Marshall (9-4, 3-3 C-USA) at Old Dominion (8-4, 4-2 C-USA)
Game Info – Friday, Feb. 5 and Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7:00 p.m. EST
Location – Chartway Arena (Norfolk, Va.)
Stream – ESPN+
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NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion men's basketball team (8-4, 4-2 C-USA) will host Marshall (9-4, 3-3 C-USA) at Chartway Arena on Friday, Feb. 5 and 6 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Both games will stream on ESPN+.
Radio:
Friday and Saturday night's games will also air across the ODU Sports Radio Network, with Ted Alexander and Dave Twardzik's live pregame show beginning at 6:30 p.m. each night.
Coaches vs. Cancer:
The Old Dominion men's basketball staff is proud to support Coaches vs. Cancer in their mission to help save more lives from cancer. ODU's coaching staff will be wearing sneakers for both games this weekend to join the fight against cancer. To learn more, please visit: www.coachesvscancer.org.
All-Time Series:
Friday night will mark the 23rd all-time meeting between these two programs, as the series is tied 11-11. The two schools met twice last season, with the Thundering Herd winning both games in Huntington (68-67 and 74-66). Old Dominion is 7-2 when playing Marshall in Norfolk. These two schools first met during the 1966-67 season.
Old Dominion:
The Monarchs have won four of their past five games and six of their last eight. Friday's contest will be ODU's first game since defeating Rice, 61-58, in Houston on Jan. 16.
Xavier Green enters Friday's contest with 980 career points, needing just 20 more to hit the 1,000 point mark.
Old Dominion enters the weekend series against the Thundering Herd with a perfect 5-0 record (2-0 in league play) when playing at Chartway Arena this season. Since the 2014-15 season, the Monarchs are 82-16 (85.4%) when playing at home.
Marshall:
The Thundering Herd enter Friday's game with a 9-4 overall record and 3-3 mark in C-USA play. Marshall has been led by Taevion Kinsey (19.8 ppg), Jarrod West (12.3 ppg), Andrew Taylor (10.0 ppg) and Jannson Williams (9.8 ppg).
The Herd is most recently coming off an 89-72 victory at FIU on Jan. 23.
Get in the Game!
Old Dominion athletics is providing Monarch Nation two opportunities to be involved in the 2020-21 basketball season virtually, as the athletic department is creating a virtual ticket, presented by the Virginia Lottery, that will allow fans to win various prizes, as well as the opportunity to purchase fan cutouts to be placed in Chartway Arena throughout the 2020-21 season, brought to you by Chartway Federal Credit Union. Proceeds from the sale of fan cutouts and virtual tickets will assist with paying for student-athlete scholarships.
With the purchase of a $20 virtual ticket, fans will receive one Virginia Lottery digital scratcher with the possibility to win, among other things, two season tickets for all ODU sports in 2021-22, use of a Chartway Arena suite for a basketball game in 2021-22, a $500 Harris Teeter gift card, a $500 Under Armour shopping spree, free Papa John's pizza, or Moe's Bucks to Moe's Southwest Grill.
The "Monarch Cutouts", presented by Chartway, are available for $59 and will be placed in camera-view seats. The cutouts will be in attendance at all ODU men's and women's basketball games during the 2020-21 season. Be on the lookout during games because your Monarch Cutout could be featured on the game broadcast or ODU Basketball social media.
ODU Welcomes Marshall to Chartway Arena on Fri. and Sat. at 7PM on ESPN+
