Dec. 13, 2002
OLD DOMINION MONARCHS VS MD. EASTERN-SHORE
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, 7:00 p.m. Ted Constant Convocation Center
ABOUT THE MONARCHS: (1-4)* Lost last game to East Carolina, 75-67.* Rasheed Wright scored career high 25 pts* Ricardo Marsh hauled in 11 boards.* 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.13.0ppg/ 7.6 rpgF 22 Rasheed Wright, 6-5, 210, Sr., Greensboro, NC.16.2 ppg/5.6 rpgC 40 Alex Loughton, 6-9, 235, Fr., Perth Australia10.6 ppg/6.6 rpgG 10 John Waller, 6-4, 185, Jr., Richmond, VA. 7.8 ppg/ 4.0 rpgG 01 Isaiah Hunter, 6-2, 160, Fr., Charlotte, NC. 6.8 ppg/ 3.6 rpg
TOP SUBSTITUTESG 13 Troy Nance, 5-10, 175, Jr., Va. Beach, VA. 1.3 ppg/ 2.0 apgG 24 Kiah Thomas, 6-4, 190, So., Norfolk, VA. 2.4 ppg/ 2.2 rpgC 41 Joe Principe, 6-10, 245, Jr., Gladstone, MO. 0.6 ppg/ 1.0 rpgF 4 T.J. Waldon, 6-4, 214, Fr., Lakeland, FL. 4.0 ppg/ 4.3 rpgC 55 Janko Mrksic, 6-10, 270, Fr., Ontario, Canada 1.2 ppg/ 2.0 rpgG 3 John Morris, 6-1, 177, Fr., Camp Hill, PA. 1.3 ppg/ 0.3 rpg
TONIGHT: Tonight is the grand opening night for "McDonald's Kidzone" and Ronald McDonald will be the special guest. McDonald's Kidzone is located above section 116.NOTE: T.J. Waldon has not played since St. Joseph's due to a sore foot. He is day-to-day...
THIS DAY IN MONARCH HISTORYDec. 14, 1959...Leo Anthony scored 48 points against Elon. The Norfolk Divisionwon, 85-60.
TONIGHT'S OFFICIALSKeith Maxwell, Chuck Pitts, and John Spears.
CAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS:Nov. 25th, freshman Alex Loughton who grabbed eight rebounds and scored 13 points against North Carolina, was named CAA Rookie of the Week.
CAA GAMES TODAY:Hofstra at St. John's (MSG) 2:00Norfolk State at Towson7:00Rider at Delaware7:30VCU at Mississippi9:00
SERIES VS. UMESODU leads, 3-0First Meeting: 1981-82W 84-57Last Meeting: 1990-91W 95-70
Also played in 1983-84, W 79-65.
MONARCHS VS. MEAC TEAMSDelaware State4-0Last Played: 2001-02W 72-61Hampton U.5-2Last Played: 2002-03 L 77-70Florida A&M2-0Last Played: 1993-94 W 89-51Howard3-0Last Played: 1993-94 W 74-60Norfolk State11-6Last Played: 2000-01 W 69-62
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)
LAST TIME ODU DID THISStarted 1-4: 2000-01Scored 90 or more points: 103-69 in 1998-99 vs. VMIScored 100 or more points: same as aboveWon by 20 or more points: 29 vs. Campbell, 11-26-02Lost by 20 or more: 25, Dec. 2001, to Memphis, 91-66Gave up 90 or more points: 91 by Memphis, 2001-02Won an overtime game: March 3, 2001 vs. William & Mary in CAA Trn.Shot 60 percent or better from the floor: .617(29-47) vs. George Mason Feb. 21,01Shot less than 30 percent from the floor:293(17-58) vs. St. Joseph's, 12-01-02Blocked 10 or more shots: 16 vs. American, Jan. 16, 1999Had 10 or more shots blocked: 10 by Richmond, Mar 4, 2000.CAA Trn.Committed 20 or more turnovers: 22 at Towson, Jan. 14, 2002Committed 10 or less turnovers: 9 vs. Delaware, Jan. 7, 02
LAST TIME AN ODU INDIVIDUAL DID THISScored 30 or points: 32, by Mark Poag at George Mason, 2-21-98Grabbed 10 or more rebounds: 13 by Marsh vs. Hofstra in 2002Grabbed 15 or more rebounds: 23 by Clifton Jones, vs. UNCW Feb. , 2001Had 10 or more assists:10, by Pierre Greene vs. JMU in 2002Performed the double-double:Rasheed Wright vs. GMU in 2002Two or more players with double-double:P.Greene & Marsh vs. JMU 2002Performed the triple-double: Mark West, Feb. 17, 1982 vs. W&M (14 pts,11 rebs,10Blocks)
TED CONSTANT CONVOCATION HIGHLIGHTSFirst Basket: 19:16 Ricardo Marsh dunk vs. UNCFirst Trey: 16:25 by Jawad Williams of UNCFirst ODU Trey: 15:00 by John WallerFirst Free Throw Made: 14:39 by Sean May of UNCFirst ODU Free Throw Made: 14:22 by Rasheed WrightMost Points: 25, by Rasheed Wright vs. ECU.Most Points by an Opp: 20 by Gabriel Mikulas of ECUMost Rebounds: 11 by Ricardo Marsh vs. ECUMost Opp. Rebounds: 12, by Erroyl Bing of ECUMost Treys: 3, by Rasheed Wright vs. UNCMost Opp.Treys: 2 by Jawad Williams and Scott Melvin of UNCMost Free Throws: 7-8 by Rasheed Wright vs. Campbell.Most Assists: 5, by Raymond Felton of UNCMost ODU Assists: 4, by Isaiah Hunter vs UNC.Most ODU Steals: 3, by Rasheed Wright vs. Campbell.Best ODU Field Goal %: .531 vs. CampbellBest OPP. Field Goal %: .509 by ECUBest ODU Free Throw %: .682 vs. North CarolinaBest OPP Free Throw %: .846 by North CarolinaBest 3PT %: .286 vs. Campbell and UNCBest OPP 3PT %: .400 by ECUMost ODU Rebounds: 46, vs ECUMost OPP Rebounds: 35 by North CarolinaMost ODU Assists: 17 vs. CampbellMost OPP Assists: 14 by ECU and UNCMost ODU Points Scored: 72 vs. CampbellMost OPP Points Scored: 75, by ECUAttendance: 8,424 (Sellout)
MONARCH CAA STATISTICAL RANKINGSIndividualScoring:Marsh14th13.0Wright6th16.2FT PCT: Wright 9th.821FG %:Marsh14th.4423PT FGPCT:Wright7th.381REBS: Marsh8th7.6Loughton12th6.6Wright17th5.6ASST: Hunter10th3.0Steals: Wright8th1.8Off RebsLoughton3rd4.00Def. RebsMarsh14th4.00
TeamScoring:7th 63.0FG PCT: 10th.3633PT FG: 10th.274Rebs:5th39.4Scoring Def:6th 65.0FT PCT: 2nd.724FG PCT Def: 9th.4483PT FG Def:9th.346Assists:6th12.4Blocks 9th2.0Steals:3rd7.8
MILESTONESRicardo Marsh has 965 career points and 501 career rebounds...Rasheed Wright has 863 career points and is shooting .762 from the free throw line.
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
DID YOU KNOWThe Four teams who have beaten ODU thus are are a combined 16-2...
The last time ODU won by 29 or more points was a 103-69 victory over VMIin 1998-99.
Mike 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)
MONARCH ASSISTANTKenny Gattison (ODU'86) Sun Belt Conference All-Decade Team andLeague Player of the Year in 1986.
NEW GAME TIMESJan. 2 home vs. Towson, 6 p.m.Jan. 4 at VCU is 4 p.m.Jan. 11 home with William and Mary is 4 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. 20 Univ. of Dayton coached by Oliver Purnell(ODU'75) 7 p.m. Comcast TV.