GAME NOTES
Old Dominion Monarchs (13-14/7-5) vs. LA Tech (21-6/9-3)
Feb. 22, 2014 - Ted Constant Convocation Center- Big Blue's Birthday
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.
STREAMING
All fans can watch and listen to the Monarchs over the internet with Monarch Media on www.odusports.com All home games will be video streamed live from the Constant Center in HD. A Monarch Media subscription can be accessed by going to ODUSports.com, then clicking Multimedia then Monarch Media.
The ODU InGame Mobile App
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Group Sales
For group outings (10+ tickets), please call Todd McKeating at (757)-683-7087 for special rates!
MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS
G 1 Aaron Bacote, 6-4, So., Hampton, VA. 15.8 ppg/ 3.0 rpg
G 3 Keenan Palmore, 6-1, So., Stone Mountain, GA. 10.7 ppg/ 3.9 rpg
F 21 Denzell Taylor, 6-7, Fr., Brampton, Ontario 4.8 ppg/ 6.1 rpg
F 23 Richard Ross, 6-6, R-Jr. Wichita Falls, TX. 9.4 ppg/ 7.2 rpg
G 4 Dimitri Batten, 6-3, R-Jr., Newport News, Va., 10.6 ppg/4.3 rpg
OFF THE BENCH
G 0 Jordan Baker, 6-2, Fr. Hampton, VA. 4.4 ppg/ 2.1 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. 6.0 ppg/2.9 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
LA TECH PROBABLES
G 4 Kenneth Smith 6-3, Jr. 7.7 ppg/3.2 rpg
G 0 Alex Hamilton 6-4, So 14.8 ppg/ 3.6 rpg
G 23 Jaron Johnson 6-6, Sr. 9.0 ppg/ 3.5 rpg
F 5 Chris Anderson 6-6, Sr. 11.7 ppg/ 6.0 rpg
F 1 Michale Kyser 6-9, Jr, 7.0 ppg/ 6.6 rpg
HEAD COACHES:
ODU - Jeff Jones (13-14 at ODU(1st) 366-300 (22nd overall)
LA TECH- Michael White 66-29 (3rd)
SERIES VS. LA. TECHThis is the first ever meeting between the two teams in men’s basketball. The schools have a rich history in women’s basketball, playing in The 1983 FINAL FOUR at Norfolk Scope as well as the 1979 AIAW National Championship in Greensboro, NC.
LAST GAME The Monarchs rallied from seven down with less than seven minutes left to defeat Rice, 55-51 Thursday night. Richard Ross led ODU with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Aaron Bacote added 13 and Keenan Palmore scored nine points with a career high 10 rebounds. ODU shot .382 from the field and Rice shot .348, but the Monarchs outrebounded the Owls, 43-31. Sean Obi led Rice with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
THIS DAY IN ODU HISTORY Feb. 22, 1976 – Wilson Washington performed one of his three career triple-doubles of his career with 10 points, 18 rebounds and 11 blocked shots against Roanoke College.
COMPARING THE TEAMS
ODU LA TECH
SCORING 63.1 83.6
OPP AVG 64.9 67.0
FGPCT .417 .462
3PT FGPCT: .308 .325
FT PCT .612 .677
REBS 36.1 40.2
ASSTS 10.2 16.5
TO: 13.6 11.5
STLS: 6.3 9.4
BLKS 4.1 5.4
MONARCHS TOP 5 C-USA TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Scoring Defense: 4th at 64.9
Rebounding Defense: 5th 33.9
Field Goal PCT Def: 7th at .421
MONARCHS C-USA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
Scoring: Bacote 5th at 15.8
Rebounding: Ross 11th at 7.2
Assists: Bacote 13th at 3.2
Field Goal PCT: 15th Ross at .515
Free Throw PCT: Bacote 8th at .788
Blocked Shots: Ross, 2nd at 2.4