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Old Dominion 2018-19 Men's Basketball OLD DOMINION 2018-19 MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (7-3, 0-0 C-USA) TV/STREAM RSN / NBCSW App Head Coach: Jeff Jones (Virginia ‘82, 6th season at ODU) Last Game: W, 79-69 vs. Fairfield Radio ESPN Radio 94.1 FM (in Hampton Roads, Va.); WNTW 820 AM and 92.7 FM The Answer (in Richmond and Central Va.); SYRACUSE ORANGE (7-2, 0-0 ACC) WLVA 94.1 FM and Fox Sports 580 AM (in Lynchburg, Va.) Head Coach: Jim Boeheim (Syracuse ‘66, 43rd season) Last Game: W, 72-71 vs. Georgetown Ted Alexander (pbp), Dave Twardzik (color) -JEFF JONES: November (4-3) Record at Old Dominion: 121-61 6 vs. Navy W, 67-44 9 at Saint Joseph’s L, 79-64 Career Record: 478-348 16 vs. Oregon State ^ L, 61-56 17 vs.Kennesaw St.^ W, 65-47 ALL-TIME SERIES 19 vs. Northern Iowa L, 54-53 -Saturday afternoon marks the 4th all-time meeting between these two schools. 23 vs. Northern Iowa W, 72-65 -Syracuse holds a 2-1 advantage in the all-time series. 28 vs. VCU W, 62-52 -The two teams last met on 1/30/1981, in game the Orange won, 71-58. December (3-0) -The schools first met in the ECAC Final in 1977, in a game Cuse won, 67-64. 1 vs. James Madison W, 67-42 5 vs. William & Mary W, 71-53 ODU vs. RANKED TEAMS 9 vs. Fairfield W, 79-69 15 at Syracuse 12:00 PM (RSN) 19 at Richmond 7:00 PM (ESPN+) Last Played a Ranked Team: 22 vs. Morgan State 2:00 PM (C- USA TV) L, 68-62 (OT) vs. No. 10 Louisville (Battle 4 Atlantis) - Nov. 23, 2016 January (0-0) 3 vs. Marshall * 7:00 PM (Stadium) Last Defeated a Ranked Team: 5 vs. WKU * 7:00 PM (Stadium Facebook Live) W, 73-67 vs. No. 14 VCU - Nov. 19, 2014 10 at FAU * 7:00 PM (ESPN+) 12 at FIU * 7:00 PM (ESPN+) Last Defeated a Ranked Team on the Road: 17 vs. LA Tech * 7:00 PM (ESPN+) W, 75-62 at No. 8 Georgetown - Nov. 19, 2006 19 vs. Southern Miss * 4:00 PM (ESPN+) 21 at Charlotte * 4:00 PM (ESPN+) INSIDE THE NUMBERS 24 at UTEP * 9:00 PM (ESPN+) The Monarchs rank 3rd in the nation for holding teams to 35.8% shooting from the floor 26 at UTSA * 4:00 PM (ESPN+) for the season. Old Dominion’s also defense ranks 5th in the country for scoring defense, 31 vs. North Texas * 7:00 PM (Stadium) allowing just 56.6 points per game. ODU turns the ball over just 10.5 times per contest, February (0-0) 2 vs. Rice * 7:00 PM (ESPN+) which ranks 16th in the NCAA. 7 at UAB * 8:00 PM (ESPN+) 9 at Middle Tennessee * 7:00 PM (Stadium) The Monarchs have been led by their two senior captains so far this season, as Ahmad 16 vs. Charlotte * 2:00 PM (ESPN+) Caver is averaging 18.5 points, 5.1 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game. Stith is going for 23 TBD (part of new “Bonus Play” schedule) * TBA 18.0 points and 8.8 rebounds per outing. 28 TBD (part of new “Bonus Play” schedule) * TBA March (0-0) ODU IS... 3 TBD (part of new “Bonus Play” schedule) * TBA -On a five-game win-streak. 6 TBD (part of new “Bonus Play” schedule) * TBA -6-0 at home this season and 3-0 in December. 9 TBD (part of new “Bonus Play” schedule) * TBA -7-2 when allowing 69 points or less. 13- 16 Conference USA Tournament % TBA -5-1 when leading at half. -5-0 when shooting 40% or better from the floor. ^ Paradise Jam -7-1 when scoring 60-79 points. * Conference USA Game -7-2 when outrebounding its opponent (has outrebounded opponent in all but one game). % Played at The Star in Frisco, Texas Home Games Bold STITH REPEATS AS C-USA PLAYER OF THE WEEK All Times Eastern B.J. Stith was named the Conference USA Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. Over the past five games against Northern Iowa, VCU, JMU, W&M and Farifield, Stith is averaging 24.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. BJ STITH - 1,000 CAREER POINTS B.J. Stith is currently 18 points shy of surpassing 1,000 for his career. OLD DOMINION MEDIA RELATIONS: Grant Gardner, Associate Director / Men’s Basketball 757.683.5520 / [email protected] Old Dominion 2018-19 ODU Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 09, 2018) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 7-3 6-0 0-1 1-2 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 7-3 6-0 0-1 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 04 CAVER, Ahmad 10-10 363 36.3 57-146 . 3 9 0 22-71 . 3 1 0 49-67 . 7 3 1 5 38 43 4.3 15 0 51 18 2 17 185 18.5 03 STITH, B.J. 10-10 331 33.1 65-149 . 4 3 6 23-57 . 4 0 4 27-32 . 8 4 4 20 68 88 8.8 18 0 13 20 5 12 180 18.0 10 GREEN, Xavier 10-10 283 28.3 30-78 . 3 8 5 10-26 . 3 8 5 6-11 . 5 4 5 3 39 42 4.2 29 0 16 15 1 7 76 7.6 00 GODWIN, Marquis 10-0 222 22.2 24-71 . 3 3 8 18-54 . 3 3 3 1-2 . 5 0 0 2 26 28 2.8 10 0 3 7 1 2 67 6.7 02 KITHCART, Justice 5-0 76 15.2 8-20 . 4 0 0 5-12 . 4 1 7 2-6 . 3 3 3 1 4 5 1.0 4 0 10 5 0 1 23 4.6 01 WADE, Jason 10-0 180 18.0 15-32 . 4 6 9 1-2 . 5 0 0 7-12 . 5 8 3 11 22 33 3.3 16 0 18 9 2 3 38 3.8 23 DICKENS, Dajour 10-6 186 18.6 13-22 . 5 9 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 6-10 . 6 0 0 13 21 34 3.4 22 0 2 7 18 1 32 3.2 22 EZIKPE, Kalu 9-0 72 8.0 10-16 . 6 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-8 . 8 7 5 10 11 21 2.3 16 0 0 4 3 1 27 3.0 25 ROBINSON III, Elbert 9-4 92 10.2 9-18 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 7 13 20 2.2 19 0 2 11 7 1 18 2.0 13 CARVER, Aaron 10-10 180 18.0 2-20 . 1 0 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 2-7 . 2 8 6 19 30 49 4.9 15 0 10 6 3 6 7 0.7 15 REECE, Joe 3-0 10 3.3 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.7 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0.7 20 BRILL, Loren 4-0 5 1.3 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 0 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 Team 15 20 35 1 Total.......... 10 2000 234-577 . 4 0 6 80-228 . 3 5 1 108-160 . 6 7 5 109 292 401 40.1 165 0 125 105 44 52 656 65.6 Opponents...... 10 2001 195-545 . 3 5 8 70-218 . 3 2 1 106-161 . 6 5 8 87 266 353 35.3 160 - 103 121 13 39 566 56.6 TEAM STATISTICS ODU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 656 566 11/6/18 NAVY W 67-44 6289 Points per game 65.6 56.6 11/09/18 at Saint Joseph's L 64-79 4084 Scoring margin +9.0 - 11/16/18 vs Oregon State L 56-61 0 FIELD GOALS-ATT 234-577 195-545 11/17/18 vs Kennesaw State W 65-47 0 Field goal pct . 4 0 6 . 3 5 8 11/19/18 vs Northern Iowa L 53-54 886 3 POINT FG-ATT 80-228 70-218 11/23/18 NORTHERN IOWA W 72-65 5529 3-point FG pct . 3 5 1 . 3 2 1 11/28/18 VCU W 62-52 8172 3-pt FG made per game 8.0 7.0 12/1/18 JMU W 67-42 6982 FREE THROWS-ATT 108-160 106-161 12/5/18 WM W 71-53 6501 Free throw pct . 6 7 5 . 6 5 8 12/9/18 FFD W 79-69 4297 F-Throws made per game 10.8 10.6 REBOUNDS 401 353 * - Conference game Rebounds per game 40.1 35.3 Rebounding margin +4.8 - ASSISTS 125 103 Assists per game 12.5 10.3 TURNOVERS 105 121 Turnovers per game 10.5 12.1 Turnover margin +1.6 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 0.9 STEALS 52 39 Steals per game 5.2 3.9 BLOCKS 44 13 Blocks per game 4.4 1.3 ATTENDANCE 37770 4970 Home games-Avg/Game 6-6295 1-4084 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-295 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals ODU 300 356 656 Opponents 262 304 566 NCAA Statistics Old Dominion - 2018-19 Men's Basketball Ranking Summary thru games 12/10/2018 National Conference Conference Statistic Value National Leader Value Value Rank Rank Leader 3-pt Field Goal Attempts (351 ranked) 123 7 228 Savannah St.
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