Jan. 21, 2011
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OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (14-4/5-2) vs. VCU RAMS (14-5/6-1)
Jan. 22, 2011
MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS
F 35 Ben Finney, 6-5, Sr, Portsmouth, VA., 10.1 ppg/ 6.4 prg
F 20 Chris Cooper, 6-9, JR., Dumfries, VA. 5.2 ppg./ 5.3 rpg
C 21 Frank Hassell, 6-9, RS-Sr. Chesapeake, VA. 13.1 ppg/ 9.4 rpg.
G 24 Kent Bazemore, 6-5, RS-Jr. Kelford, NC. 12.1 ppg/ 4.7 rpg
G 3 Darius James, 6-0, Sr, Virginia Beach, Va. 6.6 ppg/ 3.1 apg
OFF THE BENCH
F 33 Keyon Carter, 6-8, RS- Sr. Rivieria Beach, FL. 7.8 ppg/ 4.7 rpg
G 15 Trian Iliadis, 6-3, JR., Perth, W. Australia 6.4 ppg/ 1.8 rpg
G 22 Marquel De Lancey, 6-0, JR., Alexandria, VA. 2.6 ppg/ 2.1
F 1 Nick Wright, -8, RS-SO., Suffolk, VA. 1.7 ppg// 1.7 rpg
G 2 Josh Wright, 6-1, RS-Fr. Winston-Salem, NC. 1.7 ppg/ 1.0 apg
C 40 Anton Larsen, 7-0, Fr., Copenhagen, Denmark, 3.8 ppg/ 1.5 rpg
ODU ON TV/RADIO
ODU Radio: ESPN 94.1 (Ted Alexander, Cal Bowdler, Rick Kiefner)
TV- Comcast Sportsnet channel 35 in Hampton Roads
Al Koken and Charlie Woollum
Series Vs. VCU
VCU leads 42-40
ODU won two of three vs. Rams last year, including the CAA semi-final.
VCU defeated ODU, 70-58.
ODU won 73-70 in the Constant Center
ODU won 73-69 in overtime in the CAA semi-finals.
Seven of the previoius eight ODU-VCU games at the Constant Center have been sold out.
VCU's last win at ODU was 78-68 in 2007-08; but ODU won at VCU that year.
Seven ODU-VCU games have gone overtime.
LAST GAME
ODU defeated JMU, 64-58 Wednesday night in front of a sold out crowd.
Frank Hassell led with 15 points and 11 rebounds and joined the 1,000 career point mark.
He now has 1,002 career points. Kent Bazemore added 15 and Ben Finney scored 12. Chris Cooper hauled down 13 rebounds, the second highest
of his career. ODU outrebounded the Dukes,
39-31. ODU shot .404 from the floor, while JMU shot .390. Denzel Bowles led JMU with
20 points and nine rebounds, while Julius Wells did not score.
BIG BLUE MASCOT TO BE HONORED AT FIRST MEDIA TIMEOUT
Byron Daub, the Director of Sponsorships for Capital One will present a check for
$20,000 to ODU President John Broderick, Dr . Wood Selig, Athletic Director and our
Own Big Blue as Mascot of the Year.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
VCU game will be ODU's fourth sellout of the season an fifth game over 8,000
Ben Finney is 8th all-time at ODU wiht 171 career steals.
Frank Hassell now has 1002 career points and 755 career rebounds
ODU has outrebounded 17 of 18 opponents.
ODU ranks third nationally in rebound margin at +11.2
Year-by-year as a head coach
2010-11 ODU 14-4
202-107 at ODU
Total 344-172 (.667 )
ODU TEAM RANKINGS IN THE CAA
| Scoring Offense | 8th | 66.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scoring Defense | 1st | 59.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scoring Margin | 4th | +6.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Free Throw PCT: | 10th | .641 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FG PCT: | 9th | .433 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FGPCT DEF: | 4th | .407 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3PT FG PCT: | 10th | .343 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3PT FG DEF: | 10th | .368 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounding: | 2nd | 41.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| REB Margin: | 1st | +11.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blocked Shots: | 2nd | 4.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steals: | 3rd | 6.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assists: | 5th | 14.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asst/TO Ratio: | 4th | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offensive REBS: | 1st | 15.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS IN THE CAA
COMPARING THE OPPONENT
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