| GAME 6: Old Dominion (3-2, 0-0 C-USA) at [18/16] Miami (FL) (6-1, 0-0 ACC) | |
| Date | Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. |
| Location | Watsco Center -- Coral Gables, Fla. |
| Tickets | HurricaneSports.com |
| Game Notes | Old Dominion | Miami | C-USA | ACC |
| Season Stats | Old Dominion | Miami | C-USA | ACC |
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NORFOLK, Va. -- The Old Dominion women's basketball team heads to Coral Gables, Florida, for a showdown with No. 18/16 Miami (FL) on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m.
The game will be streamed live on ESPN3/ACC Network Extra with Joe Zagacki (pbp) and Cindy Russo (color) on the call. Sunday's contest can also be heard live on ESPN Radio 94.1 with commentary from Doug Ripley (pbp) and Susan Montgomery (color).
Old Dominion (3-2) heads into Sunday on a two-game winning streak after defeating Dartmouth, 82-56, on the Sixth Annual Education Day on Wednesday. In front of a Ted Constant Center record crowd of 8,563, Jennie Simms poured in a season-high 35 points to lead ODU to the win.
Miami (6-1) is coming off of a 94-89 overtime victory over No. 10/9 Ohio State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Thursday night. The Canes' only loss of the season came to No. 19/19 Kentucky in the season opener, 82-66.
This is the first of three trips to Florida for the Lady Monarchs this season. ODU also heads to the Sunshine State for the Florida Sunshine Classic (Dec. 20-21) and then a weekend trip for FIU (Feb. 2) and Florida Atlantic (Feb. 4).
OLD DOMINION (3-2) NOTES
- Karen Barefoot is just one win shy of 300 for her career
- Old Dominion is 0-1 on the road this season (L, at Duke, 92-64)
- ODU is outrebounding opponents by an average of 9.6 boards per game
- The Lady Monarchs are shooting 45.3 percent as a team
- Jennie Simms is second in the country in scoring (26.4ppg)
- With her 35 points vs. Dartmouth, Simms now has eight career 30+ point games
- Destinee Young is averaging a double-double (13.0ppg, 10.6rpg)
- Young leads C-USA in rebounding (10.6rpg) and is seventh in the NCAA in off. rebounding (5.0orpg)
- Karen Barefoot has defeated three ACC foes at ODU (Virginia Tech, twice, and Virginia)
#18/16 MIAMI (6-1) NOTES
- Miami is the second of three ACC opponents for ODU this season (Duke, Syracuse)
- Five different players average 10 points or better for Miami
- Jessica Thomas leads the team in scoring (13.4ppg) and assists (4.1apg)
- Keyona Hayes, who leads Miami in rebounding (8.1rpg), scored a career-high 23 in the win over OSU
- Miami is outscoring opponents by 15 points per game
- The Hurricanes are shooting 45 percent as a team
- Head coach Katie Meier is in her 12th season with the Hurricanes
- Miami has been to the NCAA Tournament in five of the past six seasons
SERIES HISTORY
- ODU leads the all-time series, 3-1
- Miami defeated ODU last year, 61-35, in Norfolk
- Old Dominion is 1-0 all-time in Coral Gables (W, 93-79, in 1988)
- The teams first met during the 1985-86 season