIC SUN TEAMSCentral Florida1-061-57 in 1999 SoCON Trn.Gardner-Webb1-084-57 last seasonGeorgia State3-1Last played in 1980-8196-61 WJacksonville*13-9Last played in 1990-9182-75 WStetson6-0Last played in 1981-8268-66 WNote: * Jackson is a former fellow member of the Sun Belt Conference.ODU has never played: Troy State, Belmont, Florida Atlantic and Lipscomb.
MONARCHS SIGN ONE IN EARLY PERIODODU signed Valdas Vasylius from nearby Norfolk Collegiate High School.He is a 6-7, 215-pounder originally from Klaipeda, Lithuania. (19.6 ppg/12.2 rpg)
BLAINE TAYLOR'S RADIO CALL IN SHOWEvery Thursday afternoon from 5-6 p.m. on ESPN 1310 radio withhost John Castleberry.... NOTE: this week's show will be tomorrow(Wednesday)Fans can also e-mail questions to Taylor at www.odusports.com
MONARCH ASSISTANTKenny Gattison (ODU'86) Sun Belt Conference All-Decade Team andLeague Player of the Year in 1986.
DID YOU KNOWMike Jones ('95) is the new head basketball coach at DeMatha High School inMaryland.
Mark West ('83) Assistant General Manager with Phoenix Suns(Played 17 years in the NBA)
MILESTONESRicardo Marsh has 913 career points and 471 career rebounds...Rasheed Wright has 799 career points and is shooting .762 from the free throw line.
NEW GAME TIMESJan. 4 at VCU is 4 p.m.Jan. 11 home with William and Mary is 7 p.m.
NEW ASSISTANT: Rob Wilkes joins the Monarchs coaching staff. Wilkes, son oflong time Stetson head basketball coach Glenn Wilkes served as an assistant at FloridaState from 2000-02, and Georgia Southern from 1999-00. He also served as anassistant at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL, from 1993-99. Lynn advanced tonational post season all six of those years, including three NAIA and three NCAADivision II tournaments. In 1997, Lynn reached the NCAA Elite Eight.
SUMMER ACTIVITIESRasheed Wright interned this summer in the office of University Relations.. JoePrincipe interned in the ODU Athletic Media Relations office, and Ricardo Marshattended Pete Newell's "Big Man Camp".
NEXT GAME:Dec. 1 at St. Joseph's2:00 p.m.Dec. 4 at Hampton U.7:00 p.m.