Dec. 27, 2012

Game Notes

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (2-10) VS. FAIRFIELD STAGS (8-5)
Dec. 29, 7 p.m. in the Ted Constant Convocation Center
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MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS

G	25	Donte Hill	6-4	Jr	Virginia Beach, VA.	10.3ppg/4.3rpg
F	11	DeShawn Painter	6-9	Sr.	Norfolk, VA	10.9ppg/7.7rpg
F	23	Richard Ross	6-7	R-So.	Wichita Falls, TX.	5.0ppg/4.0rpg
G	2	Aaron Bacote	6-5	Fr.	Hampton, VA.	8.3ppg/2.4rpg
G	3	Keenan Palmore	6-1	Fr.	Stone Mountain, GA.	8.5ppg/5.2rpg

OFF THE BENCH

F	1	Nick Wright	6-8	R-Sr.	Suffolk, VA.	7.2 ppg/4.8 rpg
G	4	Dimitri Batten	6-3	R-So.	Newport News, VA.	8.5 ppg/2.7 rpg
G	15	Deion Clark	6-3	Fr.	Naples, FL.	4.7 ppg/1.3 rpg
F	40	Anton Larsen	7-0	R-Jr.	Copenhagen, Denmark	2.6ppg/2.6 rpg
F	21	Stuart McEwen	6-9	Fr.	Sydney, Australia	0.0/0.0

SERIES VS.FAIRFIELD

Fairfield leads the series, 1-0. The Stages beat ODU last year in the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, CT, 59-51. Derek Needham led Fairfield with 19 points. Nick Wright led ODU with 10 points followed by Batten with nine. Fairfield is a member of the Metro Athletic Conference which includes Canisius, Loyola, Rider, Iona, Marist, St. Peters, Niagara, Manhattan, and Siena. Both Fairfield and ODU competed in the Collegeinsider.com Postseason Tournament last year. ODU lost to eventual champion Mercer in the quarterfinals and Fairfield lost to Mercer in the semi-finals.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

	ODU	FF
Scoring:	64.1	63.2
OPP Scoring:	71.2	62.2
FG PCT	.407	.435
FG DEF	.468	.418
3PT PCT	.286	.349
FT PCT:	.674	.695
REB AVG:	38.2	31.7
REB MRG:	+6.5	-2.1
ASST AVG:	12.7	14.1
TO AVG:	14.2	13.8
STLS:	7.8	7.3
BLKS:	3.4	3.5

NOTE: All nine Monarchs who have played thus far have started atleast three games with Donte Hill being the only Monarch who has started all 12 games this season.

LAST GAME

Sophomore Dimitri Batten scored 14 of his career-best 23 points during a 21-4 second-half run as ODU stunned Virginia 63-61 in the Governor's Holiday Hoops Classic in the Richmond Coliseum and ending a nine-game losing streak. UVA has now lost to three CAA teams (ODU,Delaware and George Mason) Besides Batten's 23 freshman Aaron Bacote added, senior Donte Hill added 12 points with three assists and senior DeShawn Painter scored his third double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Richard Ross also hauled in a career high nine boards. ODU held UVA to .396(21-53) shooting from the field, while the Monarchs shot .385 (20-52). The Monarchs again outrebounded an opponent, 39-32 and only committed seven turnovers. The Monarchs played shorthanded without red-shirt senior co-captain Nick Wright who has been ill and freshman guard Keenan Palmore suffered a concussion in the College of Charleston game.

NOTE

ODU's nine-game losing streak was one shy of the school's Division I mark of ten set during the 1986-87 season. The overall single season mark is 14 set In 1941-42 season. The mark over two seasons is 16 set over the 1940-41 season into the 1941-42 year.

Blaine Taylor
239-133 AT ODU (12TH YEAR)
TOTAL: 380-199 (.651)

SYDNEY JOHNSON (Fairfield)
29-20 at Fairfield (2nd year)
Total: 95-73 (6th year)

ODU CAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS

Scoring Offense:	64.1	7th
Scoring Defense:	71.2	10th
FG PCT:	.407	9th
FGPCT DEF:	.468	10th
FT PCT:	.674	6th
3PT FG PCT:	.286	10th
REBS:	38.2	2nd
REBS Margin:	+6.5	1st
AST:	12.7	3rd
STLS:	7.8	4th
BKLS:	3.4	8th

INDIVIDUAL CAA RANKINGS

Scoring:	Painter	10.9	20th
	Hill	10.2	21st
REBS:	Painter	7.7	5th
FT:	Palmore	80.0	3rd
	N.Wright	80.0	3rd
AST:	Palmore	3.2	6th
STLS:	Palmore	2.0	T2nd
	Hill	1.9	5th

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