Feb. 4, 2013
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Thursday, Feb. 5 - 7:00 p.m.
Old Dominion (15-6, 6-3) at George Mason (6-13, 1-7)
Ted Constant Convocation Center (10,000) - Fairfax, Va.
ESPN 94.1 FM Radio
Play-by-play: Doug Ripley
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NORFOLK, Va. - The Old Dominion University women's basketball team hits the road for a pair of games this week starting on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. when the Lady Monarchs travel to the Patriot Center in Fairfax to take on George Mason at 7 p.m.
MIDWAY THROUGH THE CAA SLATE
At the halfway point through the CAA schedule, ODU sits at fourth place at 6-3. The Lady Monarchs are 4-1 at home in league play and lead the way in conference turnover margin and steals.
SECOND HALF SURGES
The Lady Monarchs have overcome a pair of double-digit halftime deficits in league play so far. Overall, they are outscoring the opposition this season in the second half, 629- 550. ODU averages 30 points after halftime compared to 26 for the opponents. In CAA games, ODU is outscoring the opposition, 324-287 with 36 second half points for the Lady Monarchs compared to 31.8 for the opponent.
FREE THROW LINE
ODU has been hot from the free throw line since CAA play has started. In four of of their nine league games, the Lady Monarchs have shot over 80% from the chairty stripe including a season high 84.6% from the line at UNCW on Jan. 17. In eight of their nine CAA games this season, ODU is 71% or better from the free throw line. Overall in CAA action this season, ODU is shooting 76.0% (130-171).
BENCH HELP
The Lady Monarchs continue to utilize their bench having outscored the opposition 536-270 in bench points this season. 39 percent of ODU's season point total has come from their bench compared to just 23 percent from the opposition. In CAA play, the ODU bench is outscoring the opposing bench, 247-89.
ODU has had more bench points in 16 of their 21 games this season.
BETTER AT NIGHT
With the win over Drexel on Jan. 31, ODU improved to 7-1 in night games this season with their lone loss coming to #10/11 California back on Nov. 30. In contrast, ODU is 8-5 in day games this season.
SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday's meeting will be the 52nd and final meeting between ODU and Mason as CAA foes. The two teams fist met in 1975 with the Lady Monarchs holding a 49-2 advantage in the series. Mason two of the last four meetings in Fairfax between the two teams including last season, 85-69.
SCOUTING THE PATRIOTS
The Patriots did not play over the weekend and are coming off a tough 72-67 overtime loss at Hofstra on Thursday. Mason has dropped four in a row and nine of their last 10 and sit at 6-13 overall and 1-7 in the CAA.
Senior guard Rahneeka Saunders leads the Patriots with 11.9 points per game to go with 41 steals and 55 assists. Senior forward Amber Easter adds 9.2 points per contest and leads the team with 6.7 rebounds per game.
Head Coach Jeri Porter is in her fifth year at the helm of the Patriot program. The Seahawks return three starters and 10 letterwinners from last season's squad that finished 15-16 overall and 8-10 in the CAA.
In a vote of the league's coaches, George Mason was picked to finish in a tie for seventh in the league . The Patriots added a pair of newcomers for the 2012-13 campaign to their roster.
LAST TIME OUT
The Lady Monarchs took their first lead since early in the first half with 8:31 to play on a free throw from Kelley. ODU and UNCW would then battle back and forth as the score alternated five times after half with two ties in that span before Old Dominion took the lead for good with 5:32 to play on a jumper by Kelley.
Jackie Cook picked up her 15th double-digit scoring performance of the season and 38th her career as she scored 13 points to go with seven rebounds, two steals, a block and an assist. Galaisha Goodhope matched her career-high with four steals in 26 minutes of action as she scored eight points and gathered three rebounds.
The Lady Monarchs took their first lead since early in the first half with 8:31 to play on a free throw from Kelley. ODU and UNCW would then battle back and forth as the score alternated five times after half with two ties in that span before Old Dominion took the lead for good with 5:32 to play on a jumper by Kelley.
Jackie Cook picked up her 15th double-digit scoring performance of the season and 38th her career as she scored 13 points to go with seven rebounds, two steals, a block and an assist. Galaisha Goodhope matched her career-high with four steals in 26 minutes of action as she scored eight points and gathered three rebounds.
AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
Out of 343 teams, ODU ranks in the top 50 nationally in the following categories:
#22 Turnover Margin 5.33
#41 Steals Per Game 11.2
The Lady Monarchs have forced 470 turnovers in 21 games this year (22.4 per game).
LEAGUE LEADERS
The Lady Monarchs are atop the CAA in the following categories per game:
#1 (1) Turnover Margin 5.33
#2 Assists Per Game 15.1
#2 Blocked Shots 3.9
#2 (1) Steals Per Game 11.2
#3 (3) Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.9
#3 Scoring Margin +9.2
#3 Field Goal % Defense .360
#3 Field Goal % .406
#3 Scoring Defense 56.3
#3 (3) 3-PT FG % Defense .272
#3 Scoring Offense 65.5
BUCHAN EARNS ACADEMIC AWARD
Redshirt senior Mairi Buchan was named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team on Jan. 31 for the second straight year. The teams are selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Buchan holds a 3.93 grade point average majoring in biology (pre-med).
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.
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