Old Dominion vs. East Carolina Game Notes
By ODU Athletics
Tuesday, Jan.30, 2001
ODU Fieldhouse
ESPN 1310 Radio
7:35 p.m.
The Monarchs:
Overall:9-12
Home:7-3:
Away:1-7
CAA:4-4
Neutral:1-2
LAST GAME:The Monarchs lost to Richmond, 77-73 in double overtime Saturday night. Pierre Greene and Clifton Jones each scored 18 points. Jones hauled in 13 rebounds. Andre McCullum scored 14 points and hauled in ten boards. ODU outrebounded UR, 49-32, but committed 24 turnovers.
JEFF CAPEL-HEAD COACH:(Fayetteville State '77), is in his seventh year at the helm of the Monarchs. He is 197-156 in his12th season and 118-91 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 F 04 Andre McCullum, 6-6, 210,Sr., Whiteville, NC 12.7ppg/4.7 rpg F 21 Ricardo Marsh, 6-7, 215, So., Mebane, NC. 9.0ppg/4.9 rpg C 34 Clifton Jones, 6-7, 225, Sr, Pleasantville, NJ. 7.4 ppg/8.9 rpg G 12 Pierre Greene, 6-2, 180, Jr, Chicago, ILL. 13.8ppg/ 3.8 apg G 23 Michael Williams, 6-0, 170, Sr, Thomasville, Ga. 5.8ppg/2.2 rpg OR 22 Rasheed Wright, 6-5,190, So.,Greensboro, NC. 10.0ppg/4.5 rpg TOP SUBSTITUTES G 13 Troy Nance, 5-9, 170, Fr, Va. Beach, Va. 3.3 ppg/4.0 apg C 41 Joe Principe, 6-9, 220, Fr., Gladstone, Mo. 2.2ppg/1.9 rpg C 30 Charles Dunnington, 6-10, 215, Fr., Washington, DC 1.1 ppg/1.4 rpg G 15 Heath Burris, 6-4, 185, Sr, Va. Beach, Va. 4.0ppg/0.6 rpg G 10 John Waller, 6-4, 180, Fr, Richmond, Va. 3.1 ppg/0.9rpg
INJURED MONARCH
THIS DAY IN ODU ATHLETIC HISTORY:
TONIGHTS OFFICIALS:
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.ECU: ODU leads the series, 30-13, but ECU has won four of
the last
five meetings, including a 68-63 overtime decision in Greenville back
on Jan. 17.
Gabriel Mmikulas scored 20 points and Kenyatta Brown added 17 for
ECU. Ricardo
Marsh led the Monarchs wit 17 and McCullum added 15 points. ECU also
won here
in the fieldhouse last year.
CAPEL VS. ECU: 7-7
ODU vs. CAA TEAMS:
CAA TO EXPAND
RECORD AT FIELDHOUSE: (4-0)
RECORD AT SCOPE (4-3)
CAREER HIGHS THIS YEAR
Rasheed Wright
Troy Nance
Charles Dunnington
Joe Principe
John Waller
A. Themistocleous
Heath Burris
Ricardo Marsh
Pierre Greene
25 points vs. AU
Clifton Jones
Clay McGowen
Andre McCullum
JONES HITTING THE BOARDS: Clifton Jones leads the team in rebounding
and
has been the Monarchs top rebounder in 15 of the 21 games. He ranks
fourth in the
league in rebounding and third in offensive rebounding. He has hauled
in ten or more rebounds eight times this year. Jones has 517 career
rebounds putting him 19th on the
ODU all-time rebounding list.
MCCULLUM APPROACHING 1,000 CAREER POINTS: Andre McCullum
enters tonights' game with 999 career points. He will be the 37th
Monarch to do so.
HALFTIME LEADS: ODU has led at halftime in the following games (6-4).
Gardner-Webb (37-31) VMI (41-38) Dayton (42-36)
MONARCH RECRUITS-EARLY PERIOD
James Smith, 6-7 190
Alan Treese, 6-8, 200
T. J. Waldon, 6-5, 200
HONORS THUS FAR THIS YEAR
Rasheed Wright broke his right eighth lateral rib early in the first
half vs. NSU. He did
not play vs. Richmond and is listed day-to-day. Heath Burris missed
the Richmond
game with the flu.
Jan 30, 1973. Ricky Michaelson scored a fieldhouse record 45 points
as ODU knocked
off defending Div. II National Champion Kentucky Wesleyan, 125-112.
Jan. 30, 1974. Joel Copeland hits the winning basket as the Monarchs
defeat ECU, 80-
78 in Greenville. Copeland scored 24 points and hauled in ten
rebounds.
Larry Rose, Mike Wood, Duke Edsall.
CAA GAMES TODAY: No other games tonight
American 20-12
East Carolina 30-13
George Mason 23-6
James Madison 36-19
UNC Wilmington 15-10
Richmond 26-19
VCU 32-26
William & Mary 44-11
The Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager announced
on Dec.
13 that the University of Delaware(Newark, De.), Drexel University
(Philadelphia, Pa.), Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY.) and
TowsonUniversity (Baltimore, Md.)will join the conference effective
July 1, 2003.
3-2 in 1999-00
102-11 (since1970-71)
Best Record:14-0 in 1974-75 & 11-0 in 1976-77
13-1 in 1973-74 & 1975-76
219-90 since 1971-72
5-3 in 1999-00
Best Record: 9-0 in 1992-93
13-1 in 1979-80 and 1983-84
10-1 in 1994-95
20 vs. Dayton
11 rebounds vs Gardner-Webb
11 points vs. NC State
11 assists vs. N.C. State
6 pts vs. G.Webb
6 rebs vs. Gardner-Webb
6 pts vs. G.Webb & NSU
6 rebs vs. Gardner-Webb
12 vs. AU Puerto Rico
7 pts vs. Stanford
3 rebs vs. Stanford
15 pts vs. Kansas St.
10 rebounds vs. VMI
19 points vs. VCU(ties)
16 rebounds vs.Norfolk St.
4 points vs. JMU
29 vs. W&M & Norfolk St.
Miami-Ohio (33-26) UNLV (36-35) JMU (37-24)
W&M (36-25) ECU (29-23) NSU (35-32) UR (26-21)
Cape Henry Collegiate
Virginia Beach, Va.
Two-Time All-Tidewater 18.3 ppg/9.2 rpg
Rutherford Hayes High School
Delaware, Ohio
12.5 ppg/ 8.3 rpg...three-point shooter
Kathleen High School
Lakeland, FL.
17.8 ppg/ 10.4 rpg...All-State selection
Andre McCullum - Pre-Season All-CAA (in graduate school)
He is also on the board of the NABC Student Athlete Advisory
Committee.
Rasheed Wright - All-Tournament selection in the Puerto-Rico
Shootout.
Pierre Greene - CAA Player of the Week (Jan. 8).
MONARCH CURRENT CAA STATISTICAL LEADERS (2000-01) Individuals Rebounds Clifton Jones 4th 8.9 Scoring Pierre Greene 10th 13.8 Off.Rebounds Clifton Jones 2nd 3.0 Def.Rebounds Clifton Jones 4th 5.8 Blocks Clifton Jones 4th 1.8 Assists Pierre Greene 8th 3.8 Troy Nance 4th 4.0 Asst/TO Ratio Troy Nance 2nd 2.5 FT % Pierre Greene 8th .767 Andre McCullum 10th .747 3PT FG % Heath Burris 8th .392 Team Scoring Offense 3rd 70.9 Scoring Defense 6th 71.0 Free Throw Pct. 4th 66.7 Field Goal Pct. 5th .430 Field Goal Pct. Def. 9th .452 3PT FG Made 4th 6.3 3PT FG PCT. 4th .342 Rebounding 5th 37.0 Blocked Shots 5th 4.2 Assists 2nd 14.0 Steals 5th 6.8 Off Rebounds 2nd 17.9 Def. Rebounds 7th 23.9
MONARCH TRENDS
Days of the Week:
BY MONTHS:
By Points:
When ODU Outrebounds Opp: 4-5
When ODU shoots 50 % or better: 4-0
ABOUT OLD DOMINION
SCHOOL OF CHAMPIONS: Old Dominion's Field Hockey squad captured their
ninth NCAA title with a 3-1 win over North Carolina. Led by four-time
CAA Player of
the Year Marina DiGiacomo who scored an NCAA record 167 career goals
and 414
career points. DiGiacomo also was named the Honda Award winner for
that sports,
Old Dominion's fifth field hockey player to do so. The University
athletic teams
have won 28 National Titles (24 teams titles, Sailing 11, Field
Hockey 9, Women's basketball 3, Men's Basketball 1)...Three wrestling
individual
NCAA titles (Div. II) and one Women's Individual Tennis title.
CAA TOURNAMENT
FIELDHOUSE FLOOR PROJECT:
for information
on how to purchase your very own bit of Old Dominion basketball
history in the form
of an authentic piece of the original fieldhouse floor. Instructions
and order forms
can be found for plaques featuring an authentic piece of the floor.
You may also call
1-800-968-9697. Prices range from $42-$130 and all proceeds benefit
athletic
scholarships at Old Dominion.
CAPEL CALL IN RADIO SHOW
CAA WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE CALL
MONARCH ALUMNI
NEXT GAME: ODU is off until Feb. 7 when they begin a four game road
swing
starting at American.
Mon 0-1
Tue 1-0
Wed 3-3
Thu 0-2
Fri 0-1
Sat 5-4
Sun 0-1
Nov. 1-6
Dec: 3-3
Jan. 5-3
50-60 (0-4)
61-70 (3-3)
71-80 (3-4)
81-90 (3-1)
90+ (0-0)
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.
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.
Jeff's weekly call-in radio show is Thursday from 5-6 on ESPN 1310
Radio.
All nine of the men's head coaches are available on the weekly CAA
teleconference
every Tuesday from 10:30 am to 12:10 p.m. Jeff Capel is on at 11
a.m. Call
877-630-8221.
Cal Bowdler ('99) Atlanta- 0.9 ppg/ 0.9 rpg in 12 games. (averaged
2.7 ppg/1.8 rpg.. Last year...) Chris Gatling ('91) Traded to
Cleveland during the off-season...He is averaging 12.2 Ppg and 5.5
rpg thus far this season....He scored a career high 38 points vs.
Sacramento on Jan. 10 of this year....Played in the NBA All-Star game
in 1997. Odell Hodge is in Belgium, Petey Sessoms is in Poland...Mark
Poag is in Spain and Reggie Bassette is in Greece. Skipper Youngblood
is in the Czech Republic. Dave
Twardzik is an assistant with the Detroit Pistons. Mark West has
retired after 17 yrs.