Feb. 6, 2013

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OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (2-20/0-10) VS. DREXEL (9-13/5-5)
February 7, 2013, Daskalakis Center, Philadelphia, PA.

ODU ON TV/RADIO
Radio - ESPN94.1 - Ted Alexander, and Jack Ankerson
NBCSN - Mike Corey and Ronnie Thompson

MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS

G	4	Dimitri Batten	6-3	R-So.	Newport News, VA.	8.4 ppg/ 2.5 rpg
F	23	Richard Ross	6-7	R-So.	Wichita Falls, TX.	6.8 ppg/ 5.5 rpg
F	11	DeShawn Painter	6-9	Sr.	Norfolk, VA	11.9 ppg/ 8.2 rpg.
G	3	Keenan Palmore	6-1	Fr.	Stone Mountain, GA.	8.1 ppg/4.4 rpg
G	2	Aaron Bacote	6-5	Fr.	Hampton, VA.	7.4 ppg/ 2.5 rpg.

OFF THE BENCH

G	25	Donte Hill	6-4	Jr	Virginia Beach, VA.	8.0 ppg/ 4.2 rpg
F	1	Nick Wright	6-8	R-Sr.	Suffolk, VA.	6.8 ppg/ 4.1 rpg.
G	15	Deion Clark	6-3	Fr.	Naples, FL.	5.6 ppg/ 1.5 rpg .
F	40	Anton Larsen	7-0	R-Jr.	Copenhagen, Denmark	2.2 ppg/2.2 rpg.
F	21	Stuart McEwen	6-9	Fr.	Sydney, Australia	0.0 ppg/0.4 rpg
G	10	Martin Shaw	6-0	Fr.	Hampton, VA.	0.0 ppg/0.0 rpg

NOTE: Freshman Deion Clark injured his left knee and will be out indefinitely.

SERIES VS. DREXEL

ODU leads the series, 11-8. The Dragons have beaten the Monarchs three straight, including 73-72 at the Constant Center last year and 68-51 in the CAA Tournament. ODU's last win against Drexel was in 2009-10, 71-48.

	ODU	DREXEL
Scoring:	61.8	62.0
OPP Scoring:	70.4	62.7
FG PCT	.387	.418
FG DEF	.460	.436
3PT PCT	.275	.342
FT PCT:	.666	.742
REB AVG:	37.1	33.7
REB MRG:	+3.0	+4.2
ASST AVG:	11.7	12.0
TO AVG:	13.9	12.3
STLS:	7.3	4.6
BLKS:	4.5	1.8

NOTE: All nine Monarchs who have played thus far have started atleast three games and eight have started atleast nine games with junior Donte Hill being the only Monarch who has started 20 of 22 games this season.

LAST GAME

Jonathan Arledge scored 21 points and hauled down seven rebounds to lead George Mason to an 85-74 victory over ODU Monday night. It was ODU's 10th straight loss. Three Monarchs scored in double figures led by DeShawn Painter with 14 points, Richard Ross with 13 and Aaron Bacote had 12. The Monarchs led 25-24 with 4:44 left in the first half on a three-pointer by red-shirt junior forward Anton Larsen, but Patrick Holloway came right back and nailed a trey to give the Patriots back the lead for good at 27-25. The Monarchs were outrebounded, 39-26 as Sherrod Wright led Mason with nine rebounds, followed by Arledge with seven. ODU was led by DeShawn Painter and Nick Wright with six recoveries each. The Monarchs also blocked nine shots, led by red-shirt sophomore Richard Ross with five. Ross hasswatted 19 shots in the last five games. This is the third game he has blocked five. The other two were against Georgia State at home and Towson at home.

	2012-13 DU STATISTICAL LEADERS	2012-13 ODU STATISTICAL LEADERS
Points AVG:	Damion Lee 18.2	DeShawn Painter 11.9
REBS AVG:	Daryl McCoy 8.3	DeShawn Painter 8.1
Ast. AVG:	Frantz Massenat 4.3	Keenan Palmore 3.1
FGPCT:	Dartaye Ruffin .493	Richard Ross .533
FT PCT:	Damion Lee .827	Keenan Palmore .727

ODU CAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS

Scoring Offense:	61.8	9th
Scoring Defense:	70.4	10th
FG PCT:	.387	10th
FGPCT DEF:	.460	11th
FT PCT:	.666	8th
3PT FG PCT:	.275	10th
REBS:	37.1	3rd
REBS Margin:	+3.0	3rd
AST:	11.7	5th
STLS:	7.3	5th
BKLS:	4.5	6th

INDIVIDUAL CAA RANKINGS

Scoring:	Painter	11.9	19th
REBS:	Painter	8.1	5th
FT:	Palmore	.727	14th
AST:	Palmore	3.1	7th
STLS:	Palmore	1.6	3rd

EXTRA MONARCH NOTES Richard Ross has blocked 19 shots the past 5 games(5 vs. GSU,Towson & Mason). Dimitri Batten and Aaron Bacote dished out career high six assists vs. Mason. Donte Hill played 40 minutes at JMU and four Monarchs played 30 or more in that game. DeShawn Painter has six double-doubles this year In CAA only games, Richard Ross has 25 blocked shots.

HOW ARE FUTURE C-USA TEAMS DOING

Memphis	7-0	18-3
Southern Miss.	6-0	17-4
UCF	5-2	15-6
UTEP	5-2	12-8
East Carolina	4-4	13-8
Tulsa	4-4	12-10
Marshall	3-4	10-12
Houston	3-5	14-7
Tulane	2-5	14-8
SMU	2-6	12-11
UAB	1-5	9-12
Rice	1-6	5-15

Memphis, Central Florida, Houston and SMU join the BIGEAST Next season, while ECU and Tulane are scheduled to join in 2014.

2013-14 New Members with ODU

Middle Tenn. St.	20-4
Louisiana Tech	19-3
Charlotte	17-4
Florida International	12-10
Florida Atlantic	11-13
UT San Antonio	5-16
North Texas	8-16

NOTE: ODU spring sports of M&W tennis, M&W golf and W.Rowing will compete in C-USA Championships.

KEN BAZEMORE UPDATE
The two-time CAA Defensive Player of the Year, Kent Bazemore has appeared in 33 games Thus far for the Golden State Warriors. He is currently averaging 1.5 points per game. He scored nine points (4-8 FG) along with two rebounds, three assists and two steals in a career high 30 minutes in a win over Cleveland. He also played 30 minutes with six points against Houston. Kent scored six points, four rebounds with five assists against Miami on Jan. 16 in 18 minutes.

KENT'S NBA STATS

GP	FG	3PT	FT	REBS/AV	AST	STL	BLK	TPS	AVG
33	16-50	3-10	13-22	16 /0.5	12	7	3	48	1.5

NEXT GAME: ODU hosts Northeastern Saturday at 4 p.m.

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