Jan. 15, 2010
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The ODU Monarchs (13-5/5-1) host the Dragons of Drexel in a CAA contest Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the Ted Constant Convocation Center. This game is the" Baskets For Books" night which benefits the ODU Libraries. This includes ODU great and Hall of Famer Kenny Gattison ('86), who will be in a free throw shooting contest against head football coach Bobby Wilder at halftime.
2009-10 MONARCH BASKETBALLOld Dominion University 13-5/5-1Jan. 16 vs. Drexel 9-9/4-2"Baskets for Books Night"ODU Radio: ESPN 94.1 FM(Ted Alexander, Kenny Gattison, Rick Kiefner)
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR ODUF 35 Ben Finney, 6-5, Jr, Portsmouth, VA. 8.2 ppg/ 5.4 rpgF 33 Keyon Carter, 6-8, RS-Jr. Riviera Beach, Fl. 7.5 ppg/ 5.4 rpgC 12 Gerald Lee, 6-9, Sr., Uusikaupunki, Finland, 14.7 ppg/ 5.1 rpgG 24 Kent Bazemore, 6-5, RS-So. Kelford, NC. 8.1 ppg/ 3.7 rpgG 3 Darius James, 6-1, Jr, Virginia Beach,Va. 6.9 ppg/ 3.8 apg.
OFF THE BENCHG 23 Marsharee Neely, 6-2, Sr., Greensboro, NC. 6.6 ppg/ 3.1 rpgF 21 Frank Hassell, 6-8, RS-Jr., Chesapeake, Va. 7.6 ppg/ 5.8 rpgC 20 Chris Cooper,6-9, So, Dumfries, VA., 2.2 ppg/ 2.8 rpgG 22 Marquel Delancey, 6-0, So.., Alexandria, Va., 1.6 ppg/ 2.0. apgF 1 Nick Wright, 6-8, RS-Fr.., Suffolk, VA 1.8 ppg /1.1 rpgG 15 Trian Iliadis, 6-3, Fr.,Perth,W.Australia 3.4 ppg/ 1.2 rpgG 2 Josh Hicks, 6-2, Fr., Winston-Salem, NC./ ------/-----Red ShirtC 40 Anton Larsen, 7-0, Fr., Copenhagen, Denmark -----/----- Red Shirt
SERIES VS. DREXEL:ODU leads, 9-5. The Monarchs have won five straight against the Dragons.Last year, ODU defeated Drexel in Philadelphia, 62-53. The year before, ODUEdged out the Dragons in the Constant Center, 75-71 in double overtime. DrexelLast beat ODUin 2005-06, 61-42 at Drexel. Drexel has beaten ODU in NorfolkTwice, 85-74 in 2003-04 and 62-57 in 2002-03.