Jan. 30, 2013
GAME INFO
Thursday, Jan. 31 - 7:00 p.m.
Old Dominion (13-6, 4-3) vs. Drexel (13-5, 6-1)
Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,600) - Norfolk, Va.
ESPN 94.1 FM Radio
Play-by-play: Tony Mercurio
Color: Susan Montgomery
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NORFOLK, Va. - The Old Dominion University women's basketball team returns home for the first of two games at the Ted Constant Convocation Center this week on Thursday night at 7 p.m. against Drexel. The first 1,500 fans will receive ODU rollabans courtesy of Cox Communications while the ODU Field Hockey team will be honored at halftime.
DOWN BUT NOT OUT
Old Dominion has bounced back after each loss this season and will put their perfect 5-0 record following a loss to the test on Thursday night against Drexel.
FREE THROW LINE
Old Dominion has bounced back after each loss this season and will put their perfect 5-0 record following a loss to the test on Thursday night against Drexel.
BENCH HELP
The Lady Monarchs continue to utilize their bench having outscored the opposition 498-258 in bench points this season. 40 percent of ODU’s season point total has come from their bench compared to just 24 percent from the opposition. In CAA play, the ODU bench is outscoring the opposing bench, 209-77.
ODU has had more bench points in 14 of their 19 games this season.
SERIES HISTORY
Thursday’s game will be the 21st meeting between ODU and Drexel with the Lady Monarchs holding a 15-5 advantage in the all-time series. The teams first met in 2002. The Dragons have won four of the past five meetings between the two teams with ODU’s last win coming at home on Jan. 10, 2010.
SCOUTING THE DREXELS
Drexel comes in at 13-5 overall and 6-1 in the CAA after dropping their first league of the season on Sunday vs. Delaware, 65-56. The Dragons had won six in a row before that.
The CAA’s leading scorer is senior Hollie Mershon at 18.3 points per game while averaging 7.0 rebounds and has connected on 35 three-pointers while adding 78 assists. Senior Taylor Wooten adds 10.9 points per contest.
Head Coach Denise Dillon, the school’s all-time wins leader, enters her 10th season at the helm of the Drexel program. Coming off its second CAA championship game appearance in four years, the Drexel was picked to finish fourth in the league this season. Senior Hollie Mershon, a Second Team All-CAA performer last season, was named to the Preseason First Team All-CAA. Mershon is one of four seniors returning for Drexel this season. The Dragons boasted a defense which finished atop the CAA and in the nation’s top five scoring defenses, allowing just 54.3 points per game.
The Dragons went 19-14 last season, including a 12-6 mark in conference play. Drexel made the WNIT last year, marking the fourth consecutive year they have made postseason play.
LAST TIME OUT
The Lady Monarchs continue to utilize their bench having outscored the opposition 498-258 in bench points this season. 40 percent of ODU’s season point total has come from their bench compared to just 24 percent from the opposition. In CAA play, the ODU bench is outscoring the opposing bench, 209-77.
ODU has had more bench points in 14 of their 19 games this season.
AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
Out of 343 teams, ODU ranks in the top 50 nationally in the following categories:
#16 Turnover Margin 5.79
#29 3-PT FG % Defense .263
#41 Steals Per Game 11.4
#44 Assists Per Game 15.5
The Lady Monarchs have forced 438 turnovers in 19 games this year (23.1 per game).
LEAGUE LEADERS
The Lady Monarchs are atop the CAA in the following categories per game:
#1 Turnover Margin 5.79
#2 Assists Per Game 15.5
#2 Steals Per Game 11.4
#3 Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.9
#3 Blocked Shots 3.9
#3 Scoring Margin +9.7
#3 Field Goal % Defense .361
#3 Field Goal % .410
#3 Scoring Defense 56.7
#3 3-PT FG % Defense .263
#3 Scoring Offense 66.4
ATOP THE CAA IN NON-CONFERENCE ACTION
Old Dominion finished tied for the best non-conference record in the league at 9-3 along with Delaware.
Both the nine non-conference wins and the 9-3 start are bests for ODU since the 2007- 08 season when they went to the Sweet 16 with a record of 31-5.
BAREFOOT PRINTS
ODU head coach Karen Barefoot enters her 14th year as a head coach in 2012-13 and 200 plus wins in her career as she leads the Lady Monarch program in year two. As head coach at the Apprentice School in 2001, she led the Builders to a National Championship in the school's first ever women's sport while taking Lenoir-Rhyne the NCAA Tournament in the 2002-03 season. In 2010-11 while at Elon, she led the Phoenix to the WBI, the schools first ever women's basketball tournament appearance. The last time that ODU made the NCAA Tournament was in 2008 when Barefoot was an assistant coach for the Lady Monarchs and helped them make the Sweet 16.
CAA ROOKIE AWARDS
With LaQuanda Younger picking up her second CAA Rookie of the Week honors this season on Jan. 21, that marks the eighth time since the beginning of the 2011-12 season that an ODU player has recieved this award. Last season, Ashley Betz-White, the CAA Rookie of the Year, was honored four times while freshman Galaisha Goodhope earned the honor on Jan. 7 this season.
KAREN BAREFOOT SHOW
The Karen Barefoot Coach's Shows continue to pack the house at YNot Pizza in the Village behind the Ted. Joined by host Doug Ripley, Barefoot reviews the previous week's game and gives insight into the upcoming Lady Monarch matchups all season long. The next show is scheduled for Wedneday, Feb. 6th at 6 p.m.
LADY MONARCHS INK TWO
Coach Barefoot announced the addition of Odegua Oigbokie and Destinee Young who signed letters of intent to play for the Lady Monarchs next fall on Nov. 14.
Oigbokie is a highly touted forward from Ridgeway High School in Memphis, Tenn., while Young is a power forward out of Hoffman Estates High School in Hoffmann Estates, Ill.
Oigbokie, who is 6-foot-1, averaged 18 points and eight rebounds as a junior and has been named all-district and all-region for Ridgeway the past two seasons. Young, who is also 6-foot-1, averaged 15.4 points and 11 rebounds as a junior at Hoffman Estates High School, where she already is the record holder for career rebounds and single-season blocks.
Out of the five recruits that second-year head coach Karen Barefoot has landed at ODU, four have been rated as three stars or better by ESPN. The other three were local freshmen guards Galaisha Goodhope out of Norfolk and LaQuanda Younger of Newport News and forward Chelisa Painter from Chesapeake who is sitting out this season after transferring from George Washington.
NEWCOMERS
Head Coach Karen Barefoot added three freshmen this season in local talented guards Galaisha Goodhope and LaQuanda Younger along with center Brittany Martin out of the New York. Transferring in are forward Shae Kelley and Miami (FL) transfer guard Stephanie Gardner. The incoming class is ranked the best in the CAA and No. 42 in the country overall.
FEATURED LADY MONARCH
After Thursday's game, sophomore Tiffany Minor will be in the main concourse signing autographs for fans at the Raisin' Canes Guest Services Booth.
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