Dec. 10, 2009
The ODU Monarchs (6-3) travel to Dayton, Ohio to take on the Flyers of Dayton (6-2) Friday night. GAMENOTES ATTACHED. The game will be televised live in Hampton Roads on Cox Channel 11 as well as Comcast Plus.
2009-10 MONARCH BASKETBALLOld Dominion University (6-3)Vs. Dayton (6-2)
ODU Radio: ESPN 94.1 FM(Ted Alexander, Kenny Gattison, Rick Kiefner)
TV-WCOX Channel 11 in Hampton RoadsComcast Plus
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR ODU-F 35 Ben Finney, 6-5, Jr, Portsmouth, VA. 8.0 ppg/ 5.0 rpgF 21 Frank Hassell, 6-8, RS-Jr., Chesapeake, VA./ 6.6 ppg/ 4.6 rpgF 33 Keyon Carter, 6-8, RS-Jr. Riviera Beach, Fl. 6.8 ppg/ 4.0 rpgC 12 Gerald Lee, 6-9, Sr., Uusikaupunki, Finland, 14.1 ppg/ 5.1 rpgG 3 Darius James, 6-1, Jr, Virginia Beach,Va. 6.6 ppg/ 4.3 apg.
OFF THE BENCHG 23 Marsharee Neely, 6-2, Sr., Greensboro, NC. 8.8 ppg/ 3.3 rpgG 24 Kent Bazemore,6-5 RS-So. Kelford, NC., 7.3 ppg/ 3.7 rpgC 20 Chris Cooper,6-9, So, Dumfries, VA., 3.6 ppg/ 3.4 rpgG 22 Marquel Delancey, 6-0, So.., Alexandria, Va., 2.0 ppg/ 2.1. apgF 1 Nick Wright, 6-8, RS-Fr.., Suffolk, VA 2.1 ppg /1.7 rpgG 15 Trian Iliadis, 6-3, Fr.,Perth,W.Australia 3.3 ppg/ 1.4 rpg
SERIES VS. DAYTON
Dayton leads, 5-4. The two teams last played in the 2002-03 season with the FlyersDefeating the Monarchs, 71-67 in the Constant Center. The year before, ODU won at the Dayton Arena, 81-76. Former Monarch standout and current Clemson headCoach Oliver Purnell (ODU '75) was Dayton's head coach then.
DID YOU KNOWDayton is one of four Atlantic 10 teams on the Monarchs schedule. ODU lost to Richmond earlier this season, 67-60. The Monarchs play Charlotte on Dec. 23.and Duquesne on Dec. 30.
ODU DEFENSEThe 38 points for Mount St. Mary's was the lowest total points scored for the Mountaineers since Feb. 10, 1950 when they tallied 37 points against Loyola. It's the second time this season that ODU has held an opponent to only 38 points as Bethune Cookman managed the same total in a 69-38 ODU victory on November 15.