SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Old Dominion University women’s basketball team (12-14, 5-7) will travel to the University of Texas at San Antonio (12-12, 3-8) to square-off with the Roadrunners in Convocation Center on Saturday, February 22, at 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST.
ALL-TIME SERIES
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Saturday night’s showdown will be the first time in school history that the Lady Monarchs have played the Roadrunners from UTSA.
Old Dominion’s (12-14, 5-7) Probable Starters
No. 01 – Shae Kelley (F – Jr. – 6’3) – (17.4 ppg/10.2 rpg)
No. 03 – Chelisa Painter (F – RJr. – 6’1) – (9.1 ppg/6.1 rpg)
No. 05 – Galaisha Goodhope (G – So. – 5’5) – (7.8 ppg/3.5 rpg)
No. 32 – Tiffany Minor (F – Jr. – 6’0) – (8.5 ppg/4.1 rpg)
No. 34 – Odegua Oigbokie (F – Fr. – 6’1) – (4.9 ppg/3.3 rpg)
UTSA’s (12-12, 3-8) Probable Starters
No. 1 - Miki Turner (PG – Sr. – 5’7) – (9.4 ppg/2.7 rpg)
No. 10 - Kamra King (G – Jr. – 5’6) – (14.3 ppg/3.1 rpg)
No. 23 - McKenzie Adams (F – Sr. – 6’3) – (5.9 ppg/5.3 rpg)
No. 24 - Ashley Spaletta (G – Jr. - 5’9) – (7.2 ppg/4.7 rpg)
No. 33 - Mannasha Bell (F – So. – 5’11) – (5.7 ppg/5.4 rpg)
MULTIMEDIA
Radio:
STAR 1310 AM in Hampton Roads
Broadcast will include a pre- and postgame show!
Saturday’s game will be aired live on STAR 1310, with Voice of the Lady Monarchs Doug Ripley on the play-by-play call and former Lady Monarch assistant coach, Susan Montgomery handling color duties. Doug and Susan’s radio broadcast will begin at 7:30 p.m. EST/6:30 p.m. CST from the Convocation Center.
The ODU InGame Mobile App
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What You Need to Know About the 2013-14 Lady Monarchs:
Attendance
-Old Dominion currently averages 2,929 fans per contest (20% increase from last season), which is second in Conference USA and No. 38 in the country.
Protecting the Ted
-The Lady Monarchs are 8-4 at home this season.
Team Stat
-Steals Per Game: ODU ranks 94th in the nation and 5th in the conference with 8.8 steals per contest.
Individual Stats
-Galaisha Goohope is currently ranked 7th in the C-USA for assists per game with 3.5.
-Galaisha Goodhope ranks No. 10 in the conference for her +1.26 assist to turnover ratio.
-Galaisha Goodhope has the 10th best steals per game average (1.8) in the conference.
-Tiffany Minor has the 10th highest average in Conference USA for three-pointers made per game with 1.77.
-Chelisa Painter ranks No. 9 in Conference USA play with 3.27 offensive boards per contest.
Shae Kelley
-Double Doubles: Shae Kelley ranks 20th in the nation and 4th in the conference with 14.
-Rebounds Per Game: Shae Kelley 36th in the nation and No. 4 in the conference with 10.2 rpg.
-Shae Kelley is the No. 7 leading scorer in Conference USA (17.4ppg).
-Shae is averaging two steals per game, which is good for fifth best in the C-USA.
-Shae is the sixth leading defensive rebounder in conference play this season, averaging 6.91 per contest.
-Shae also has the conference’s 11th highest blocked shots per game average with 1.16.
Other Lady Monarch Notes from This Season:
Karen Barefoot Claims Win No. 250
When the Lady Monarchs defeated Marshall 65-52 in overtime on February 1, at the Ted Constant Center, the victory gave ODU head coach, Karen Barefoot, 250 career wins.
ODU's Recruiting Class Nationally Ranked No. 43
The All Star Girls Report has released their top 115 schools’ incoming recruiting classes for 2014 and has ranked the Old Dominion University women’s basketball team No. 43, which is the top ranked team in Conference USA.
LADY MONARCH RECRUITING CLASS IN ALL
Transfers
-Annika Holopainen, (Portland transfer), 6’1, F
-Jennie Simms, No. 62 (West Virginia transfer), 6’0, F
From High School
-Keyana Brown, No. 284, 5’11, G
-Auteaonna Gilmore, No. 114, 5’8 PG
-Maia Lee, No. 225, 6’3, C
Kelley Becomes First Basketball Player in School’s History to Garner ‘C-USA Player of the Week’ Honors
On December 9, 2013, Old Dominion University’s junior forward Shae Kelley was named C-USA Player of the Week. For the two games that week, Shae averaged 25 points, 14.5 rebounds, four assists, three steals and 1.5 blocked shots per game and shot an average of 56.4% from the floor.
Former CAA Rookie of the Year, Ashley Betz-White Will Redshirt 2013-14 Season
On January 29th, Old Dominion University women’s basketball head coach, Karen Barefoot announced that the Lady Monarch’s all-conference junior guard, Ashley Betz-White, will redshirt this season due to bilateral stress fractures in her lower legs.
Lady Monarch’s 2013-14 Education Day
The women’s basketball team had 8,086 elementary school children at the Ted Constant Convocation Center on Dec. 4, 2013 for its third annual Education Day Game with the Norfolk Public Schools. The game marked the Lady Monarchs’ highest attended game since the Ted opened in 2002.
About the 2013-14 UTSA Roadrunners (12-12, 3-8)
Lubomyr Lichonczak
Lubomyr Lichonczak is in the midst of his very first season as head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio, but has spent the last 11 years on the Roadrunner’s coaching staff and the last nine years as UTSA’s associate head coach. Lichonczak arrived in the Alamo City after spending the 2001-02 campaign as Colorado State’s associate head coach. Prior to coaching at Colorado State, Lichonczak had an 11-year run at the helm for Radford University.
Lubomyr Lichonczak’s Connection to Old Dominion
Lichonczak was an assistant under Hickey at Texas A&M from 1987-90 after a pair of seasons (1985-87) at Old Dominion, where he helped the Monarchs to the 1987 Sun Belt Conference Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth. Prior to his time in Norfolk, Va., Lichonczak was an assistant at Ohio State from 1980-85 and aided the Buckeyes to four consecutive Big Ten titles (1982-85) and NCAA Tournament appearances in 1982, ’84 and ‘85. The 1985 squad finished the season with a 26-2 record, 18-0 Big Ten mark and advanced to the Elite Eight before falling to Old Dominion, the eventual national champion.
About the 2013-14 UTSA Roadrunners (12-12, 3-8)
-Kamara King leads UTSA in the scoring department (14.3 ppg) and is currently ranked No. 14 on the school’s all-time scoring list.
-Ashley Spaletta has drilled a total of 120 three-pointers throughout her career at UTSA, which is good for No. 4 on the school’s all-time list.
-Mannasha Bell averages 5.4 boards per contest and currently ranks No. 35 in that department on the school’s all-time list.
-So far, the Roadrunners have held opponents to 63.0 points per game, good for fourth best in Conference USA. The Roadrunners held No. 25 Middle Tennessee to a season-low 24 first half points in Murfreesboro on Jan. 22.
Next Karen Barefoot Coach’s Show
The next Karen Barefoot Coach’s Show will be Monday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. at YNot Pizza and Italian Cuisine in the University Village, hosted by the Voice of the Lady Monarchs, Doug Ripley, on ESPN Radio 94.1.
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