-Thursday Night's Game vs. North Texas (7PM) on Stadium-
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NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion men’s basketball team (16-6, 6-3 C-USA) will host North Texas (18-3, 6-2 C-USA) on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 7:00 p.m. Thursday night’s game will air on Stadium (see attached document for clearance sheets). Stadium will also offer free streams through their WatchStadium.com website, as well as live on Facebook. Then on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 7:00 p.m., the Monarchs will welcome Rice (8-13, 3-5 C-USA) to the Ted Constant Convocation Center. Saturday night’s game will stream on ESPN+.
The Monarchs claimed victory in 14 of their last 17 games.
RADIO
Both games will air on the ODU Sports Radio Network, as Ted Alexander and Dave Twardzik’s live pregame show will begin on 6:30 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday.
B.J. STITH and AHMAD CAVER HONORED BEFORE GAME
B.J. Stith (500 career rebounds) and Ahmad Caver (500 career assists) will be honored prior to tipoff on Thursday night.
JEFF JONES WILL COACH BAREFOOT ON SATURDAY
In support of Samaritan’s Feet, Coach Jones will coach Saturday’s game against Rice barefoot. For more information on Samaritan’s Feet, please visit: https://www.samaritansfeet.org/about-us/
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
-ODU’s 874 total rebounds this season ranks 6th in Division I.
-The Monarchs rank 7th in the nation for holding teams to 38.1% shooting from the floor for the season.
-Old Dominion’s defense ranks 8th in the country for scoring defense, allowing just 60.9 points per game.
-Ahmad Caver 815:43 total minutes played ranks 4th in the NCAA.
-Caver’s 337 FGA ranks 17th in the country.
-Caver has scored double-figures in 21 of 22 games this season, while scoring 20 or more points in 10 of those contests.
ODU IS...
*15-4 when scoring 60 or more points.
*13-3 when shooting 40% or better from the floor.
*14-2 when allowing 69 points or less.
*12-2 when committing fewer turnovers than its opponent.
*12-3 since December.
*13-5 when out-rebounding its opponent.
*10-2 when leading at half.
*10-1 at the Ted this season and 63-11 at home since 2014-15.
CURRENT MONARCHS CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME LEADERBOARDS
AHMAD CAVER
-His 173 career steals rank 9th in school history.
-His 528 career assists rank 8th in school history.
-His 1,348 points rank 26th in school history.
B.J. STITH
-His 1,181 points (doesn’t include the 13 he scored at UVA) rank 39th in school history.
ALL-TIME SERIES vs. NORTH TEXAS
-Thursday night marks the 9th all-time meeting between these two schools.
-ODU is 8-0 all-time against UNT.
-Old Dominion defeated NT in Denton last season by a 63-60 score.
-These teams first played during the 2013-14 season and have met at least once every season since.
-ODU is 4-0 when playing the Mean Green in Norfolk.
ALL-TIME SERIES vs. RICE
-Saturday night will mark the 10th all-time meeting between these two schools.
-ODU leads the all-time series 8-1.
-Old Dominion has won four in a row against Rice.
-The Monarchs defeated the Owls by an 85-75 (OT) score in Houston last season.
-These two schools first met during the 1971-72 season.
-ODU is 4-1 all-time against Rice when playing in Norfolk.