Florida Atlantic (5-4, 0-0 C-USA) at Old Dominion (5-3, 1-1 C-USA)
Game Info – Friday, Jan. 8 and Saturday, Jan. 9 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 (5-3, 1-1 C-USA) will host Florida Atlantic (5-4, 0-0 C-USA) on Friday, Jan. 8 and Saturday, Jan. 9 at 7:00 p.m. EST at Chartway Arena. 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 Billy Mann's live pregame show beginning at 6:30 p.m. each night.
All-Time Series:
Friday will mark the 13th all-time meeting between these two programs, as Old Dominion leads the series 9-3. ODU won the first five meetings of this series and have claimed victory in two of the last three meetings. These schools last met in the Quarterfinals of the 2020 C-USA Tournament in Frisco, Texas, where the Owls defeated the Monarchs 66-56. Prior to last season's tournament game, ODU took down Florida Atlantic twice last season in Norfolk, with the latter of the two ballgames being decided in overtime (85-80). Old Dominion is 6-1 when playing FAU in Norfolk. These two programs first met during the 2006-07 season, in a game that the Monarchs won 70-55.
ODU
The Monarchs are coming off a 71-66 victory at FIU in Miami, where Malik Curry led the way with 27 points, five steals, two rebounds and two assists.
ODU has been led by a balanced scoring attack so far this season: Malik Curry (17.1 ppg), Kalu Ezikpe (12.0 ppg), A.J. Oliver II (10.8 ppg), Joe Reece (9.6 ppg) and Austin Trice (8.9 ppg).
Old Dominion has won three of its last four games and five of its last seven.
FAU
The Owls enter Friday's contest with a 5-4 overall record, with this weekend marking their first league games, as their originally scheduled games against Middle Tennessee last weekend were postponed. Florida Atlantic is most recently coming off a 79-70 loss at James Madison on Tuesday night.
Jailyn Ingram has led way for FAU so far this season, averaging 15.4 points and 6.0 boards per game. Also averaging double figures is Bryan Greenlee, who is scoring 10.8 per outing.
In Case You Missed It:
Conference USA basketball will move to a divisional standings format for the 2020-21 season, as approved by the league's Board of Directors.
C-USA will feature East and West divisions and will crown divisional champions at the conclusion of conference play in March. Standings will be based on overall conference winning percentage. In addition, divisional seeding will be utilized for the C-USA Men's and Women's Championships. A cross-divisional bracket will be used to determine first-round matchups.
The East Division will be comprised of Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion and WKU. Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, UTEP and UTSA will make up the West Division.
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 Hosts Florida Atlantic on Friday (7PM) and Saturday (7PM) on ESPN+
