ODU MONARCHS (15-2/4-1) Vs. MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS (10-8/3-1)
Jan. 22, 2015 8:00 PM (ET) at Murphy Athletic Center
RADIO/TV COVERAGE
ESPN 94.1 in Hampton Roads; Sports FM 100.5 in Richmond, Va.;WBRG 104.5 FM & Super Talk 1050 AM in Lynchburg, Va. Play-by-play: Ted Alexander Color Analysts: Dave Twardzik (ODU’72)
TV: – American Sports Network
Dave Barnett- play by play with Tim Scarborough – Color analyst.
The game will be televised live nationally on the American Sports Network which can be seen in Hampton Roads on channel 33 (over the air) and channel 2 on Cox.
MONARCH PROBABLES
G 1 Aaron Bacote, 6-4 Jr, Hampton, VA. 10.2 ppg/ 3.5 rpg
G 0 Jordan Baker , 6-2, So., Hampton, VA. 4.0 ppg/ 2.4 rpg
G 20 Trey Freeman, 6-2, Jr. Virginia Beach, VA. 15.8 ppg/ 3.4 apg
F 23 Richard Ross, 6-6, Sr., Wichita Falls, TX./ 8.6 ppg/ 6.0 rpg.
F 35 Jonathan Arledge, 6-9, Gr. Silver Spring, MD. 8.1 ppg./5.8 rpg.
RESERVES
G 3 Keenan Palmore, 6-1, Jr. Stone Mountain, GA. 2.8 ppg/ 1.5 rpg
F 21 Denzell Taylor, 6-7, So., Ontario, Canada 3.1 ppg/ 5.9 rpg.
G 22 Ambrose Mosley, 6-2, RSo. Jacksonville, FL. 8.0 ppg/ 2.0 rpg
F 30 Nik Biberaj 6-8, Jr., Fairfax Station, VA. 2.7 ppg/ 2.0 rpg.
F 10 Javonte Douglas, 6-7, Jr., Charlotte, NC. 3.9 ppg/ 3.3 rpg
G 15 Deion Clark, 6-3, RSo. Naples, FL. 1.3 ppg/ 0.7 rpg.
F 11 Joe Ebondo, 6-7, Sr. Euless, TX. 0.3/ 0.8 rpg
G 2 Martin Shaw, 6-1, JR., Hampton, VA. 0.4 ppg/ 0.0 rpg.
MONARCH NOTES
Trey Freeman has scored 20 or more points six times this year
Aaron Bacote (941 career points) scored a career high 31 vs. VCU with a perfect 8-8 from the field.
ODU has won 14 straight at home,10-0 this year (2nd in C-USA to LA. Tech)
ODU RPI is 30 as of Jan. 19. (2 top 50 wins LSU and VCU)
ODU home attendance average is 6985, second only to UTEP at 8409
72 points by WKU is the most points ODU has allowed this year
13-1 start was the best in ODU’s Div. I history.
ODU won 10 straight from Nov. 14 to Jan. 8 (ODU record is 22)
ODU shot .541 from the floor vs. NC A&T (best of the year)
ODU is 3-0 against the Atlantic 10 (beating VCU, Richmond & Mason)
The GSU win was ODU’s first OT win since 2-22-12 at GSU & first at the Ted since 2-14-08 vs. Drexel.
ODU’s win over No. 14 VCU was the first since the 61-57 at 11th ranked Georgetown in 2010
Trey Freeman was named to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team.
Jeff Jones is second vice-president of the NABC
Aaron Bacote is pre-season All-C-USA
Assistant coaches John Richardson and Lamar Barrett were teammates at Elizabeth City State
Conference USA celebrates its 20th season of competition
ODU basketball players hail from seven different states & Canada.
SERIES VS. MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Middle leads 3-0. Blue Raiders beat ODU 75-66 in 1986-87 and last year 64-48 in Murfreesboro and 62-48 in the C-USA tournament.
Jeff Jones Record
Record at ODU: 33-20 (2nd season)
Career Record: 390-307 (22 years)
Kermit Davis Record:
Record at MT: 242-155 (13th season)
Career Record: 379-230 (20th season)
ODU NCAA NATIONAL RANKINGS
(12th) .882 winning pct.
(12th) .55.4 Scoring Defense
(26th) .288 3PT FG Defense
(45th) .384 FG Defense
(24th) +8.2 Rebound Margin
ODU C-USA RANKINGS
Scoring – Freeman (6th) 15.8
Field Goal PCT: Ross (3rd) .607
Free Throw PCT: Bacote (2nd) .841
3PT FGM: Mosley (7th) 2.1
Rebounding: Ross (14th) 6.0
Rebounding: Arledge (17) 5.8
Rebounding: Taylor (15) 5.9
Assists: Freeman (11th) 3.4
Blocked Shots: Ross (5th) 1.6
Offensive Rebs: Taylor (4th) 3.4
Team Scoring Def: (1st) 55.4
Team Free Throw PCT: (3rd) .704
Team FG Def: (1st) .384
3 PT FG DEF: (2nd) .288
Team Rebounding: (3rd) 38.5
COMPARING THE TEAMS
ODU MT
Scoring 66.1 60.8
FGPCT .426 .401
FG DEF: .384 . 433
3 PT PCT .342 .347
FT PCT .704 .698
REBS 38.5 33.8
R-Margin +8.2 +3.1
ASTS: 13.3 11.1
TO 11.9 13.7
STLS 5.8 5.9