GAME NOTES
Old Dominion Monarchs (12-13/6-4) vs.Tulsa Golden Hurricane (12-12/7-3)Feb. 15, 2014, Donald Reynolds Center
TV/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. 16.6 ppg/ 3.0 rpg
G 3 Keenan Palmore, 6-1, So., Stone Mountain, GA. 11.1 ppg/ 3.7 rpg
F 21 Denzell Taylor, 6-7, Fr., Brampton, Ontario 5.0 ppg/ 6.4 rpg
F 23 Richard Ross, 6-6, R-Jr. Wichita Falls, TX. 9.0 ppg/ 7.2 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. 4.8 ppg/ 2.2 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/ 3.6 rpg
G 22 Ambrose Mosley 6-2, R-Fr. Jacksonville, Fl. 5.8 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
TULSA PROBABLES
G 5 TIM PEETE, 6-4, 205, Sr-3L, 4.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg,
G 10 JAMES WOODARD, 6-3, 183, So-1L, 14.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg,
G 11 SHAQUILLE HARRISON, 6-3, 175, So-1L, 9.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.5 apg,
F 1 RASHAD SMITH, 6-7, 206, RS-So-1L, 12.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg,
F 40 D’ANDRE WRIGHT, 6-9, 247, So-1L, 7.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg,
HEAD COACHES:
Tulsa’s Danny Manning (29-28, 2nd year);
ODU’s Jeff Jones (12-13, 1st year)
SERIES VS. TULSA Tulsa leads, 1-0. The only meeting between the two was in the second round of the 1995 NCAA Tournament in Albany, NY. Tulsa defeated ODU 64-52. In the first round, ODU knocked off third seeded Villanova in triple overtime 89-81. Tulsa was coached by Tubby Smith.
LAST GAME ODU defeated North Texas, 72-62 Thursday night. Freshman guard Ambrose Mosley came off the bench to score a career high 21 points in just 13 minutes of play, followed by sophomore Aaron Bacote with 20. ODU outrebounded the Mean Green, 35-32 as Denzell Taylor and Keenan Palmore each hauled down seven rebounds. ODU shot .447 from the floor to UNT’s .320. ODU has now won four C-USA games on the road.
THIS DAY IN ODU HISTORY Feb. 15, 1979. Behind 16 points from freshman Ronnie McAdoo, the Monarchs rallied to defeat VCU in overtime at the Richmond Coliseum, 72-71. Dana Kirk was VCU’s head coach and Paul Webb was the Moanrchs head coach. ODU would go on to reach the quarter finals of the NIT.
COMPARING THE TEAMS
ODU Tulsa
SCORING 64.5 73.2
OPP AVG 65.0 70.5
FGPCT .423. 439
3PT FGPCT: .320 .333
FT PCT .612 .668
REBS: 36.5 35.9
ASSTS: 10.2 13.6
TO: 13.4 11.3
STLS: 6. 16.7
BLKS: 4.1 3.6
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
Southern MIss 8-2
UTEP 8-2
Louisiana Tech 8-2
Middle Tenn. 8-2
Tulsa 7-3
ODU 6-5
Tulane 5-5
Charlotte 5-5
FIU 5-5
FAU 5-5
UAB 4-6
UTSA 3-7
East Carolina 2-8
North Texas 2-8
Marshall 2-8
Rice 2-8
MONARCHS TOP 5 C-USA TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Scoring Defense:3rdat 65.0
Rebounding Defense: 5th34.0
Field Goal PCT Def: 7th at .418
MONARCHSC-USA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
Scoring: Bacote5th at 16.6
Rebounding: Ross11th at 7.2
Assists: Bacote13th at 3.1
Field Goal PCT:15th Ross at .503
Free Throw PCT: Bacote 8th at .796
Blocked Shots: Ross, 2nd at 2.3