Feb. 18, 2009
WILMINGTON, NC-- Sophomore forward Frank Hassellscored 19 points and Marsharee Neely added 14 tolead the Monarchs (17-9/10-6) to an 84-65 victory over UNC WIlmington Wednesday night. ODUis now tied for fourth with Drexel and Hofstra.
Five Monarchs scored in double figures tonight. Joining Hassell and Neely werered-shirt freshman Kent Bazemore with 13 and sophomore forward Keyon Carter with12 points. Every Monarch who played tonight scored and grabbed a rebound.
With the score, 16-15 at the 12:36 mark of the first half, ODU went on an 11-0tear to take a 27-15 lead wwith 10:34 left in the half. ODU led 46-33 at halftime.
In the second half, the Monarchs started the half off with a 12-0 run to build thelead to 58-33 with 15:43 left in the game.
The Monarchs dominated the board, outrebounding the Seahawks, 40-25. Keyon Carter led all rebounders with eight. Ben Finney and Kent Bazemore hauled down sixrebounds each and Frank Hassell had five.
ODU came up with seven steals on the night led by Ben Finney with four.
ODU finished the night shooting a blistering .610 from the floor, while UNCWshot .404. This was the second best shooting performance since the .617 theMonarchs shot against Georgia State.
Hassell hit nine-of-13 from the floor, while Neely was six-for-nine and Finneyhit four of five of his shots from the field. Kent Bazemore was five-for sixand Carter was five-of 10.
UNCW was led by Chad Tomko with 18 points and Kevon Moore with 11. ODU sweepsthe two-game series from the Seahawks.
THe Monarchs are now tied with Drexel and Hofstra for fourth in the CAA with10-6 league records. VCU is now in first at 12-4, followed by Northeastern and George Mason at11-5. James Madison drops to seventh at 9-7.The Monarchs return home to host Liberty Saturday morning at 11am in the annual ESPNU Bracketbusters game.