Jan. 22, 2010
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The ODU Monarchs (15-5/ 7-1) travel to Williamsburg, Va. to take on the Tribe of William and Mary Saturday night at 7 p.m. GAMENOTES are attached.The Contest will be televised live on WSKY TV 4 in the Hampton Roads area.
2009-10 MONARCH BASKETBALLOld Dominion University 15-5/7-1Jan. 23 vs. William and Mary 14-4/6-2
ODU Radio: ESPN 94.1 FM(Ted Alexander, Kenny Gattison, Rick Kiefner)
WSKY TV 4Announcers: John Castleberry and Cal Bowdler
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR ODUF 35 Ben Finney, 6-5, Jr, Portsmouth, VA. 9.2 ppg/ 5.6 rpgF 33 Keyon Carter, 6-8, RS-Jr. Riviera Beach, Fl. 7.3 ppg/ 5.1 rpgC 12 Gerald Lee, 6-9, Sr., Uusikaupunki, Finland, 14.2 ppg/ 5.2 rpgG 24 Kent Bazemore, 6-5, RS-So. Kelford, NC. 7.9 ppg/ 3.9 rpgG 3 Darius James, 6-1, Jr, Virginia Beach,Va. 6.8 ppg/ 3.8 apg.
OFF THE BENCHG 23 Marsharee Neely, 6-2, Sr., Greensboro, NC. 6.5 ppg/ 2.9 rpgF 21 Frank Hassell, 6-8, RS-Jr., Chesapeake, Va. 7.8 ppg/ 6.1 rpgC 20 Chris Cooper,6-9, So, Dumfries, VA., 2.1 ppg/ 2.8 rpgG 22 Marquel Delancey, 6-0, So.., Alexandria, Va., 1.7 ppg/ 2.0. apgF 1 Nick Wright, 6-8, RS-Fr.., Suffolk, VA 1.9 ppg /1.2 rpgG 15 Trian Iliadis, 6-3, Fr.,Perth,W.Australia 3.2 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. W&MODU leads, 59-16Last year, ODU won both games, beating the Tribe 62-50 in Williamsburg, and 64-63 at the Constant Center. ODU has won four straight in W&M Hall. Blaine Taylor is 6-2 in Williamsburg.
ODU DEFENSEODU has held an opponent to only 38 points twice as boht Bethune-Cookman and Mt. St. Mary's managed the same total. ODU ranks fourth nationally in scoring defense.ODU has held eight teams under 50 points thus far. ODU ranks 14th nationally in three Point field goal percentage defense and 26th in rebound margin.