GAME NOTES
Old Dominion Monarchs (11-13/5-4) vs. North Texas Mean Green (11-12/2-7)
Feb. 13, 2014, at the Super Pitt in Denton, TX,
Webcast: MeanGreenSports.com/AllAccess
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. 16.5 ppg/ 3.0 rpg
G 3 Keenan Palmore, 6-1, So., Stone Mountain, GA. 11.1 ppg/ 3.6 rpg
F 21 Denzell Taylor, 6-7, Fr., Brampton, Ontario 5.3 ppg/ 6.3 rpg
F 23 Richard Ross, 6-6, R-Jr. Wichita Falls, TX. 9.0 ppg/ 7.3 rpg
G 4 Dimitri Batten, 6-3, R-Jr., Newport News, Va., 11.0 ppg/4.4 rpg
OFF THE BENCH
G 0 Jordan Baker, 6-2, Fr. Hampton, VA. 5.0 ppg/ 2.3 rpg.
G 10 Martin Shaw 5-11 So. Hampton, VA. 0.2 ppg/ 0.0 rpg
F 11 Joe Ebondo 6-7 Jr. Euless, TX. 1.5 ppg/ 3.7 rpg
G 22 Ambrose Mosley 6-2, R-Fr. Jacksonville, Fl. 5.1 ppg/2.8 rpg
F 40 Anton Larsen 7-0 R-Sr. Copenhagen, Denmark 1.0 ppg/ 1.1 rpg
G 25 Sean-Michael King 6-1, Jr. Alexandria, VA. 0.0 ppg/ 0.0 rpg
NORTH TEXAS PROBABLES
5 G Chris Jones 6-2 Jr. 8.2 / 3.9
3 G Alzee Williams 6-4 Sr. 11.8 / 2.6
23 G Jordan Williams 6-6 Jr. 12.7 / 6.3
33 F Colin Voss 6-7 Jr. 7.0 / 6.1
24 F/C Kelvin Gaines 6-10 Jr. 0.2 / 1.4
HEAD COACHES
Jeff Jones Record at ODU 11-13 (1st yr at ODU) 358-286 (22nd overall)
Tony Benford 2nd year at NT (23-32 Record) at North Texas
SERIES VS. NORTH TEXAS This is the first meeting between the two schools. The Mean Green have beaten UAB and Marshall in league play thus far.
LAST GAME
ODU lost at home to C-USA leader UTEP Saturday night, 63-49. Keenan Palmore and Ambrose Mosley led the Monarchs with 8 points each, while Richard Ross and Dimitri Batten led with seven rebounds each. ODU shot .255 from the floor which is the second lowest in school history while UTEP shot .487. ODU outrebounded UTEP, 38-32.
THIS DAY IN ODU HISTORY Feb. 13, 1961. Old Dominion defeated Lynchburg College, 128-61. The 67-point margin of victory is still the largest in school history.
COMPARING THE TEAMS
ODU North Texas
SCORING 64.2 71.9
OPP AVG 65.1 74.3
FGPCT .422 .430
3PT FGPCT: .307 .342
FT PCT .608 .660
REBS 36.5 38.1
ASSTS 10.3 10.6
TO: 13.3 13.6
STLS: 6.2 6.7
BLKS 4.0 4.0
KENT BAZEMORE (’10) NBA UPDATES
GP/GS MINS FG 3PT FT RBS AST STL TP
43/0 7.0 33-90 9-36 18-34 39 20 11 93
MONARCHS TOP 5 C-USA TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Scoring Defense: 3rd at 65.1
Rebounding Defense: 5th 34.1
Field Goal PCT Def: 7th at .422
MONARCHS C-USA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
Scoring: Bacote 5th at 16.5
Rebounding: Ross 12th at 7.3
Assists: Bacote 13th at 3.1
Field Goal PCT: Ross at .517
Free Throw PCT: Bacote 8th at .799
Blocked Shots: Ross, 2nd at 2.3