Jan. 1, 2013

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OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (2-11/0-1) VS. JAMES MADISON (6-6)

January 2, 2013, Ted Constant Convocation Center
ODU ON TV/RADIO
Radio-ESPN94.1 - Ted Alexander, Billy Mann and Rick Kiefner

MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS

G	25	Donte Hill	6-4	Jr	Virginia Beach, VA.	9.9 ppg/ 4.3 rpg
F	11	DeShawn Painter	6-9	Sr.	Norfolk, VA	11.3 ppg/ 7.9 rpg.
F	23	Richard Ross	6-7	R-So. vWichita Falls	TX. 5.8 ppg/ 5.0 rpg
G	2	Aaron Bacote	6-5	Fr.	Hampton, VA.	8.1 ppg/ 2.5 rpg.
G	15	Deion Clark	6-3	Fr.	Naples, FL.	4.9 ppg/ 1.4 rpg

OFF THE BENCH

F	1	Nick Wright	6-8	R-Sr.	Suffolk, VA.	6.5 ppg/ 4.5 rpg.
G	3	Keenan Palmore	6-1	Fr.	Stone Mountain, GA.	7.8 ppg/4.8 rpg
G	4	Dimitri Batten	6-3	R-So.	Newport News, VA.	8.2 ppg/ 2.8 rpg
G	15	Deion Clark	6-3	Fr.	Naples, FL.	4.9 ppg/ 1.4 rpg
F	40	Anton Larsen	7-0	R-Jr.	Copenhagen, Denmark	2.4 ppg/2.4 rpg.
F	21	Stuart McEwen	6-9	Fr.	Sydney, Australia	0.0/0.0

SERIES VS.JMU

ODU leads, 55-24. ODU has won eight in a row and 10 of the last 11 meetings since 2007-08. The Dukes last win over ODU was 70-62 in 2008-09 here in the Constant Center. ODU has not lost in Harrisonburg since 2006-07.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST	ODU	JMU
Scoring:	63.3	69.1
OPP Scoring:	69.9	70.2
FG PCT	.410	.448
FG DEF	.467	.453
3PT PCT	.288	.351
FT PCT:	.672	.713
REB AVG:	38.0	30.8
REB MRG:	+6.7	-3.2
ASST AVG:	12.6	12.7
TO AVG:	14.2	12.8
STLS:	7.6	8.8
BLKS:	3.8	4.4

NOTE: All nine Monarchs who have played thus far have started atleast three games and eight hae started atleast five games with junior Donte Hill being the only Monarch who has started all 13 games this season.

LAST GAME

Fairfield (9-5) rallied to a 55-54 come-from-behind win over the Monarchs of Old Dominion Saturday. ODU would only score four points in the final eight minutes. ODU took a 10 point lead, 50-40 with 8:23 left in the game thanks to a 16-8 run , but the Stags finished the game with a 15-4 run of its own to pull out the win. With 1:12 left Maurice barrow's layup gave the Stags a 55-52 lead. ODU cut it to one on a DeShawn Painter basket, but the Monarchs were unable to steal the inbound pass as time ran out. Painter led ODU with 16 points, 11 rebounds and career high four blocked shots, followed by Richard Ross's 15 points, and five rebounds. Fairfield was led by Amadou Sidibe with 10 points while Marcus Gilbert scored eight and hauled down 10 rebounds. ODU outrebounded Fairfield, 35-26, but committed 15 turnovers.

Blaine Taylor.
239-135 AT ODU (12TH YEAR)
TOTAL: 380-201 (.651)

Matt Brady
73-73 at JMU (5th year)
Total: 146-123

2012-13 JMU STATISTICAL LEADERS	2012-13 ODU STATISTICAL LEADERS
Points AVG: Rayshawn Goins 14.3	DeShawn Paitner 11.3
REBS AVG: Rayshawn Goins 7.2	DeShawn Painter 7.9
Ast. AVG: Devon Moore 4.6	Keenan Palmore 2.9
FGPCT: Devon Moore .554	Richard Ross .593
FT PCT: Alioune Diouf .875	Nick Wright .800

OTHER ODU NOTES

DeShawn Painter has four double-doubles this year

Painter is averaging 16.2 ppg. and 8.8 rpg. in the last five ODU games.

Richard Ross's 15 points is a season high

ODU CAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS

Scoring Offense:	63.3	8th
Scoring Defense:	69.9	10th
FG PCT:	.410	9th
FGPCT DEF:	.467	10th
FT PCT:	.672	6th
3PT FG PCT:	.288	10th
REBS:	38.0	2nd
REBS Margin:	+6.7	1st
AST:	12.6	3rd
STLS:	7.6	4th
BKLS:	3.8	8th

INDIVIDUAL CAA RANKINGS

Scoring:	Painter	11.3	19th
REBS:	Painter	7.9	5th
FT:	Palmore	80.0	3rd
	N.Wright	80.0	3rd
AST:	Palmore	3.0	6th
STLS:	Palmore	2.0	T2nd
	Hill	1.8	5th

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