Feb. 28, 2003
OLD DOMINION MONARCHS VS HOFSTRA PRIDE
Saturday, March 1, 2003, 7:00 p.m. Ted Constant Convocation Center
ABOUT THE MONARCHS: (11-14/8-9)
Final Home game for seniors Rasheed Wright & Ricardo Marsh.
* Lost at George Mason, 69-52 on Monday
* Rasheed Wright only Monarch in double figures, 11 pts.
* ODU shot .313 from the floor
* Lost at Delaware, 73-63 last Saturday.
* Ricardo Marsh scored 18 points and 8 rebs
* Alex Loughton scored 14 pts and 7 rebs.
* ODU shot .356 from the floor.
* Monarchs have lost three straight.
HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana '81)
* Top Assistant at Stanford the last three years
* 142-65 at Montana (1991-1998) - five 20+ win seasons.
* 397-172 in 19 years as an assistant and head coach
* 1992 Montana team was 27-4
* 1992 National Rookie Coach of the Year
* 1992 Big Sky Coach of the Year
MONARCH PROBABLES
F 21 Ricardo Marsh, 6-8, 240, Sr., Mebane, NC. 17.2 ppg/ 8.5 rpg
F 22 Rasheed Wright, 6-5, 210, Sr., Greensboro, NC. 14.7 ppg/ 5.3 rpg
C 40 Alex Loughton, 6-9, 235, Fr., Perth Australia 8.4 ppg/ 6.1 rpg
G 10 John Waller, 6-4, 185, Jr. Richmond, VA. 8.2 ppg/ 4.6 rpg
G 13 Troy Nance, 5-10, 175, Jr., Va. Beach, Va. 4.0 ppg/ 4.8 apg
TOP SUBSTITUTES
G 1 Isaiah Hunter, 6-2, 160, Fr, Charlotte, NC. 6.1 ppg/ 2.1 rpg
G 24 Kiah Thomas, 6-4, 190, So., Norfolk, VA. 2.8 ppg/ 1.5 rpg
G 3 John Morris, 6-1, Fr., Camp Hill, PA. 1.9 ppg/ 1.0 rpg
C 55 Janko Mrksic, 6-10, 270, Fr., Ontario, Canada 1.3 ppg/ 2.1 rpg
F 4 T.J. Waldon, 6-4, 214,Fr., Lakeland, FL. 2.9 ppg/ 2.6 rpg
THIS DAY IN MONARCH HISTORY
March 1, 1980, ODU defeats Navy 62-51 in overtime in the ECAC South Finals
at the Hampton Coliseum to earn the school's first NCAA Division I automatic bid.
ODU/CAA TOURNAMENT SCENARIO
*ODU wins tiebreaker with JMU based on split of season series & ODU's wins over UNCW
* Delaware wins all ties with ODU and JMU & will be 5th if they win based on
head-to-head.
* If Delaware loses to Towson and ODU wins, ODU gets 5th.
* If all UD, ODU, & JMU are tied at either (9-9 or 8-10), the order would be;
Delaware (5th), ODU (6th) and JMU 7th.
* At #2 VCU holds the tie-breaker edge with Drexel at either 13-5 or 12-6.
TONIGHT'S OFFICIALS
Manny Upton, Chuck Pitts, Dwayne Gladden
SHOOTING PERCENTAGE
The.542 shooting from the floor vs. UNCW was the first in CAA play
the Monarchs have shot 50 percent or better.
ODU has shot 50 percent or better three times (Campbell,UMES, GW).
The .313 at GMU was the second lowest of the season (.292 vs. North Carolina)
ALL DISTRICT
Senior Ricardo Marsh was selected by the NABC to the first team All-District
Four squad.
NABC ALL DISTRICT 4 SQUAD
(1st team) (Second Team)
Mike Sweetney(Georgetown) Tony Dobbins(Richmond)
Chris Monroe (George Washington) Ronald Blackshear (Marshall)
Drew Schifino (West Virginia) Bryant Matthews (Va. Tech)
Ricardo Marsh (ODU) Willie Taylor (VCU)
Adam Hess (W&M) Terry Taylor (VA. Tech)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS:
Jan. 21. Ricardo Marsh shares the honor with UNCW's Craig Callahan. Marsh
averaged 28.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals during the week against Delaware
and Hofstra. He scored a career high 30 points vs Delaware and 27 vs. Hofstra.
Jan. 14, Senior Rasheed Wright who averaged 17.5 points , 5.5 rebounds, and 2.5
Steals in ODU's victories over UNC Wilmington and William and Mary was named
CAA Player of the Week.
A ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS:
Jan. 27th, freshman Isaiah Hunter averaged 12 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.5
Assists in ODU's wins over GMU and JMU. He scored a career high 17 against
the Patriots.
Nov. 25th, freshman Alex Loughton who grabbed eight rebounds and scored 13 points against North Carolina, was named CAA Rookie of the Week. Feb. 18th, was again
named Rookie of the Week after 13 points and 9 rebs vs. UNCW and 13 pts and six
rebounds vs. Towson.
CAA GAMES TODAY:
George Mason at Drexel 1:00
VCU at UNC Wilmington 4:00
Delaware at Towson 7:00
James Madison at WM 7:00
SERIES VS. HOFSTRA
Tied at 2-2
First Meeting:1993-94 ODU wins, 92-66 in UC Santa Barbara Tournament
2001-02: L at 67-66
W 69-53
Last Meeting Jan. 18, 2003, Hofstra 69, ODU 65 at Hofstra
Rick Apodaca scored a career high 34 points with five assists and four steals to lead
the Pride. Apodaca hit 5-10 shots from three-point range. Ricardo Marsh led ODU
with 27 points and eight rebounds and Kiah Thomas came off the bench to add 11
points. Kenny Adeleke scored 18 and hauled in eight rebounds. Hofstra outrebounded ODU, 34-31. ODU committed 16 turnovers, while Hofstra committed 24.
COMPARING STATS
ODU Hofstra
Scoring 66.8 64.7
FG% .401 .413
3PT % .312 .328
FT% .713 .587
REBS 38.0 41.0
Scoring Def. 65.5 70.4
MONARCHS VS. CAA TEAMS
Delaware 3-3
Drexel 2-2
George Mason 25-9
Hofstra 2-2
James Madison 38-22
Towson 10-1
VCU 32-32
UNC Wilmington 17-15
William & Mary 48-13
Leading at Halftime:11-4
Trailing at Halftime: 0-9
Tied at Halftime: 0-1
Shooting 50 % or Better: 4-0
Shooting 40-49%: 6-2
Shooting below 40%: 1-12
Outrebounds Opponents:9-9
Equal Number of Rebounds: 1-0
ODU Commits More Turnovers:3-4
ODU Commits Less Turnovers: 8-9
DOUBLE-DOUBLE PERFORMANCES
Ricardo Marsh 5 (GW, VCU, W&M-1, UNCW-2, TU-1)
Rasheed Wright 1 (Delaware
Alex Loughton 1 (Maryland E-Shore)
John Waller 1 (Delaware)
DOUBLE FIGURE PERFORMERS
Ricardo Marsh 22 of 25 games
* NOTE: Marsh's streak of 17 straight double figure games ended vs. Drexel.
Rasheed Wright 22 of 25 games
John Waller 8
Alex Loughton 8
Isaiah Hunter 5
Kiah Thomas 2
Troy Nance 1
TEN OR MORE REBOUNDS PER GAME
Ricardo Marsh 6
Alex Loughton 1
Rasheed Wright 1
John Waller 1
FIVE OR MORE ASSISTS
Troy Nance 14
John Morris 1
John Waller 1
Ricardo Marsh 1
20 OR MORE POINTS IN A GAME
Ricardo Marsh 9
Rasheed Wright 5
LEADING SCORER
Ricardo Marsh 13
Rasheed Wright 11
LEADING REBOUNDER
Ricardo Marsh 17
Rasheed Wright 3
Alex Loughton 4
John Waller 2
ODU DYNAMIC DUO
Ricardo Marsh and Rasheed Wright have scored 20 or more points in the same game
three times this year.
Dayton (Marsh 24/Wright 21)
W&M-1 (Marsh 20/ Wright 20)
UNCW-2 (Marsh 22/ Wright 23)
MONARCHS SIGN ONE IN EARLY PERIOD
ODU signed Valdas Vasylius from nearby Norfolk Collegiate High School.
He is a 6-7, 215-pounder originally from Klaipeda, Lithuania. (19.6 ppg/12.2 rpg)
LAST TIME ODU DID THIS
Scored 90 or more points: 103-69 in 1998-99 vs. VMI
Scored 100 or more points: same as above
Won by 20 or more points: 22, 73-51 at Towson (2-15-03)
Lost by 20 or more: 25, Dec. 2001, to Memphis, 91-66
Gave up 90 or more points: 91 by Memphis, 2001-02
Won an overtime game: March 3, 2001 vs. William & Mary in CAA Trn.
Shot 60 percent or better from the floor: .617(29-47) vs. George Mason Feb. 21,01
Shot 50 percent of better from the floor: 542 (26-48) vs. UNCW, Feb. 12, 2003
Shot less than 30 percent from the floor:293(17-58) vs. St. Joseph's, 12-01-02
Shot less than 50 percent from the free throw line: .480(12-25) vs. VCU Jan. 4, 03
Shot 90% or better from the line: Dec. 28, 2002(.905) 19-21, at GW
Blocked 10 or more shots: 16 vs. American, Jan. 16, 1999
Had 10 or more shots blocked: 10 by Richmond, Mar 4, 2000.CAA Trn.
Committed 20 or more turnovers: 20, Jan. 8, 03 at UNCW
Committed 10 or less turnovers: 9 vs Towson (2-15-03)
ODU won four our more games on the road: 1998-99(7-5 + 5-2 in neutral games).
IN CAA GAMES
Ricardo Marsh is averaging 17.6 ppg and 8.7 rebounds per game.
Rasheed Wright is averaging 13.9 ppg/ and 5.3 rebounds per game
Wright has 35 steals in 17 games for a 2.1 average.
Troy Nance is averaging 5.4 assists per game.
LAST TIME AN ODU INDIVIDUAL DID THIS
Scored 30 or points: Ricardo Marsh, 30 vs. Delaware, Jan. 15, 03.
Grabbed 10 or more rebounds: 11 by Marsh vs. UNCW, Feb. 12, 2003
Grabbed 15 or more rebounds: 23 by Clifton Jones, vs. UNCW Feb. , 2001
Had 10 or more assists:11, by Troy Nance vs. Delaware, Jan. 15, 03.
Performed the double-double: John Waller (14 pts/11 rebs) vs. Drexel (2-19)
Two or more players with double-double:P.Greene & Marsh vs. JMU 2002
Performed the triple-double: Mark West, Feb. 17, 1982 vs. W&M (14 pts,11 rebs,10
Blocks)
TED CONSTANT CONVOCATION HIGHLIGHTS
First Basket: 19:16 Ricardo Marsh dunk vs. UNC
First Trey: 16:25 by Jawad Williams of UNC
First ODU Trey: 15:00 by John Waller
First Free Throw Made: 14:39 by Sean May of UNC
First ODU Free Throw Made: 14:22 by Rasheed Wright
Most Points: 30, by Ricardo Marsh vs. Delaware, Jan. 15, 03.
Most Points by an Opp: 21 by Tee Trotter(UMES), 12-14-02
Most Field Goals Made: 12 by Ricardo Marsh vs. Delaware, Jan. 15, 2003.
Most Rebounds: 11 by Ricardo Marsh vs. ECU & vs. W&M & UNCW
Most Opp. Rebounds: 12, by Erroyl Bing of ECU
Most OPP Treys: 6, by Brooks Hall (6-12) of Dayton, 12-20-02
Most .Treys: 3, by Rasheed Wright vs. UNC (11-24-02), Dayton (12-20-02)
& W&M (01-11-03); John Waller vs. W&M..
Most Free Throws: 9-11, by Rasheed Wright vs. W&M (1-11-03) & (9-9) vs
JMU, Jan. 25, 03.
Fewest Team Free Throws: 5-8 vs. Drexel (2-19-03)
Best Free Throw PCT: 1000 (9-9) by Rasheed Wright vs JMU (1-25-03) &
(6-6) by Isaiah Hunter vs. UMES(12-14-02)
Best Opp FT PCT: 1000 (6-6) by Keith Waleskowski of Dayton(12-20-02)
Most Assists:9, Mike Slattery of Delaware (Jan. 15, 03).
Most ODU Assists: 11 by Troy Nance vs. Delaware, (Jan. 15, 03)
Most ODU Steals: 4, by John Waller vs. VCU (2-1-03)
Most OPP Blocked Shots: 5, by Robert Battle (2-19-03)
Best ODU Field Goal %: .542 (26-48) vs. UNCW, Feb. 12.
Best OPP. Field Goal %: .509 by ECU
Best ODU Free Throw %: ...771 (27-35) vs. W&M (1-11-03)
Best OPP Free Throw %: 100 (9-9) by Towson (Jan. 2, 03)
Best 3PT %: .7-16 .438 vs. W&M (1-11-03)
Best OPP 3PT %: .429 (9-21) by Delaware, Jan. 15, 03.
Most ODU Rebounds: 50 vs. Delaware, Jan. 15, 03.
Most OPP Rebounds: 36 by Delaware, Jan. 15, 03.
Most ODU Assists: 20 vs. UMES (12-14-02)
Most OPP Assists: 16 by VCU (2-1-03)
Most Opp Turnovers: 21 by JMU (1-25-03)
Most ODU Points Scored: 82, vs. UMES (12-14-02)
Most OPP Points Scored: 75, by ECU (12-07-02) & Delaware (1-15-03)
Fewest ODU Points Scored: 59 vs. North Carolina and GMU.
Fewest OPP Points Scored: 43, by Campbell (11-26-02)
Attendance: 8,424 (Sellout) vs. UNC (11-24-02)
8,418 vs. VCU (2-2-03)
First Overtime Game: ODU vs. Delaware, UD wins 75-74.
WINNING ON THE ROAD
ODU is 4-8 overall, equaling the four road wins all last year.
ODU is 3-6 in CAA road games
MONARCH CAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS
Individual
Scoring: Marsh 4th 17.2
Wright 11h 14.7
FG PCT: Marsh 5th .476
FT PCT: Wright 6th .796
3PT FGPCT: Wright 6th .379
REBS: Marsh 3rd 8.5
Loughton 12th 6.1
ASST: Nance 2nd 4.7
ASST/TO: Nance 3rd 2.24
STEALS Wright 7th 1.8
Off Rebs Loughton 4th 3.1
Marsh 6th 2.9
Def. Rebs Marsh 3rd 5.5
Team
Scoring: 6th 66.8
FG PCT: 10th .401
3PT FG: 9th .312
Rebs: 3rd 38.0
Scoring Def: 3rd 65.5
FT PCT: 2ndt .713
FG PCT Def: 7th .431
3PT FG Def: 9th .357
Assists: 3rd 14.2
Blocks 7th 2.8
Steals: 2nd 8.3
Reb. Margin 3rd +4.5
MILESTONES
Ricardo Marsh has 1330 career points and 675 career rebounds...He is the 38th
Monarch to break the 1,000 career point mark (vs. Dayton). Marsh currently ranks
20th on the ODU all-time scoring list, and 15th on the ODU all-time rebounding list. Rasheed Wright became the 39th Monarch to reach the 1,000 point plateau (vs. Hofstra). He now has 1150 career points, and ranks him 28th.
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NEXT GAME: CAA Tournament in Richmond, VA.
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