GAME NOTES
Old Dominion Monarchs (10-10/4-1) vs. UAB Blazers (13-6/2-3)
Jan. 30, 2014 Bartow Arena
MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS
G 1 Aaron Bacote, 6-4, So., Hampton, VA. 17.5 ppg/ 3.3 rpg
G 3 Keenan Palmore, 6-1, So., Stone Mountain, GA. 11.4 ppg/ 3.6 rpg
G 4 Dimitri Batten, 6-3, R-Jr., Newport News, Va., 11.6 ppg/4.3 rpg
F 21 Denzell Taylor, 6-7, Fr., Brampton, Ontario 5.7 ppg/ 6.6 rpg
F 23 Richard Ross, 6-6, R-Jr. Wichita Falls, TX. 9.3 ppg/ 7.5 rpg
OFF THE BENCH
G 0 Jordan Baker, 6-2, Fr. Hampton, VA. 4.8 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. 1.6 ppg/ 3.7 rpg
G 22 Ambrose Mosley 6-2, R-Fr. Jacksonville, Fl. 4.6 ppg/2.8 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
UAB PROBABLE STARTERS
G 13 Chad Frazier 6-4, Jr., 17.5 ppg/ 4.5 apg
F 25 C.J. Washington, 6-8, Jr., 13.9 ppg/ 7.4 rpg
F 44 Jordan Swing, 6-6, Sr., 8.1 ppg/ 3.9 rpg
F 42 Rod Rucker, 6-5, Sr, 10.8 ppg/ 7.6 rpg
G 15 Fahro Alihodzic, 6-10, Sr, 10.0 ppg/ 6.7 rpg
HEAD COACHES:
ODU - Jeff Jones (VIrginia '82) 368-296 (22nd overall); 10-10 (1st at ODU)
UAB: Jerod Haase 28-23 at UAB (2nd season)
SERIES VS. UAB Former Sun Belt Conference rivals from 1983-1991. The Blazers lead the series 17-9. The two teams have played four overtime games and also met in the Sun Belt finals in 1984. ODU’s last win over the Blazers was 2006-07, 56-42 at ODU.
LAST GAME The Monarchs defeated Tulane, 70-64 Saturday night. ODU had four players in double figures led by Aaron Bacote with 16, followed by Dimitri Batten with 15, Keenan Palmore with 14 and 10 points for Richard Ross. Freshman Denzell Taylor led with eight rebounds. ODU shot .491 from the floor and forced the Green Wave into 17 turnovers.
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. Dave Twardzik will do the color commentary for all road games.
THIS DAY IN ODU HISTORY Jan. 30, 1973 – Ricky Michaelson scored 45 points to lead the Monarchs to a 125-112 victory over Kentucky Wesleyan at the ODU fieldhouse.
COMPARING THE TEAMS
ODU UAB
SCORING 65.4 75.9
OPP AVG 65.0 70.9
FGPCT .437 . 421
3PT FGPCT: .320 .310
FT PCT .605 .706
REBS 36.4 47.0
ASSTS 10.8 12.9
TO: 13.3 13.6
STLS: 5.9 5.0
BLKS 4.0 4.3
KENT BAZEMORE (’10) NBA UPDATES
GP/GS MINS FG 3PT FT RBS AST STL TP
37/0 7.0 33-86 9-34 17-32 39 18 11 92
MONARCHS TOP 5 C-USA TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Scoring Defense: 3rd at 65.1
Rebounding Defense: 5th 36.6
Field Goal PCT Def: 4th at .415
MONARCHS C-USA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
Scoring: Bacote 4th at 17.6
Rebounding: Ross 13th at 7.5
Assists: Bacote 14th at 3.2
Field Goal PCT: Palmore 13th at .537
Free Throw PCT: Bacote 9th at .793
Steals: Palmore 14th at 1.3
Blocked Shots: Ross, 2nd at 2.8