NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion men’s basketball team (7-3) will travel to No. 25 Syracuse (7-2) on Saturday, Dec. 15 for a 12:00 p.m. ET tip at the Carrier Dome. The Monarchs, as well as the Orange enter Saturday’s contest on five-game winning streaks.
HOW TO WATCH:
TV:
-NBC Sports Washington
*COX: 35/1035 (HD)
*DirecTV: 642
*Dish: 445/5424 (HD)
*Verizon: 76/576 (HD)
-FOX Sports South
-FOX Sports Sun
-FOX Sports Midwest
-YES
-NESN Plus
-AT&T Sportsnet Pittsburgh
-SportsTime Ohio
-FOX Sports Detroit
-FOX Sports North Plus
-FOX Sports Wisconsin Plus
-FOX Sports Southwest
-FOX Sports Arizona
-FOX Sports San Diego
-FOX Sports Prime Ticket
-AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mtn.
-AT&T Sportsnet Las Vegas
-Root Sports Northwest
STREAM:
-NBCSW App (viewers within the Mid-Atlantic region)
-FOX Sports GO (viewers outside the Mid-Atlantic region)
-ACC Network/ESPN3 (subject to blackout in Mid-Atlantic region)
RADIO
Saturday’s game will air on the ODU Sports Radio Network, with Ted Alexander and Dave Twardzik’s pregame show beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET.
ALL-TIME SERIES
-Saturday afternoon marks the 4th all-time meeting between these two schools.
-Syracuse holds a 2-1 advantage in the all-time series.
-The two teams last met on 1/30/1981, in game the Orange won, 71-58.
-The schools first met in the ECAC Final in 1977, in a game Cuse won, 67-64.
ODU vs. RANKED TEAMS
Last Played a Ranked Team:
L, 68-62 (OT) vs. No. 10 Louisville (Battle 4 Atlantis) - Nov. 23, 2016
Last Defeated a Ranked Team:
W, 73-67 vs. No. 14 VCU - Nov. 19, 2014
Last Defeated a Ranked Team on the Road:
W, 75-62 at No. 8 Georgetown - Nov. 19, 2006
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
The Monarchs rank 3rd in the nation for holding teams to 35.8% shooting from the floor for the season. Old Dominion’s also defense ranks 5th in the country for scoring defense, allowing just 56.6 points per game. ODU turns the ball over just 10.5 times per contest, which ranks 16th in the NCAA.
The Monarchs have been led by their two senior captains so far this season, as Ahmad Caver is averaging 18.5 points, 5.1 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game. Stith is going for 18.0 points and 8.8 rebounds per outing.
ODU IS...
-On a five-game win-streak.
-6-0 at home this season and 3-0 in December.
-7-2 when allowing 69 points or less.
-5-1 when leading at half.
-5-0 when shooting 40% or better from the floor.
-7-1 when scoring 60-79 points.
-7-2 when outrebounding its opponent (has outrebounded opponent in all but one game).
STITH REPEATS AS C-USA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Stith was named the Conference USA Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. Over the past five games against Northern Iowa, VCU, JMU, W&M and Fairfield, Stith is averaging 24.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.
SYRACUSE
The Orange enter Saturday’s contest with a 7-2 record and on a five-game winning streak. Syracuse’s only two losses came at the hands of Connecticut and Oregon. SU is most recently coming off a 72-71 come from behind victory over Georgetown.
Cuse has been led by Tyus Battle (18.0 ppg), Oshae Brissett (15.6 ppg) and Elijah Hughes (14.2 ppg).
Head coach Jim Boeheim is in the midst of his 43rd season at the helm for Syracuse.