Feb. 5, 2007
NORFOLK, VA-- Old Dominion University senior forward Arnaud Dahi (West Coast, Africa) has been namedthe CAA Player of the Week. The 6-7 Dahi averaged 17.7 points and 10.3 rebounds as Old Dominion (17-7/10-3)was the only CAA team to win all-three games last week.
Dahi posted a double-double in the Monarchs 62-52 win at Drexel with 14 points and a career high 17rebounds. He had 14 points in just 22 minutes in the home win over Georgia State.
Dahi capped the week off by tallying a season and career high tying 25 points and nine boards in the 66-56overtime win at George Mason, including the game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer that forced overtime. Dahi now has1,252 career points which ranks him 25th on ODU's all-time scoring list. He currently ranks ninth in the CAA in rebounding (6.3),and sixth in free throw percentage (.817).
SOLD OUT: The ODU-VCU game at the Constant Center this Saturday is sold out. The game will be televised by CN8 and carriedin Hampton Roads by WSKY TV, channel 4.
ESPN announced today that the ODU-Toledo Bracketbusters game will be televised on ESPN360which is ESPN's Broadband service that is available on certain internet providers.
ESPN360, ESPN's signature broadband service. It is available to more than 15 million homes nationwide and is free to fans that receive high-speed Internet service through an ESPN-affiliated service provider. ESPN360 delivers hundreds of hours each month of live and on-demand content and gives fans easy access to the Internet's best sports video library. Content on ESPN360 covers the full spectrum of sports, and brings fans the games and everything around them. Fans can see hundreds of live events including 2006 FIFA World Cup matches, college basketball and football, IRL races, ice-skating, collegiate wrestling and lacrosse, boxing match-ups, rodeo and more. Additionally, ESPN360 delivers highlights, inside analysis, extended interviews, previews and premiers of upcoming ESPN shows and movies, plus archives of some of your favorite ESPN titles like Pardon The Interuption (PTI) and World Series of Poker, as well as distinctive online video games. New events, highlights and features are available every day just for ESPN360 users.
Launched in 2001 as ESPN Broadband, ESPN360 re-launched as the current robust service in January 2005. More information is available at www.ESPN360.com In the Washington DC market, ESPN360 is available via Verizon DSL, Citizens Telecommunications, Central Tel. Company of Viginia, Shenandoah Telephone Company, Sprint Telecom, and Frontier Communications. In the Norfolk market, ESPN360 is available on Verizon DSL and Sprint Telecom.
Game time is 6 p.m. onFeb. 17 in Toledo, Ohio. ODU and Toledo have met twice before. Toledo defeated the Monarchs, 90-82 in1995-96 and ODU defeated the Rockets in Norfolk, 65-57 in 1996-97.
The Monarchs travel to Atlanta, GA. to play at Georgia State Wednesday at 7 p.m.
CAA Bracketbuster GamesESPN2Bradley at VCU 8:00Drexel at Creighton 10:00
ESPNUHoly Cross at Hofstra 3:00
ESPN 360Kent State at George Mason 4:00ODU at Toledo 6:00