Jan. 2, 2011
OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (9-3/0-1) VS. TOWSON TIGERS (4-7/0-1)Jan. 3, 2011
MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERSF 35 Ben Finney, 6-5, Sr, Portsmouth, VA., 10.7 ppg/ 5.8 prgF 20 Chris Cooper, 6-9, JR., Dumfries, VA. 4.6 ppg./ 5.5 rpgC 21 Frank Hassell, 6-9, RS-Sr. Chesapeake, VA. 12.3 ppg/ 9.5 rpg.G 24 Kent Bazemore, 6-5, RS-Jr. Kelford, NC. 12.3 ppg/ 5.0 rpgG 3 Darius James, 6-0, Sr, Virginia Beach, Va. 6.5 ppg/ 3.0 apg
OFF THE BENCHF 33 Keyon Carter, 6-8, RS- Sr. Rivieria Beach, FL. 8.9 ppg/ 5.8 rpgG 15 Trian Iliadis, 6-3, JR., Perth, W. Australia 7.7 ppg/ 1.9 rpgG 22 Marquel De Lancey, 6-0, JR., Alexandria, VA. 2.6 ppg/ 2.1 apgF 1 Nick Wright, 6-8, RS-SO ,Suffolk, VA. 1.8 ppg/ 1.5 rpg.G 2 Josh Hicks, 6-1, RS-FR. Winston-Salem, NC. 1.7 ppg./ 1.0 apgC 40 Anton Larsen, 7-0, FR., Copenhagen, Denmark 5.0 ppg./2.0 rpg
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SERIES VS. TOWSONODU leads, 23-1The Monarchs defeated Towson three times last year, including the CAA quarterfinals. The Tigers' only win over ODU was a 67-56 decision in 2001-02
in the ODU Fieldhouse.
LAST GAMENo. 10 Missouri defeated ODU, 81-58 last Thursday in Columbia, MO.which ended ODU's four-game winning streak. Mizzou had five players in double figures led by Marcus Denmon
with 22. The Tigers hit nine treys. ODU was led by Frank Hassell with 12 points and Marquel De Lancey with a career high 10 points. Chris Cooper added a career high tying nine points along with
nine boards. ODU shot .479 (23-48) from the floor butcommmitted 21 turovers. Missouri shot .500 (29-58) from the floor.
Blaine Taylor2 Wins AwayBlaine Taylor is two wins away from becoming the all-time winningest coach at ODU.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOWBen Finney became the 45th Monarch to join the 1,000 career point club vs. UMES..544 field goal percentage vs. ECU is this years best.ODU blocked 10 shots vs. Georgetown, 8 vs. High Point and DaytonThe Monarchs held Georgetown and Clemson to 19 first half points.ODU has outrebounded all 13 opponents.ESPN.com and SI.com named Bazemore As one of the nation's top defenders.Frank Hassell shot .667 (16-24) from the floor at the Paradise Jam.ODU is averaging 7,470 a home thus far.Alumni day is against Towson on Jan. 29 at 5 p.m.
NEXT GAMEJan. 5 Northeastern 7 p.m.Jan. 8 George Mason 2 p.m.
Blaine Taylor2010-11 ODU 9-3197-106 at ODUTotal 339-171 (.667 )
ODU TEAM RANKINGS IN THE CAAScoring Offense 6th 68.8Scoring Defense 3rd 62.2Scoring Margin 3rd +6.6Free Throw PCT: 10th .635FG PCT: 8th .444FGPCT DEF: 4th .4143PT FG PCT: 8th 3563PT FG DEF: 7th .356Rebounding: 2nd 41.6REB Margin: 2nd +12.3Blocked Shots: 2nd 4.8Steals: 5th 6.9Assists: 3rd 13.8Asst/TO Ratio: 5th 1.0
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS IN THE CAAScoring: Hassell 15th 12.3 Bazemore 15th 12.3FGPCT: Hassell 6th .551REBS: Hassell 3rd 9.5FT PCT: Bazemore 12th .7503PT FG PCT:Iliadis 6th .447Assists: James 11th 3.0Steals: Bazemore 1st 2.2
STRONG PERFORMANCE IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAYCAA teams have combined for a 73-50 record against non-conference foes. The CAA is 3-4 against the ACC (ODU over Clemson, VCU and
UNCW over Wake Forest), and has two wins over the Big East (Drexel over Louisville, JMU over South Florida), 8-6 vs. the Atlantic 10
with ODU beating Xavier, Dayton and Richmond, as well as VCU's win over UCLA.
FIVE CAA TEAMS IN TOP 100 OF RPIAccording to RPIratings. Com, ODU was 13, Drexel 15, George Mason 69, JMU 78, and VCU 79. The CAA ranked #10 among the nation's
32 Division I Conferences.
CRASHING THE GLASSODU is out-rebounding foes by 12.3 per game, while Drexel is at 12.6 per game. Drexel rankedSecond nationally in rebound margin and ODU was third as of Dec. 20th.
ODU WINS PARADISE JAM TOURNAMENT:Old Dominion knocked off Xavier, 67-58 on Nov. 22 to win the Paradise Jam Tournament in theVirgin Islands. Senior forward Frank Hassell paced the Monarchs with 16 points and eight reboundsAgainst Xavier. Senior Ben Finney was named tournament MVP and was joined by Hassell on theAll-Tournament team. ODU posted victories over St. Peter's, and Clemson in the tournament.