Old Dominion 2018-19 Men's Basketball
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OLD DOMINION 2018-19 MEN’S BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (23-7, 13-4 C-USA) MEDIA INFORMATION Head Coach: Jeff Jones (Virginia ‘82, 6th season at ODU) TV/STREAM CBS Sports Network on Facebook Last Game: L, 59-52 vs. Southern Miss Radio ESPN Radio 94.1 FM (in Hampton Roads, Va.); UAB BLAZERS (17-13, 9-8 C-USA) WNTW 820 AM and 92.7 FM The Answer (in Richmond and Central Va.); Head Coach: Rob Ehsan (UC Davis ‘05, 3rd season) WLVA 94.1 FM and Fox Sports 580 AM (in Lynchburg, Va.) Last Game: L, 76-70 at UTSA -JEFF JONES: Ted Alexander (pbp), Dave Twardzik (color) Record at Old Dominion: 137-65 November (4-3) Career Record: 494-352 6 vs. Navy W, 67-44 ALL-TIME SERIES vs. UAB 9 at Saint Joseph’s L, 79-64 -Saturday night marks the 33rd all-time meeting between these two schools. 16 vs. Oregon State ^ L, 61-56 -UAB leads the all-time series, 21-11. 17 vs.Kennesaw St.^ W, 65-47 -Old Dominion has won the last three meetings in this series. 19 vs. Northern Iowa L, 54-53 -Earlier this season on Feb. 7, ODU downed UAB in Birmingham, 70-59. 23 vs. Northern Iowa W, 72-65 -The Monarchs are 3-13 all-time when playing UAB in Birmingham, Ala. 28 vs. VCU W, 62-52 -These two schools first met during the 1982-83 season. December (6-0) INSIDE THE NUMBERS 1 vs. James Madison W, 67-42 -The Monarchs have won 7 of their last 8, 12 of their last 14 and 21 of their last 25 games. 5 vs. William & Mary W, 71-53 -The Monarchs rank 8th in the nation for holding teams to 38.8% shooting from the floor for the 9 vs. Fairfield W, 79-69 season. 15 at No. 25 Syracuse W, 68-62 -Old Dominion’s defense ranks 9th in the country for scoring defense, allowing just 61.1 points per 19 at Richmond W, 63-54 game. 22 vs. Morgan State W, 76-53 -ODU’s 39.47 rebounds per game rank 22nd in Division I. -Old Dominion’s 5.4 rebound margin ranks 28th in the nation. January (7-3) 3 vs. Marshall * L, 70-67 AHMAD CAVER 5 vs. WKU * W, 69-66 -Caver’s 37:15 minutes per contest rank 10th in the nation. 10 at FAU * L, 80-73 -Caver has scored double-figures in 28 of 30 games this season, while scoring 20 or more points in 12 at FIU * W, 75-74 12 of those contests. 17 vs. LA Tech * W, 64-63 19 vs. Southern Miss * W, 76-62 B.J. STITH (son of Asst. Coach Bryant Stith: UVA’s all-time leading scorer) 21 at Charlotte * W, 76-70 -Stith has scored double-figures in 26 of 30 games, while scoring 20 or more points in 12 of those contests. He has 9 doubles-doubles this season. 24 at UTEP * W, 50-48 26 at UTSA * L, 74-73 ODU IS... 31 vs. North Texas * W, 72-61 *21-4 when scoring 60 or more points. *18-3 when shooting 40% or better from the floor. February (6-0) *20-3 when allowing 69 points or less. 2 vs. Rice * W, 80-76 *15-2 when committing less turnovers than its opponent. 7 at UAB * W, 70-59 *19-4 since the start December (6-0 in Feb.). 9 at Middle Tennessee * W, 55-50 *19-5 when out-rebounding its opponent. 16 vs. Charlotte * W, 73-60 *13-2 when leading at half. 23 vs. WKU * W, 67-63 *11-1 on Saturday’s. 28 at UTSA * W, 65-64 *8-3 on the road this season (6-2 in league play). March (0-1) COMEBACK KIDS - Largest Deficits Overcome in ODU Victories: 6 vs. Southern Miss * L, 59-52 21 (13:07 - 1H) vs. Western Kentucky - (Largest comeback in school history) 9 at UAB * 3:00PM 17 (2:37 - 1H) vs. VCU 13- 16 Conference USA Tournament % TBA 13 (00:44 -1H) at No. 25 Syracuse 13 (05:02 - 1H) at UAB ^ Paradise Jam 12 (00:17 - 1H) at Charlotte * Conference USA Game % Played at The Star in Frisco, Texas CURRENT MONARCHS CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME LEADERBOARDS Home Games Bold AHMAD CAVER All Times Eastern -His 577 career assists rank 7th in school history. -His 182 career steals rank 9th in school history. -His 131 games played rank 9th in school history. -His 1,460 points rank 17th in school history. -Has played 3,986 career minutes (school record is 4,068 - Ronnie McAdoo (1978-82). OLD DOMINION MEDIA RELATIONS: B.J. STITH Grant Gardner, Associate Director / Men’s Basketball -His 1,319 points (doesn’t include the 13 he scored at UVA) rank 28th in school history. 757.683.5520 / [email protected] A little history of ODU’s regular-season titles ODU’s first regular-season basketball title came 50 years ago, when Sonny Allen and his fast- break, high-scoring Monarchs won the Mason-Dixon League. The Monarchs went on to win the 1969 league tournament, beating Baltimore in the final, and earn their first berth ever into the NCAA Division II tournament, where they lost to Oglethorpe and Norfolk State at NSU’s Gill Gymnasium. Thursday’s title was the 12th regular-season crown for ODU, if you count two years in the ECAC- South when teams were seeded on power rankings instead of records, since the Monarchs joined the Mason-Dixon League in 1962. Prior to 1962, ODU was an independent. ODU’s 12 regular-season titles: MASON DIXON CONFERENCE (Division II) 1968-1969 (21-7), coach Sonny Allen. Beat Baltimore in final; lost to Oglethorpe, Norfolk State in NCAA Division II tournament ECAC SOUTH (Division I) League didn’t play a real round-robin schedule, but ODU was top seed twice 1979-80 (25-5), coach Paul Webb, beat Navy in ECAC final; lost to UCLA in NCAA 1980-81 (18-10), coach Paul Webb, lost to Richmond in ECAC final; lost to Georgia in NIT SUN BELT CONFERENCE (Division I) 1982-83 (19-10), coach Paul Webb, lost to ECU in Sun Belt final; beat VCU, lost to Notre Dame in NIT 1985-86 (23-8), coach Tom Young, lost to Jacksonville in Sun Belt final; beat W.Va., lost to Duke in NCAA COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (Division I) 1992-93 (21-8) coach Oliver Purnell, lost to ECU in ECAC tournament; beat VCU, lost to Miami- Ohio in NIT 1993-94 (21-10) coach Oliver Purnell, lost to JMU in CAA final, beat Manhattan, lost to Bradley in NIT 1994-95 (21-12), coach Jeff Capel, won CAA tournament, beat Villanova, lost to Tulsa in NCAA 1996-97 (22-11), coach Jeff Capel, beat JMU in CAA final; lost to New Mexico in NCAA 2004-05 (28-6), coach Blaine Taylor, beat VCU in CAA final, lost to Michigan State in NCAA 2009-10 (27-9), coach Blaine Taylor, beat W&M in CAA final; beat Notre Dame, lost to Baylor in NCAA CONFERENCE USA (Division I) 2018-2019, coach Jeff Jones; postseason record TBA. 1 2 3 JASON WADE JUSTICE KITHCART B.J. STITH Freshman - Richmond, Va. RS Soph. - Durham, N.C. RS Senior - Lawrenceville, Va. 4 10 12 AHMAD CAVER XAVIER GREEN QUISHON HARRIS Senior - Atlanta, Ga. RS Soph. - Williamsburg, Va. Freshman - Hampton, Va. 13 15 20 AARON CARVER JOE REECE LOREN BRILL RS Junior - Elizabeth City, N.C. Freshman - St. Louis, Mo. RS Soph. - Gaithersburg, Md. 22 23 25 KALU EZIKPE DAJOUR DICKENS ELBERT ROBINSON III Freshman - Lawrenceville, Ga. Sophomore - Hampton, Va. Senior - Garland, Texas Old Dominion 2018-19 ODU Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 06, 2019) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 23-7 14-2 8-3 1-2 CONFERENCE 13-4 7-2 6-2 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 10-3 7-0 2-1 1-2 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 03 STITH, B.J. 30-30 1029 34.3 186-433 . 4 3 0 66-174 . 3 7 9 92-110 . 8 3 6 41 185 226 7.5 59 0 34 55 8 28 530 17.7 04 CAVER, Ahmad 30-30 1118 37.3 170-438 . 3 8 8 60-198 . 3 0 3 103-152 . 6 7 8 18 113 131 4.4 57 0 163 68 8 45 503 16.8 10 GREEN, Xavier 30-30 900 30.0 97-242 . 4 0 1 45-105 . 4 2 9 34-51 . 6 6 7 14 102 116 3.9 66 1 57 54 4 21 273 9.1 00 GODWIN, Marquis 13-0 288 22.2 33-95 . 3 4 7 26-75 . 3 4 7 1-2 . 5 0 0 3 30 33 2.5 13 0 3 9 1 3 93 7.2 02 KITHCART, Justice 24-0 386 16.1 51-121 . 4 2 1 33-80 . 4 1 3 14-24 . 5 8 3 9 32 41 1.7 21 0 32 16 1 12 149 6.2 01 WADE, Jason 30-1 586 19.5 51-107 . 4 7 7 5-15 . 3 3 3 16-33 . 4 8 5 56 55 111 3.7 55 0 53 34 12 29 123 4.1 22 EZIKPE, Kalu 29-0 288 9.9 39-78 .