Feb. 19, 2013

Complete Release in PDF Format

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (3-23/1-13) VS. UNC WILMINGTON (10-16/5-9) February 20, 2013, Ted Constant Center, Norfolk, Va. 7 p.m.

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.	8.0 ppg/ 4.1 rpg
F	23	Richard Ross	6-7	R-So.	Wichita Falls, TX.	7.0 ppg/ 5.4 rpg
F	11	DeShawn Painter	6-9	Sr.	Norfolk, VA	12.5 ppg/ 8.5 rpg
G	3	Keenan Palmore	6-1	Fr.	Stone Mountain, GA.	7.7 ppg/ 4.4 rpg
G	2	Aaron Bacote	6-5	Fr.	Hampton, VA.	7.8 ppg/ 2.5 rpg

OFF THE BENCH
G	4	Dimitri Batten	6-3	R-So.	Newport News, VA.	9.7 ppg/ 2.7 rpg
F	1	Nick Wright	6-8	R-Sr.	Suffolk, VA.	6.7 ppg/ 4.1 rpg
G	15	Deion Clark	6-3	Fr.	Naples, FL.	5.6 ppg/ 1.6 rpg
F	40	Anton Larsen	7-0	R-Jr.	Copenhagen, Denmark	2.0 ppg/2.1 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.

INTERIM HEAD COACH Jim Corrigan(Duke'80) : 1-3

SERIES VS. UNC WILMINGTON ODU leads 29-18. UNCW defeated the Monarchs, 65-50 back on Jan. 16 in Wilmington. DeShawn Painter led ODU with 18 points and eight rebounds along with Richard Ross 11 points. Keith Rendleman and Chris Dixon both scored 14 points. Rendleman added 13 rebounds. UNCW last beat ODU in Norfolk in 2007-08, 68-65.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST
	ODU	UNCW
Scoring:	63.3	63.2
OPP Scoring:	70.8	69.7
FG PCT	.395	.413
FG DEF	.459	.444
3PT PCT	.271	.338
FT PCT:	.659	.653
REB AVG:	37.1	34.7
REB MRG:	+2.9	-0.6
ASST AVG:	12.2	10.8
TO AVG:	13.7	15.0
STLS:	7.1	6.4
BLKS:	4.5	4.1

NOTE: Eight Monarchs who have played thus far have started atleast eight games with junior Donte Hill being the only Monarch who has started 24 of 26 games this season.

LAST GAME ODU freshman Aaron Bacote scored a career high 20 points and DeShawn Painter added 16 with 10 rebounds, but the Monarchs lost to W&M, 74-62 Saturday afternoon. ODU shot .500 from the field For the first time this season, but W&M outrebounded the Monarchs 33-29. Marcus Thornton led the Tribe with a career high 32 points.

2012-13 UNCW STATISTICAL LEADERS			2012-13 ODU STATISTICAL LEADERS
Points AVG:	Keith Rendleman	16.2	DeShawn Painter	12.7
REBS AVG:	Keith Rendleman	10.4	DeShawn Painter	8.5
Ast. AVG:	Chris Dixon	2.8	Keenan Palmore	3.0
FGPCT:	Keith Rendleman	.521	Richard Ross	.538
FT PCT:	Craig Ponder	.775	Nick Wright	.750

ODU CAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS
Scoring Offense:	63.3	8th
Scoring Defense:	70.8	11th
FG PCT:	.395	10th
FGPCT DEF:	.459	11th
FT PCT:	.659	8th
3PT FG PCT:	.271	11th
REBS:	37.1	2nd
REBS Margin:	+2.9	3rd
AST:	12.2	5th
STLS:	7.1	5th
BKLS:	4.5	5th

INDIVIDUAL CAA RANKINGS
Scoring:	Painter	12.7	17th
REBS:	Painter	8.5	4th
FT:	Wright	.750	13th
AST:	Palmore	3.0	8th
STLS:	Palmore	1.8	2nd

EXTRA MONARCH NOTES Jim Corrigan won his first game as a Collegiate Head Coach vs. Drexel Richard Ross has blocked 27 shots the past 9 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 nine double-doubles this year Dimitri Batten scored 25 vs. Northeastern and 23 vs. Virginia.

HOW ARE FUTURE C-USA TEAMS DOING
Memphis	11-0	22-3
Southern Miss.	9-2	20-6
UCF	7-4	17-8
UTEP	7-4	14-10
East Carolina	5-6	14-10
Tulsa	6-5	14-11
Marshall	4-7	11-15
Houston	4-7	15-9
Tulane	5-6	17-9
SMU	3-8	13-13
UAB	4-7	12-14
Rice	1-10	5-20

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.	23-4
Louisiana Tech	23-3
Charlotte	18-7
Florida International	14-12
Florida Atlantic	12-16
UT San Antonio	6-19
North Texas	10-18

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

Kent Bazemore UPDATE The two-time CAA Defensive Player of the Year, Kent Bazemore has appeared in 34 games Thus far for the Golden State Warriors. He is currently averaging 1.5 points per game. He scored a Career high 11 points against OKC on Feb. 6. He scored 9 points (4-8 FG) along with 2 rebounds, 3 assts 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. Bazemore is averaging 1.3 ppg.

KENT'S NBA STATS
GP	FG	3PT	FT	REBS/AV	AST	STL	BLK	TPS	AVG
36	25-73	5-18	16-28	18/0.5	16	8	3	71	2.0

2012-2013 Season

2011-12 Season

2010-11 Season

MONARCH RECRUITS

FAN CENTRAL