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2005-06 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY old dominion university vs. Georgia State ODU Current Record: 17-8 ODU CAA Record: 10-5 GENERAL INFORMATION HEAD COACH: LOCATION: Norfolk, Va. 23529 NICKNAME: Monarchs Blaine Taylor (Montana ’81) FOUNDED: 1930 (as the Norfolk Division of The College Career Record: 228-122 (.638) in 12 seasons th of William & Mary) Record at ODU: 86 -56 (5 season) ENROLLMENT: 21,200 Record at Montana: 142-65 (7 years) 1991-1998 SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS Record in the CAA: 59-38 877), & Light Blue (PMS 283) HOME COURT: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,650) MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS SURFACE: Wood F 42 Valdas Vasylius, 6-7, Jr, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 9.3 ppg/ 4.6 rpg CONFERENCE: Colonial Athletic Association OR PRESIDENT: Dr. Roseann Runte (SUNY New Paltz ‘68) ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Jim Jarrett F 31 Arnaud Dahi, 6-7, Jr, Ivory Coast, Africa 12.0 ppg/ 4.4 rpg (SIU-Carbondale ‘59) F 20 Brian Henderson, 6-4, So, Richmond, VA. 5.3 ppg/ 2.8 rpg OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3369 F 40 Alex Loughton, 6-9, Sr, Perth ,Australia 13.6 ppg/ 7.0 rpg SR. WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR: Deb Polca G 10 Drew Williamson, 6-0, Jr., Burlington, NC., 7.5 ppg/ 4.4 apg ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 G 1 Isaiah Hunter, 6-2, Sr, Charlotte, NC. 14.1 ppg/ 3.0 rpg TICKET OFFICE PHONE: 757 -683-4444 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Scott Johnson OFF THE BENCH OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.odusports.com G 11 Abdi Lidonde, 6-2, So, Sutton, MA., 3.4 ppg/1.7 rpg OR COACHING STAFF G 4 Brandon Johnson, 6-1, So, Orlando, FL., 3.7 ppg/2.6 rpg G 3 John Morris, 6-2, Jr., Camp Hill, PA. 2.0 ppg/ 1.1 rpg HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana ‘81) RECORD AT ODU: 86-55, Fifth year C 30 Sam Harris, 7-3, So, Newhan, Tasmania 1.2 ppg / 1.0 rpg CAREER RECORD: 228-121 (11 yrs ) F 34 Jonathan Adams, 6-6, Fr., Ringold, GA. 1.3 ppg/ 2.4 rpg ASSISTANTS: Jim Corrigan (Duke ‘80), F 21 Jason Thompson, 6-5, So., Sanford, NC. 0.8 ppg/1.2 rpg Rob Wilkes (Stetson ‘93) & C 55 Janko Mrksic, 6-10, Jr., Ontario, Canada 0.4 ppg/ 0.4 rpg Travis DeCuire (Montana ‘94) G 24 Bobby Bilicki, 5-10, Sr, Winchester, MA., 0.0 ppg/ 0.0 rpg DIR. OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: John Richardson (Elizabeth City St. ’95) ODU VS GEORGIA STATE OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3362 Series: ODU leads 4-1 BASKETBALL SECRETARY: Annette Manley First Meeting: 1976-77, ODU wins in Atlanta, 70-56 2004-05 RECORD: 28-6 (school record) Last Meeting: ODU defeats the Panthers, 77-62 in Atlanta back 2004-05 CAA RECORD: 15-3, CAA Champions on Jan. 12. Alex Loughton had 24 points and ten boards, while POST SEASON: NCAA 1st rd, lost to Michigan St., 89-81 Isaiah Hunter added 11 points and four assists. ODU shot .526 (Worcester, MA.) from the floor (.556 in the second half). The Monarchs committed only ten turnovers. GSU shot .328 from the floor and ODU HISTORY outrebounded the Panthers, 39-34. FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: 1930-31 OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 1077-782 (75 years) .575 LAST GAME FIRST YEAR OF DIV. I. BASKETBALL:1976-77 The Monarchs lost at VCU, 80-74 in front of a sellout crowd. Arnaud DIVISION I ALL-TIME RECORD: 520-355 (29 yrs) .584 Dahi led ODU with 21 points, while Alex Loughton added 19 with NO. YRS IN NCAA TRN/LAST: nine rebounds and Isaiah Hunter added 15 points and four assists. 8/ 2005, lost to #5 seed Michigan St., 89-81 NO. YRS IN NIT TRN/LAST: 9/ 1999 Lost 2nd rd at Butler, 75-62 GAME NOTES 2005 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONS 2005-06 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL COMPARISONS ODU GSU Points 70.4 65.4 NOTES FROM LAST YEAR: Opp Pts 64.6 71.6 28 wins is a new school record for a single season. FG% .437 .421 OPP FG% .415 .463 ODU had ten or less turnovers ten times. 3PT FG% .332 .353 FT% .722 .667 ODU held opponents to less than 40 percent shooting 17 REBS: 36.1 32.2 times. OPP REBS: 34.3 35.7 ASSTS: 15.0 12.1 329 steals is a new school record. Turnovers 13.1 14.2 Steals 8.0 6.0 Blaine Taylor won his 200th game at Hofstra. Jan. 19. Blocks 3.4 3.6 The 10,650 in attendance for the ODU-VCU CAA title game is a new Conference record. PRE-SEASON HONORS CAA ODU picked to repeat as CAA champions Alex Loughton 1st team & Isaiah Hunter 2nd team ODU TV SCHEDULE Nov. 21 8:30 p.m. Wisconsin Comcast & Fox Sports rd Street & Smith’s Alex Loughton 3 All-American Dec. 3 7:00 p.m. East Carolina WITN Greenville (tape delayed on Comcast Dec. 4th at 1:30 am Lindy’s ODU ranked 21st & 10:30 am Foxsports.com ODU ranked 21st Dec. 10 3:00 p.m. at Drexel CN8 and WSKY channel 4 Associated Press ODU receiving votes ESPN/USA Today ODU receiving votes Dec. 17 4:00 p.m. DePaul Comcast THIS DATE IN ODU HISTORY Dec. 20 7:00 p.m. at Richmond Comcast Feb. 15, 1979, ODU defeats VCU, 72-71 in overtime in the Richmond Coliseum. After getting a five second count, Tommy Jan. 7 Noon Northeastern Comcast Conrad hit a 20-footer as time ran out to give ODU the win. The Monarchs went on to reach the quarterfinals of the NIT that Jan. 14 Noon VCU Comcast year. ODU played five overtime games that season including a Jan. 28 2 p.m. at GMU Comcast double overtime win against Florida State in Scope and a double OT win at Clemson in the NIT second round. Feb. 11 6 p.m. at VCU ESPN2 Feb. 15 7 p.m. Georgia St. Comcast OFFICIALS FOR TONIGHT Gary Pucino, Alan Spainhour, Charles Robinson Feb. 18 TBA Bracket Busters TBA ESPN APPROACHING MILESTONES Feb. 23 7 p.m. at JMU Comcast Senior Isaiah Hunter became the 41st Monarch to break the Other Notes: 1,000 career point mark. He did it in the first half of the VMI This season ODU has beaten teams from the SEC (Georgia), the game and now has 1278 career points (ranks 22th). ACC (Virginia Tech), and the BIG EAST (DePaul). In 1993-94, ODU defeated Virginia (ACC) and South Alex Loughton has 1528 career points and 866 career rebounds. Carolina (SEC). He currently ranks 14th . In rebounding, Loughton ranks 9th, just two behind Chris Gatling (‘91). Brandon Johnson is currently recovering from a gun shot wound (January 25) to the right sholder. He will miss action until he is re-evaluated in approximatley four to five weeks. UPCOMING GAMES Feb. 18 Marist 4 p.m. (ESPN2) GSU assistant coach Chris Cheeks owns the ODU Div. I Feb. 23 at JMU 7pm. opponent scoring mark. While playing for VCU, Feb. 25 at Delaware 7:30pm Cheeks scored 42 points vs ODU on Feb. 14, 1989 in the Richmond Coliseum. 2005 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONS 2005-06 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY ODU HOME W-L RECORD 14-1 in 2004-05 MONARCH SEEDS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT 14-4 in 1981-82 1980 9th 1982 10th 1985 12th th th th 13-1 in 1979-80 & 1983-84 1986 8 1992 15 1995 14 1997 14th 2005 12th 9-0 in 1992-93 PAST ODU NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS ODU 25-PLUS WIN SEASONS 1979-80 L 74-87 UCLA Tempe, AZ 28-6 in 2004-05 (NCAA Tournament) 1981-82 L 57-74 Wake Forest Charlotte, NC. 25-4 in 1976-77 (NIT, 1st Div. I season) 1984-85 L 68-85 SMU Hartford, CT. 25-6 in 1974-75 (NCAA Div. II Champions) 1985-86 W 72-64 West Virginia Greensboro, NC. st L 61-89 Duke Greensboro, NC. 25-5 in 1979-80 (1 NCAA Div. I Trn.) 1991-92 L 69-88 Kentucky Worcester, MA. nd 25-9 in 1998-99 (NIT 2 round) 1994-95 W 89-81(3ot) Villanova Albany, NY. L 52-64 Tulsa Albany, NY. HONORS THIS SEASON 1996-97 L 51-55 New Mexico Pittsburgh, PA. CAA Player of the Week: Arnaud Dahi, 11-28-05 2004-05 L 81-89 Michigan St. Worcester, MA. Isaiah Hunter, 12-19-05 BLAINE TAYLOR AND THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team: Alex Loughton 92-92 27-4 at Montana 14th seed Lost to Florida State, 78-68 1996-97 21-11 at Montana 16th seed, lost to Kentucky, 92-54 RECORDS SET OR TIED THIS SEASON 2004-05 28-6 at ODU 12th seed, lost to Michigan State, 89-81 Best Free Throw percentage in a game: 100% (22-22) Consecutive Free Throws made in a game: 22 at Richmond CAA MONARCH RANKINGS TEAM Scoring 70.2 6th Consecutive Free Throws made: 27 (12-17 vs. DePaul to 12-22 at Scoring Defense 64.0 5th UAB Free Throw PCT .716 2nd Field Goal Pct .438 5th Fewest Points scored in a half: 10 by ODU at Drexel FG PCT Def. .411 4th 3PT FG PCT .335 9th Fewest OPP Field Goals made in a game: 14 by DePaul 3PT FG Def. .325 6th Rebounding 36.3 4th Lowest OPP Field Goal percentage: .241 (14-58) by DePaul Rebound Def.