Jan. 1, 2003
OLD DOMINION MONARCHS VS TOWSON TIGERS
Thursday, January 2, 2002, 6:00 p.m. Ted Constant Convocation Center
ABOUT THE MONARCHS: (3-5)* Defeated George Washington, 84-76 on Dec. 28.* Ricardo Marsh scored 25 points and hauled in 12 rebs.* John Waller, Rasheed Wright & Alex Loughton all in double figures.* ODU committed only 13 turnovers at GW.* 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.16.3ppg/ 8.0 rpgF 22 Rasheed Wright, 6-5, 210, Sr., Greensboro, NC.16.4 ppg/5.6 rpgC 40 Alex Loughton, 6-9, 235, Fr., Perth Australia10.9 ppg/6.6 rpgG 10 John Waller, 6-4, 185, Jr., Richmond, VA. 8.5 ppg/ 3.5 rpgG 01 Isaiah Hunter, 6-2, 160, Fr., Charlotte, NC. 7.1 ppg/ 2.8 apg
TOP SUBSTITUTESG 13 Troy Nance, 5-10, 175, Jr., Va. Beach, VA. 1.6 ppg/ 3.9 apgG 24 Kiah Thomas, 6-4, 190, So., Norfolk, VA. 3.4 ppg/ 2.3 rpgC 41 Joe Principe, 6-10, 245, Jr., Gladstone, MO. 0.6 ppg/ 1.1 rpgG 3 John Morris, 6-1, Fr., Camp Hill, PA. 1.3 ppg/ 1.1 rpgC 55 Janko Mrksic, 6-10, 270, Fr., Ontario, Canada 1.6 ppg/ 1.0 rpg
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 HISTORYJan. 2, , 1993. ODU defeats Florida A&M in Tallahassee, 104-83. Petey Sessomsscored 17 points and Donald Anderson added 16 with nine assists.
TONIGHT'S OFFICIALSMark Lindsey, Mike Eades, Sean Cassidy
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:Delaware at George Mason7 p.m.Drexel at James Madison7 p.m.Hofstra at VCU7 p.m.Charleston Southern at W&M7 p.m.
SERIES VS. TOWSONODU Leads: 8-1First Meeting: 1956-57, Won, 72-68Last Meeting: 2001-02, W 66-53 (A); L, 67-55 in the fieldhouse.
Other Meetings1957-58 W 69-631958-59 W 107-511965-66 W 103-711966-67 W 106-611968-69 W 75-57*1994-95 W 93-751996-97 W 84-82* Mason Dixon Conference Tournament
COMPARING STATSODUTUScoring 68.560.6FG%.406.4263PT %.295.359FT%.755.696REBS38.436.9Scoring Def..66.864.9
MONARCHS VS. CAA TEAMSDelaware3-1Drexel1-1George Mason24-8Hofstra2-1James Madison37-21Towson8-1VCU32-30UNC Wilmington15-15William & Mary47-12
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 THISScored 90 or more points: 103-69 in 1998-99 vs. VMIScored 100 or more points: same as aboveWon by 20 or more points: 20, 82-62 vs. Maryland- Eastern Shore, 12-14-02Lost 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 50 percent of better from the floor: (28-56).500 vs. UMES, 12-14-02Shot less than 30 percent from the floor:293(17-58) vs. St. Joseph's, 12-01-02Shot 90% or better from the floor: Dec. 28, 2002(.905) 19-21, at GWBlocked 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: 12 by Marsh vs. GW, 12-28-02Grabbed 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: Ricardo Marsh at GW (25/12) 12-28-02Two 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: 21 by Tee Trotter(UMES), 12-14-02Most Rebounds: 11 by Ricardo Marsh vs. ECUMost Opp. Rebounds: 12, by Erroyl Bing of ECUMost OPP Treys: 6, by Brooks Hall (6-12) of Dayton, 12-20-02Most .Treys: 3, by Rasheed Wright vs. UNC (11-24-02) & Dayton (12-20-02)Most Free Throws: 7-8 by Rasheed Wright vs. Campbell.Best Free Throw PCT: 1000(6-6) by Isaiah Hunter vs. UMES(12-14-02)Best Opp FT PCT: 1000 (6-6) by Keith Waleskowski of Dayton(12-20-02)Most Assists: 5, by Raymond Felton of UNC, & Ramod Marshall/Mark Jones ofDayton (12-20-02).Most ODU Assists: 9, by Troy Nance vs. Dayton, (12-20-02)Most ODU Steals: 3, by Rasheed Wright vs. Campbell, & Ricardo Marsh vs. Dayton(12-20-02).Best ODU Field Goal %: .531 vs. CampbellBest OPP. Field Goal %: .509 by ECUBest ODU Free Throw %: ..767 (23-30) vs UMES (12-14-02)Best 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 Carolina & DaytonMost ODU Assists: 20 vs. UMES (12-14-02)Most OPP Assists: 15 by Dayton, (12-20-02)Most ODU Points Scored: 82, vs. UMES (12-14-02)Most OPP Points Scored: 75, by ECU (12-07-02)Attendance: 8,424 (Sellout)
MONARCH CAA STATISTICAL RANKINGSIndividualScoring:Marsh7th16.3Wright5th16.4FG PCT: Marsh5th505FT PCT: Wright 7th .800Marsh8th.7953PT FGPCT:Wright2nd.452REBS: Marsh6th8.0Loughton11h6.6Wright13th5.4ASST: Hunter14th2.8Nance6th3.85Off RebsLoughton4th4.00Def. RebsMarsh8th5.12
TeamScoring:5th 68.5FG PCT: 8th.4063PT FG: 9th.295Rebs:4th38.4Scoring Def:5th66.8FT PCT: 1st.755FG PCT Def: 7th.4303PT FG Def:8th.355Assists:2nd14.9Blocks 6th2.6Steals:5th7.3Reb. Margin2nd+6.1
MILESTONESRicardo Marsh has 1030 career points and 527 career rebounds...He is the 37thMonarch to break the 1,000 career point mark. Rasheed Wright has 910 career points.
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 KNOWOdell Hodge ('97) is only one of 75 Division I players to score over 2,000 pointsand haul in over 1,000 career rebounds. He scored 2117 career points and hauled in1086 career rebounds. The only other players in Virginia Collegiate Div. I history todo so are Ralph Sampson (Virginia) with 2225 points and 1511 rebounds,Kenny Sanders (George Mason) with 2177 points and 1026 rebounds, and Jeff Cohen(William and Mary) 2003 points, 1380 rebounds.
Oliver Purnell ('75) has been named assistant coach for the 2003 USA BasketballMen's Senior National Team which will participate in the 2003 FIBA AmericasQualification Tournament for the 2004 Olympic games. Larry Brown will serve ashead coach.
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)
WHERE ARE THEY NOWMark Poag - Spain (LEB League)Cal Bowdler - Italy A1 DivisionOdell Hodge - BelgiumChris Gatling - Russia - First DivisionPetey Sessoms - Isreal - First DivisionReggie Bassette - Isreal - First DivisionJoe Bunn - Spain (LEB League)
MONARCH ASSISTANTKenny Gattison (ODU'86) Sun Belt Conference All-Decade Team andLeague Player of the Year in 1986.
NEXT GAME: Jan. 4, at. Va. Commonwealth 4 p.m. (Comcast TV)