Old Dominion (5-2, 0-0 C-USA) vs. VCU (4-3, 0-0 A10)
When:
Saturday, December 2nd at 7 p.m. ET
Where:
Richmond, Va. (Siegel Center)
How to Follow:
Twitter: @ODUMBB
TV: MASN
Radio: ESPN 94.1 (in Hampton Roads, Va.); WNTW 820 AM and 97.7 FM The Answer (in Richmond and Central Va.); WLVA 94.1 FM and Fox Sports 580 AM (in Lynchburg, Va.).
Stats: CLICK HERE
RICHMOND, Va. – The Old Dominion men’s basketball team (5-2, 0-0 C-USA) will travel to Richmond for a Saturday night showdown against VCU at the Siegel Center at 7:00 p.m. The game will air on MASN.
MASN TV
CLICK HERE for more information on cable and channel finder. Jay Burnham and John Feinstein are expected to have the call.
RADIO
-Ted Alexander (PxP) and ODU HOF’er Dave Twardzik's (color) live pregame show will begin at 6:30 p.m. on the ODU Radio Network (see above table for list of channels).
ALL-TIME SERIES: ODU vs. VCU
-Saturday night marks the 93rd all-time meeting between these two schools.
-VCU leads the all-time series, 49-43.
-Saturday night marks the 42nd consecutive season these two schools have played each other. The last season these two schools did not play each other was 1976-77.
-ODU has lost six of the last seven games to VCU.
-These two teams met last season in Norfolk, in a game VCU won 67-64.
-The last time ODU won at the Siegel Center was Feb. 14, 2011; the final score was 70-59.
DID YOU KNOW?
-Old Dominion averages just 9.6 turnovers per game, which ranks eighth in the country.
-Old Dominion is allowing just 59.6 points per game, which ranks 17th in the country and first in Conference USA.
OLD DOMINION LEADERS
POINTS: B.J. Stith 14.1 ppg (17th in C-USA)
REBOUNDS: Brandan Stith/Aaron Carver 6.3 rpg (11th in C-USA)
ASSISTS: Ahmad Caver 5.4 apg (3rd in C-USA)
STEALS: Ahmad Caver/B.J. Stith 1.4 spg (16th in C-USA)
BLOCKS: Trey Porter 1.7 bpg (7th in C-USA)
MEET VCU
The Rams enter Saturday’s contest with a 4-3 record, after wins over Grambling State (94-65), North Florida (95-85) California (83-69) and Appalachian State (85-72). VCU’s has lost to Virginia (76-67), Marquette (94-83) and Michigan (68-60).
Virginia Commonwealth is coached by Mike Rhoades, who is in the midst of his first season at the helm in Richmond. A former VCU assistant coach and associate head coach under Shaka Smart from 2009-14, Rhoades spent the past three seasons in Conference USA as the head coach at Rice.
Five Rams are averaging double-figures so far this season: Justin Tillman (13.7 ppg/7.6 rpg), DeRiante Jenkins (13.0 ppg/4.3 rpg), Isaac Vann (12.5 ppg/4.5 rpg), Khris Lane (11.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg) and Jonathan Williams (11.6 ppg/2.9 rpg).
Both team's season stats are attached.