Dec. 27, 2012
SATURDAY RUNDOWN
Saturday, Dec. 29 - 4:00 p.m.
South Carolina State (8-3) at Old Dominion (8-2)
Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,600) - Norfolk, Va.
94.1 ESPN Radio
Play-by-play: Tony Mercurio
Color: Susan Montgomery
Saturday Live Stats: Jackie Cook was named to the World Vision Classic All-Tournament team after average scoring 58 points in three games for an average of 19.3 per contest. She scored in double figures in all three games and eclipsed the 800 mark for career points in the finale.
Old Dominion tied a school record on Dec. 19 at UNLV by connecting on 12 three-pointers which matches the record set on Jan. 21, 1997 (89-51 win over UNCW).
LAST TIME OUT
ODU rebounded to take third place on Dec. 21 in the World Vision Classic with a 75-46 defeat of Alabama A&M. Jackie Cook scored a career-high 25 points and surpassed the 800-point mark in her ODU career to power the Lady Monarchs, who scored 43 points off 34 Alabama A&M turnovers.
The Lady Monarchs committed a season-low nine turnovers in the ballgame. Eight of ODU’s 10 opponents this season have now turned the ball over 20 times or more as the Lady Bulldogs turned it over 34 times.
A total of 12 ODU players saw action and 10 of them scored as the Lady Monarchs distributed the ball well offensively with 22 assists. Sophomore Ashley Betz-White put in 10 points, five assists and four steals while sophomore Shae Kelley added nine points and six rebounds to go along with four steals and two assists.
BAREFOOT PRINTS
ODU head coach Karen Barefoot enters her 14th year as a head coach in 2012-13 and 200 plus wins in her career as she leads the Lady Monarch program in year two. As head coach at the Apprentice School in 2001, she led the Builders to a National Championship in the school's first ever women's sport while taking Lenoir-Rhyne the NCAA Tournament in the 2002-03 season. In 2010-11 while at Elon, she led the Phoenix to the WBI, the schools first ever women's basketball tournament appearance. The last time that ODU made the NCAA Tournament was in 2008 when Barefoot was an assistant coach for the Lady Monarchs and helped them make the Sweet 16.
HOLIDAY SPIRIT
The team paid a visit just before Thanksgiving to the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughter (CHKD) to spend time with patients. In addition, the Lady Monarchs are also participating in the Operation Christmas Child project this year.
Redshirt senior Mairi Buchan is the Vice President of SAAC at ODU and spearheaded the campaign for the upcoming holiday period that all student-athletes could help people less privileged by filling a minimum of two boxes that included anything from toys to bath soap (items that children in underprivileged areas or war-torn countries may not have easy access to). The goal is to give the children something to smile about in what may be a difficult time for them.
KAREN BAREFOOT SHOW
The Karen Barefoot Coach's Shows continue to pack the house at YNot Pizza in the Village behind the Ted. Joined by host Doug Ripley, Barefoot reviews the previous week's game and gives insight into the upcoming Lady Monarch matchups all season long. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 8th at 6 p.m.
LADY MONARCHS INK TWO
Coach Barefoot announced the addition of Odegua Oigbokie and Destinee Young who signed letters of intent to play for the Lady Monarchs next fall on Nov. 14.
Oigbokie is a highly touted forward from Ridgeway High School in Memphis, Tenn., while Young is a power forward out of Hoffman Estates High School in Hoffmann Estates, Ill.
Oigbokie, who is 6-foot-1, averaged 18 points and eight rebounds as a junior and has been named all-district and all-region for Ridgeway the past two seasons. Young, who is also 6-foot-1, averaged 15.4 points and 11 rebounds as a junior at Hoffman Estates High School, where she already is the record holder for career rebounds and single-season blocks.
Out of the five recruits that second-year head coach Karen Barefoot has landed at ODU, four have been rated as three stars or better by ESPN. The other three were local freshmen guards Galaisha Goodhope out of Norfolk and LaQuanda Younger of Newport News and forward Chelisa Painter from Chesapeake who is sitting out this season after transferring from George Washington.
NEWCOMERS
Head Coach Karen Barefoot added three freshmen this season in local talented guards Galaisha Goodhope and LaQuanda Younger along with center Brittany Martin out of the New York. Transferring in are forward Shae Kelley and Miami (FL) transfer guard Stephanie Gardner. The incoming class is ranked the best in the CAA and No. 42 in the country overall.
FEATURED LADY MONARCH
After Saturday's game, freshman LaQunda Younger will be in signing autographs for fans at the Guest Sevices booth in the main lobby.
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