GAME NOTES
Old Dominion Monarchs (8-9/2-0) vs. FAU Owls (6-11/2-1)
Jan. 18, 2014 - FAU Arena, Boca Raton, FL.
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. Billy Mann will Serve as color analyst for all home games. Dave Twardzik will be a contributor to Monarch Courtside pre-game show at home games and color commentary for all road games.Rick Kiefner will host the Monarch Courtside program at home games.
MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS
G 1 Aaron Bacote, 6-4, So., Hampton, VA. 17.5 ppg/ 3.4 rpg
G 3 Keenan Palmore, 6-1, So., Stone Mountain, GA. 11.1 ppg/ 4.0 rpg
G 4 Dimitri Batten, 6-3, R-Jr., Newport News, Va., 11.8 ppg/4.5 rpg
F 21 Denzell Taylor, 6-7, Fr., Brampton, Ontario 5.4 ppg/ 6.7 rpg
F 23 Richard Ross, 6-6, R-Jr. Wichita Falls, TX. 9.1 ppg/ 7.4 rpg
OFF THE BENCH
G 0 Jordan Baker, 6-2, Fr. Hampton, VA. 4.6 ppg/ 2.2 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. 1.5 ppg/ 3.6 rpg
G 22 Ambrose Mosley 6-2, R-Fr. Jacksonville, Fl. 4.2 ppg/2.6 rpg
F 40 Anton Larsen 7-0 R-Sr. Copenhagen, Denmark 0.6 ppg/ 1.0 rpg
G 25 Sean-Michael King 6-1, Jr. Alexandria, VA. 0.0 ppg/ 0.0 rpg
FAU PROBABLE STARTERS
G 2 Marquan Botley, 5-10, FR. 7.0 ppg/ 2.0 rpg.
G 12 Jackson Trapp, 6-4, So., 1.0 ppg/3.5 rpg
G 25 Pablo Bertone ,6-2, So., 18.3 ppg/ 3.6 rpg
F 44 Kelvin Penn, 6-6, Jr., 4.6 ppg/5.4 rpg
F 11 Justin Raffington, 6-9, Jr., 9.3 ppg./ 9.0 rpg
SERIES VS. FAU The two teams have met only once, in 2006-07 at ODU in the Cox Classic. ODU won, 70-55. Coach Mike Jarvis has coached against the Monarchs before when he was at George Washington. He is 3-1 vs. ODU.
LAST GAME
The Monarchs won their second straight C-USA road game with a 52-36 win at FIU Thursday night.Aaron Bacote led ODU with 17 points and the Monarchs outrebounded their 12th opponent in the last 13. The 36 points by FIU was just two points shy of the school opponent mark of 34 by Northeastern in 2011. Leading scorer Aaron Bacote injured his ankle and played only 10 minutes. He is listed day-to-day.
THIS DAY IN ODU HISTORY
Jan. 18, 1988 – ODU defeats UAB at Scope, 82-80 in the first of two overtime battles with the Blazers. Darrin McDonald led with 21 and Anthony Carver added 18 points for ODU.
COMPARING THE TEAMS
ODU FAU
SCORING 65.5 69.1
OPP AVG 64.8 70.5
FGPCT .433 .425
3PT FGPCT: .318 .318
FT PCT .605 .636
REBS 37.5 38.9
ASSTS 10.8 12.2
TO: 13.5 13.1
STLS: 5.7 4.8
BLKS 4.2 4.1
MONARCHS TOP 5 C-USA TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Scoring Defense:3rdat 66.6
Field Goal PCT Def: 5th at .415
Blocked Shots: 5th at 4.2
Defensive Rebs: 5th at 384
MONARCHS C-USA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
Scoring: Bacote3rd at 17.5
Rebounding: Ross8th at 7.4
Assists: Bacote14th at 3.2
Free Throw PCT: Bacote 10th at .807
Steals: Palmore 11th at 1.4
Blocked Shots: Ross, 2nd at 2.5
Offensive Rebounds: Ross 9th at 2.9
Defensive Rebounds: Ross 12th at 4.4
C-USA UPCOMING SCHEDULE
(All times Central)
Saturday, January 18
Tulsa at Marshall (CBS SN) - 11:00a
East Carolina at FIU - 4:00p
UTSA at Middle Tennessee - 5:00p
North Texas at Charlotte (TWTX) - 6:00p
Old Dominion at Florida Atlantic - 6:00p
Rice at Tulane - 7:00p
UTEP at UAB - 7:00p
Sunday, January 19
(RV) Louisiana Tech at (RV) Southern Miss (FS1) - 12:00p