Dec. 21, 2009
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The ODU Monarchs (7-4) return home Wednesday night to host the 49er'sof Charlotte (9-1) from the Atlantic 10 Conference at 7 p.m. in the Constant Center. Gamenotes are attached.
Individual tickets are 13.00 for adults. Youth, Senior Citizens, Military, ODUfaculty/staff at 9.00. For more information, please call 683-4444 or www.coxtix.com.
2009-10 MONARCH BASKETBALL
Old Dominion University (7-4)
Vs. Charlotte (8-1)
ODU Radio: ESPN 94.1 FM
(Ted Alexander, Kenny Gattison, Rick Kiefner)
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR ODU-
F 35 Ben Finney, 6-5, Jr, Portsmouth, VA. 7.7 ppg/ 5.5 rpg
F 33 Keyon Carter, 6-8, RS-Jr. Riviera Beach, Fl. 6.9 ppg/ 4.5 rpg
C 12 Gerald Lee, 6-9, Sr., Uusikaupunki, Finland, 13.5 ppg/ 4.6 rpg
G 24 Kent Bazemore, 6-5, RS-So. Kelford, NC. 7.3 ppg/ 3.8 rpg
G 3 Darius James, 6-1, Jr, Virginia Beach,Va. 6.7 ppg/ 4.3 apg.
OFF THE BENCH
G 23 Marsharee Neely, 6-2, Sr., Greensboro, NC. 8.1 ppg/ 3.3 rpg
F 21 Frank Hassell, 6-8, RS-Jr., Chesapeake, Va. 6.4 ppg/ 4.5 rpg
C 20 Chris Cooper,6-9, So, Dumfries, VA., 2.9 ppg/ 2.8 rpg
G 22 Marquel Delancey, 6-0, So.., Alexandria, Va., 2.0 ppg/ 2.2. apg
F 1 Nick Wright, 6-8, RS-Fr.., Suffolk, VA 1.7 ppg /1.3 rpg
G 15 Trian Iliadis, 6-3, Fr.,Perth,W.Australia 4.2 ppg/ 1.5 rpg
SERIES VS. CHARLOTTEODU leads, 14-12. The Monarchs defeated the 49er's last year in the season opener, 69-68. Charlotte last beat ODU, 105-102 in double overtime here in the Constant Center. The two teams were Sun Belt Conference rivals from 1982-1991.
ODU AND THE ATLANTIC 10The Monarchs play four teams from the Atlantic 10 this year. ODU lost atRichmond and Dayton earlier this year. They will play Duquesne on Dec. 30th here in the Constant Center.
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. ODU ranks second nationally in scoring defense.