Feb. 4, 2013
GAME INFO
Thursday, Feb. 5 - 7:00 p.m.
Old Dominion (15-6, 6-3) at George Mason (6-13, 1-7)
Ted Constant Convocation Center (10,000) - Fairfax, Va.
ESPN 94.1 FM Radio
Play-by-play: Doug Ripley
Jackie Cook picked up her 15th double-digit scoring performance of the season and 38th her career as she scored 13 points to go with seven rebounds, two steals, a block and an assist. Jackie Cook picked up her 15th double-digit scoring performance of the season and 38th her career as she scored 13 points to go with seven rebounds, two steals, a block and an assist. Galaisha Goodhope matched her career-high with four steals in 26 minutes of action as she scored eight points and gathered three rebounds.
AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
Out of 343 teams, ODU ranks in the top 50 nationally in the following categories:
#22 Turnover Margin 5.33
#41 Steals Per Game 11.2
The Lady Monarchs have forced 470 turnovers in 21 games this year (22.4 per game).
LEAGUE LEADERS
The Lady Monarchs are atop the CAA in the following categories per game:
#1 (1) Turnover Margin 5.33
#2 Assists Per Game 15.1
#2 Blocked Shots 3.9
#2 (1) Steals Per Game 11.2
#3 (3) Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.9
#3 Scoring Margin +9.2
#3 Field Goal % Defense .360
#3 Field Goal % .406
#3 Scoring Defense 56.3
#3 (3) 3-PT FG % Defense .272
#3 Scoring Offense 65.5
BUCHAN EARNS ACADEMIC AWARD
Redshirt senior Mairi Buchan was named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team on Jan. 31 for the second straight year. The teams are selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Buchan holds a 3.93 grade point average majoring in biology (pre-med).
ATOP THE CAA IN NON-CONFERENCE ACTION
Old Dominion finished tied for the best non-conference record in the league at 9-3 along with Delaware.
Both the nine non-conference wins and the 9-3 start are bests for ODU since the 2007- 08 season when they went to the Sweet 16 with a record of 31-5.
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.
CAA ROOKIE AWARDS
With LaQuanda Younger picking up her second CAA Rookie of the Week honors this season on Jan. 21, that marks the eighth time since the beginning of the 2011-12 season that an ODU player has recieved this award. Last season, Ashley Betz-White, the CAA Rookie of the Year, was honored four times while freshman Galaisha Goodhope earned the honor on Jan. 7 this season.
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 Wedneday, Feb. 6th 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.
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