Nov. 28, 2005
NORFOLK, VA--Junior forward Arnaud Dahi (Ivory Coast, Africa) has been named Colonial Athletic Association's Player of the Week. The 6-7 Dahi scored a careerhigh 25 points in ODU's 84-81 loss to Wisconsin in the Paradise Jam Championship, then scored 22 points with seven rebounds in the Monarchs 80-57 home opening win against Mt. St. Mary's.
Dahi hit 19-25 (.760) from the floor, 6-7 from the free throw line and 13 reboundsin the two games. He averaged 23.5 points per game during the week.
As a team, ODU leads the CAA in free throw percentage at .771 and ranks in theTop five of the league in scoring (75.0), scoring defense (64.5), field goal percentage(.466), three-point field goal percentage (.319), field goal percentage defense (.392),steals (7.5) and assist/turnover ratio (1.08). Dahi ranks seventh in the CAA in fieldgoal percentage at .610, while Alex Loughton is seventh in rebounding at 8.0 and DrewWilliamson is sixth in assist/turnover ratio at 2.0 and seventh in assists at 4.0.
ODU, 3-1 returns to action on Wednesday in Lexington, VA., against the Keydetsof VMI. Gametime is 7 p.m.