WHO: ODU (0-0) at Central Michigan (0-0)
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 2 - 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Mount Pleasant, Mich. | McGuirk Arena
ALL-TIME: First Meeting
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WATCH: ESPN+
LISTEN: Fox Sports Radio 1310 AM
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NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion women’s basketball opens the 2026-27 season at Central Michigan on Monday, November 2 at 11 a.m. for the first round of the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge. The Monarchs face a tough road education day environment at the McGuirk Arena in Mount Pleasant.
The game will be streamed to ESPN+. Matthew Hatfield and Shonda Deberry can be heard on Fox Sports Radio 1310 AM and live stats will also be available.
ALL-TIME SERIES
Monday’s meeting marks the first time the Monarchs and the Chippewas will face off. However, ODU’s Riley Stack and Dalanna Carter both played in McGuirk Arena on Nov. 4, 2024 for Coastal Carolina and defeated CMU, 65-62. Stack played 21 minutes, grabbed 8 rebounds, scored six points, and swatted three shots. Carter logged 10 minutes, made one steal, and grabbed one rebound.
ABOUT ODU:
Old Dominion tuned up for the regular season against Christopher Newport and defeated the Captains, 90-54. Newcomers Shadasia Brackens, Trinity Vance, and Mia Davis combined for 45 points. Brackens and Vance both finished tied for a team high of 16 points and Davis had 13 in her first time at Chartway Arena.
Old Dominion fourth year forward Riley Stack was selected to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team and ODU was picked to finish sixth in the Preseason Sun Belt Coaches’ Poll.
Old Dominion women’s basketball welcomed 13 transfers to the Monarchs’ 2026-27 roster. Three freshmen in addition to several players who have featured on teams in the Power Four and those that shined in D-II and JUCO will feature for the Silver and Blue this season.
ODU Head Coach DeLisha Milton-Jones has made multiple additions to her coaching staff. Her first move was to bring in Gee Lawler as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Next, she brought in Natalie Gallant as director of basketball operations. Gallant is joining from Northeastern where she worked as the Huskies’ director of basketball operations from 2023-26. Milton-Jones’ final acquisition was Asia Williams as assistant coach. Williams is joining the Monarchs after previously serving as an assistant coach and recruiting director for the Norfolk State Spartans last season.
ABOUT CMU:
The Chippewas finished last season with an 18-12 record and went 12-6 in the MAC. Central Michigan played 13 games at McGuirk Arena and went 9-4 on home court. They are led by head coach Kristin Haynie in her fourth season in Mount Pleasant.
Central Michigan’s leading scorer, Madi Morson (20.1 ppg) graduated after last season but the team’s second leading scorer, Ayanna-Saria Darrington (14.9) returns for her third year. Last season, they averaged 70.3 points a game on 42.8% shooting from the field and 35.1% from behind the arc. They allowed opponents to score 66.3 points a game on 40.3% shooting from the field and 30% from behind the arc.
The Chippewas outrebounded their opponents by a +10.4-rebounding margin and grab an average of 41.8 per game. They average 14.4 points off turnovers and make 6.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game.
UP NEXT:
Old Dominion has back-to-back home games against Virginia State on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m. and Tennessee State on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.