EL PASO, Texas – The Old Dominion men’s basketball team (15-5, 5-2 C-USA) will have road games at UTEP (6-11, 1-5 C-USA) on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 9:00 p.m. ET and then will travel to UTSA (10-9, 4-2 C-USA) for a Saturday showdown at 4:00 p.m. ET. Both games will stream on ESPN+.
Both games will also air on the ODU Radio Network, with Ted Alexander and Dave Twardzik’s live pregame show beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday and 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.
The Monarchs have won four games in a row and have claimed victory in 13 of its last 15 contests.
For Saturday’s game at UTSA, ODU head coach Jeff Jones and his staff will be wearing sneakers in support of Coaches vs. Cancer. For over 25 years, the Coaches vs. Cancer program, in collaboration with the National Association of Basketball Coaches, has united coaches and fans nationwide to help the American Cancer Society defeat a common enemy – cancer. For more information, please click HERE.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
-Old Dominion’s defense ranks 8th in the country for scoring defense, allowing just 60.9 points per game.
-The Monarchs rank 9th in the nation for holding teams to 38.6% shooting from the floor for the season.
-ODU’s 782 total rebounds this season ranks 13th in Division I.
-Ahmad Caver 738:43 total minutes played ranks 6th in the NCAA.
-Caver ranks 37th in the nation for his 2.79 assist to turnover ratio.
-Caver’s 301 FGA ranks 19th in the country.
-Caver’s 106 total assists ranks 31st in Division I.
-B.J. Stith’s seven double-doubles this season ranks 32nd in the country.
-Stith’s 6.80 defensive rebounds per game ranks 35th in the nation.
ODU IS...
*15-3 when scoring 60 or more points.
*13-2 when shooting 40% or better from the floor.
*13-2 when allowing 69 points or less.
*11-2 when committing less turnovers than its opponent.
*11-2 since December.
*12-4 when out-rebounding its opponent (has out-rebounded opponent in all but 4 games...two of which were tied).
*9-1 when leading at half.
*2-1 on the road in C-USA play.
COMEBACK KIDS - Largest Deficits Overcome in ODU Victories:
21 (13:07 - 1H) vs. Western Kentucky - (Largest comeback in school history)
17 (2:37 - 1H) vs. VCU
13 (00:44 -1H) at No. 25 Syracuse
12 (00:17 - 1H) at Charlotte
CURRENT MONARCHS CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME LEADERBOARDS
AHMAD CAVER
-His 170 career steals rank 9th in school history.
-His 422 career assists rank 14th in school history.
-His 1,315 points rank 28th in school history.
B.J. STITH
-His 1,133 points (doesn’t include the 13 he scored at UVA) rank 39th in school history.
ALL-TIME SERIES vs. UTEP
-Thursday night marks the sixth all-time meeting between these two schools.
-ODU leads the all-time series 3-2.
-ODU has won the last three meetings.
-These two schools have played each other every season since the 2013-14 season.
-ODU is 1-1 all-time when playing at UTEP.
-ODU defeated UTEP by an 82-33 score last season in Norfolk.
ALL-TIME SERIES vs. UTSA
-Saturday afternoon will mark the seventh all-time meeting between these two schools.
-The all-time series is tied 3-3.
-ODU downed UTSA 100-62 last season in Norfolk.
-ODU is 0-2 all-time when playing at UTSA.
-These two schools have played each other every season since the 2012-13 season.
-No team has won two games in row in against each other in the all-time series.