WHO: Old Dominion at No. 10 Louisville
WHEN: Monday, Dec. 15 at 7:00 p.m. EST
WHERE: KFC Yum! Center (Louisville, Kent.)
MEDIA: ESPN Radio 94.1 FM (Hampton Roads)/Monarch Media (Live Stream)/Live Pregame Show Begins at 6:30 p.m. EST
OLD DOMINION PROBABLE STARTERS
No. 03 Chelisa Painter (F/RSr./6-1/Chesapeake, Va.)
No. 11 Ashley Betz-White (G/RJr./5-4/Harrisburg, Pa.)
No. 25 Jennie Simms (F/RSo./6-0/Accokeek, Md.)
No. 32 Tiffany Minor (G/Sr./6-0/Upper Marlboro, Md.)
No. 34 Odegua Oigbokie (F/So./6-1/Memphis, Tenn.)
No. 10 LOUISVILLE PROBABLE STARTERS
No. 00 Sara Hammond (F/Sr./6-2/Mt. Vernon, Ky.)
No. 02 Myisha Hines-Allen (F/Fr./6-2/Montclair, N.J.)
No. 04 Mariya Moore (F/Fr./6-0/Hercules, Calif.)
No. 21 Bria Smith (G/Sr./5-10/Massapequa, N.Y.)
No. 22 Jude Schimmel (G/Sr./5-6/Mission, Ore.)
LOUISVILLE, Kent. – The Old Dominion University women’s basketball team (5-2) will travel to No. 10 nationally ranked Louisville (8-1) for a stab at the Cardinals on Monday, Dec. 15 at the KFC Yum! Center at 7:00 p.m.
HOW TO TUNE IN
Monday’s contest will be audio streamed live via Monarch Media on ODUSports.com and will also air live on ESPN 94.1 FM Hampton Roads with Doug Ripley (Voice of the Lady Monarchs) handling the duties.
ALL-TIME SERIES
3-1 in favor of ODU
Monday’s contest will be the fifth meeting between the Cardinals of Louisville and the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs.
The last meeting occurred on Nov. 26, 2010 when Old Dominion took down Louisville by a score of 69-65.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS WITH THE LADY MONARCHS
Old Dominion enters Monday’s contest with a 5-2 overall record with key wins at Virginia Tech and against VCU. The Lady Monarchs are only allowing 55.0 points per game, while opponents shoot just 35.5% from the floor against ODU. Old Dominion averages forcing 15.4 turnovers a contest.
-The Lady Monarchs are currently ranked No. 20 in the country for fewest fouls committed per game (14.9).
-Old Dominion ranks No. 32 in the nation for blocked shots per contest (5.3).
-ODU currently has the fifth highest RPI in the C-USA (No. 163).
Jennie Simms has led the Lady Monarchs so far this season with 16.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per contest. Chelisa Painter is also averaging double figures (11.0 ppg) to go along with 6.4 boards a ballgame. Tiffany Minor averages 9.4 points to compliment 5.7 rebounds per game.
Ashley-Betz White currently leads the squad in assists (17) and steals (10). Destinee Young is Old Dominion’s leading shot blocker with 14 rejections so far this season.
ABOUT No. 10 LOUISVILLE
Louisville, who enters its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014-2015, returns eight letterwinners from last year's team that posted a 33-5 mark and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight.
This year's group of Cardinals is led by five seniors, including Sara Hammond, a preseason all-ACC selection by the league's coaches and media. Hammond, who earned WBCA All-America honorable mention status last year, averaged 10.4 points and 5.9 rebounds while connecting on 51 percent of her shots. Bria Smith is the other returning starter, with Jude Schimmel as the only other student-athlete who saw significant minutes last year.
The squad also features a bevy of youth, with a five-member freshman class that was tabbed as the eighth-best group in the country. It includes two McDonald's All-Americans in Myisha Hines-Allen and Mariya Moore in addition to a four-star standout Arica Carter.
The Cardinals enter Monday’s game with an 8-1 record for the 2014-15 season. They look to their freshman forwards Hines-Allen, who is averaging 15.4 points-per-game and 5.3 rebounds-per-game and Moore who is averaging 14.0 points-per-game and 4.3 rebounds-per-game so far this season.
The Cardinals have been to the national championship game twice, the Elite Eight once and the Sweet 16 two times under head coach Jeff Walz’s leadership. Their record through Walz’s direction is a remarkable 181-70 (.721).
The Cardinals look to bounce back after loosing to No. 8 Kentucky 77-68 on Dec. 7.
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