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ODU Plays West Virginia In The Cancun Challenge Tuesday

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ODU Plays West Virginia In The Cancun Challenge TuesdayODU Plays West Virginia In The Cancun Challenge Tuesday

 

ODU GAME NOTES
Old Dominion Monarchs (4-1) vs. West Virginia (Nov. 26)- 6 p.m.
Saint Louis or Wisconsin (Nov. 27) either at 7 p.m. or 9:30 p.m.

THE CANCUN CHALLENGE
Old Dominion, St. Louis, West Virginia ant Wisconsin will be playing each other in the Riviera Division while Bowling Green State, Oral Roberts, Presbyterian and a school to be determined, will compete in the Mayan Division. Catch all the game action for both divisions with a TCS fan package and CBS Sports Network in our area on channel 216 and 1216 for Cox Subscribers. Thad Anderson  will be the play-by-play announcer and Steve Wolf will be the analyst. DirectTV 221; DishNetwork 158.

ODU ON RADIO: The Monarchs radio broadcasts are on ESPN 94.1 in Hampton Roads; WZEZ 100.5 in Richmond and WBRG 104.5 FM & 1050 AM in Lynchburg, Va. Play-by-Play announcer is Ted Alexander.  ODU basketball Hall of Famer Dave Twardzik will do the color commentary for all road games.

MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS  
G  1  Aaron Bacote, 6-4, So., Hampton, VA. 21.6 ppg/ 3.4 rpg
G  3  Keenan Palmore, 6-1, So., Stone Mountain, GA. 10.2 ppg/ 3.6 rpg
G  4  Dimitri Batten, 6-3, R-Jr., Newport News, Va., 12.2 ppg/5.0 rpg
F  21 Denzell Taylor, 6-7, Fr.,  Brampton, Ontario 4.0 ppg/ 7.4 rpg
F  23 Richard Ross, 6-6, R-Jr.  Wichita Falls, TX.  11.4 ppg/ 8.0  rpg

OFF THE BENCH
G    0   Jordan Baker      6-2  Fr.        Hampton, VA. 8.2 ppg/3.6 rpg
G  10  Martin Shaw         5-11 So.       Hampton, VA.  0.0 ppg/ 0.0 rpg
F  11  Joe Ebondo          6-7    Jr.       Euless, TX.        2.0 ppg/5.4 rpg
G 22   Ambrose Mosley 6-2, R-Fr. Jacksonville, Fl. 3.2 ppg/2.2 rpg
F  40   Anton Larsen     7-0  R-Sr.   Copenhagen, Denmark  1.0 ppg/ 1.3 rpg

SERIES VS. WEST VIRGINIA
ODU leads the series, 3-1. The two last met in 1991-92.
1985-86 W 72-64 (NCAA)    1989-90 W 73-69
1990-91 L at 69-87               1991-92 W 83-82

SERIES VS. SAINT LOUIS
First meeting between the two schools

SERIES VS. WISCONSIN
Wisconsin leads, 1-0. The two et in the 2005-06 Paradise Jam Finals in St. Thomas, VI. with the Badgers defeating ODU, 84-81.

LAST GAME:The Monarchs won their fourth straight with an 86-69 win over Georgia Southern. Aaron Bacote led with 26 points and six assists.Jordan Baker added a career high 17 points.ODU shot .519 from the field (.593 in the first half, including eight three-pointers in that half. The Monarchs also outrebounded the Eagles, 38-32.