Old Dominion vs. N.C. State Game Notes
By ODU Athletics
Date: Saturday, Dec. 2, 2000 @ Scope Arena
Radio: ESPN 1310 Radio
Time: 7:35 p.m.
The Monarchs:
Overall: 1-5
Home: 1-0
Away: 0-3
CAA: 0-0
Neutral: 0-2
LAST GAME:
The Monarchs lost at St. Joseph's Wednesday night, 70-65.
Andre
McCullum and Ricardo Marsh led with 16 points each. Pierre Greene
added ten,
Clifton Jones scored 11 and hauled in eight rebounds off the bench.
The Monarchs
shot .451 from the floor. The Hawks shot .464 from the floor, edged
ODU, 32-31
in rebounds, and committed 15 turnovers to the Monarchs 20.
JEFF CAPEL-HEAD COACH -(Fayetteville State '77):, is in his seventh year at the helm of the Monarchs. He is 189-149 in his12th season and 110-84 at Old Dominion. Capel was the1995 CAA and NABC District IV Coach of the Year. In 1997 he was named Virginia College Coach of the Year. He won his 100th collegiate victory in the Monarchs 89-81 triple overtime win over ninth ranked Villanova in the 1995 NCAA Tournament. Capel was 16-14 in 1994 at NCA&T, losing in the NCAA first round to Arkansas. He compiled a 63-51 mark at his alma mater, Fayetteville State, taking the Broncos to the NCAA Div. II regionals in 1993. Capel was inducted into the Fayetteville State University Hall of Fame in 1999. His Monarch teams have reached the CAA finals three times, winning twice.
MONARCH PROBABLES:
Pos. | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | Hometown | Pts./Rebs |
F | 04 | Andre McCullum | 6-6 | 210 | Sr. | Whiteville N.C. | 8.5ppg/ 3.2 rpg |
F | 21 | Ricardo Marsh | 6-7 | 215 | So. | Mebane N.C. | 9.7ppg/ 4.2 rpg |
C | 30 | Charles Dunnington | 6-10 | 215 | Fr. | Washington DC. | 2.8 ppg/ 2.4rpg |
G | 12 | Pierre Greene | 6-2 | 180 | Jr | Chicago Ill. | 12.3 ppg/3.6 apg |
G | 13 | Troy Nance | 5-9 | 170 | Fr. | Va. Beach Va. | 3.0 ppg/4.0 apg |
TOP SUBSTITUTES:
Pos. | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | Hometown | Pts./Rebs. |
G | 23 | Michael Williams | 6-0 | 170 | Sr | Thomasville, Ga. | 6.6 ppg/2.0 rpg |
F | 34 | Clifton Jones | 6-7 | 225 | Sr. | Pleasantville, NJ. | 6.7 ppg/7.3 rpg |
F | 22 | Rasheed Wright | 6-5 | 190 | So. | Greensboro, NC. | 10.3ppg/5.5rpg |
C | 41 | Joe Principe | 6-9 | 220 | Fr. | Gladstone, Mo. | 3.0ppg/ 3.3 rpg |
C | 03 | Aron McMillian | 6-8 | 250 | Jr. | Greensboro, NC. | 2.4ppg/1.4 rpg |
C | 40 | Clay McGowen | 6-11 | 205 | Fr. | Westerville, Ohio | 0.7 ppg/ 1.3 rpg |
G | 15 | Heath Burris | 6-4 | 185 | Sr | Va. Beach, Va. | 4.8ppg/ 0.8 rpg |
THIS DAY IN ODU ATHLETIC HISTORY:
Dec. 2, 1966 Ron Drews hauled down a school record 33 rebounds in an
85-74 win
over Richmond Professional Institute....Dec 2, 1992 Ricardo Leonard
hit 14 free throws in a 78-65 win over Iona.
FATHER - SON COMBINATION:
Jeff Capel, III, joins his father's
coaching staff
after a stellar career at Duke University. Capel scored 1,601
career points and ranks third all-time at Duke and 13th all-time in
the ACC with 220 career three-pointers.
SERIES VS. NC STATE:
The Wolfpack leads, 1-0. Last year, N.C. State
defeated
Old Dominion, 75-61 in the new Entertainment & Sports Arena. Michael
Williams
scored ten points in that contest. Andre McCullum and Clifton Jones
added eight points
each. The game was tied at 37 at halftime, and ODU led 50-47 with
12:26 left.
CAPEL VS. NC State: 0-1
ODU vs. ACC :
School | Record |
Clemson | 1-0 |
Duke | 0-2 |
Florida State | 1-0 |
Georgia Tech | 0-2 |
North Carolina | 0-5 |
Virginia | 4-8 |
Wake Forest | 0-3 |
Maryland | 1-4 |
LAST WIN OVER AN ACC TEAM:
76-69 win over Virginia in 1993-94 in
Scope.
EXHIBITION GAMES:
Old Dominion split their two exhibition games.
Defeating
Court Authority, 87-85 and losing to Global Sports, 91-82. In the
Court Authority
win Pierre Greene led with 23 points, while Andre McCullum hauled in
nine rebounds.
In the loss to Global Sports, McCullum scored 25 points and freshman
Charles
Dunnington grabbed 12 rebounds.
LAST TIME ODU STARTED 1-5:
1971-72, the team ended up with a 14-10
record.
CURRENT LOSING STREAK:
Longest since 1997-98 (7 straight)
CAREER HIGHS THIS YEAR:
Rasheed Wright: 19 points vs. GW; 11 rebounds vs Gardner-Webb |
Troy Nance: 6 points vs. GW; 8 assists vs. Gardner-Webb |
Charles Dunnington: 6 pts vs. G.Webb; 6 rebs vs. Gardner-Webb |
Joe Principe: 6 pts vs. G.Webb; 6 rebs vs. Gardner-Webb |
John Waller: 3 pts vs. Stanford & G.Webb |
A. Themistocleous: 7 pts vs. Stanford; 3 rebs vs. Stanford |
Heath Burris: 13 pts vs. AU PR. |
MONARCH RECRUITS-EARLY PERIOD
James Smith
6-7 *190
Cape Henry Collegiate * Virginia Beach, Va.
Two-Time All-Tidewater 18.3 ppg/9.2 rpg
Alan Treese
6-8 * 200
Rutherford Hayes High School * Delaware, Ohio
12.5 ppg/ 8.3 rpg...three-point shooter
T. J. Waldon
6-5 * 200
Kathleen High School * Lakeland, FL.
17.8 ppg/ 10.4 rpg...All-State selection
HONORS THUS FAR THIS YEAR:
Pre-Season All-CAA (in graduate school); He is also on the board of the NABC Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
All-Tournament selection in the Puerto-Rico Shootout.
CHAMPIONSHIP HALFTIME RECOGNITION:
Old Dominion will recognize the
women's field hockey squad. Two weeks again they captured their ninth
NCAA National title with a 3-1 win over North Carolina. Marina
DiGiacomo who is in this week's SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Faces in the Crowd
is the NCAA's All-Time scorer with 167 goals, and 414 points. She
scored 63 goals this year.
HOME OF CHAMPIONS:
ODU has now won 28 National Championships.
(11) Sailing
(9) Field Hockey
(3) Women's Basketball
(1) Men's Basketball (Div.II)
(1) Women's Tennis Indiv.
(3) Wrestling Individuals
ABOUT OLD DOMINION:
ODU is a state school located in Norfolk, Va. The University was
founded in 1930
as the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary...the name
Old Dominion
is the nickname of the State of Virginia.
CAA TOURNAMENT:
This year's CAA Tournament will be March 3-5 at the Richmond Coliseum
in
Richmond, Va. The finals will be live on Monday night, March 5 on
ESPN2.
CAPEL CALL IN RADIO SHOW:
Jeff's weekly call-in radio show is Thursday from 5-6 on ESPN 1310
Radio.
MONARCH ALUMNI:
NEXT GAME:
Old Dominion begins conference play Wednesday night Dec. 6 at Richmond. Game time is 7:30 p.m. in the Robins Center.