Old Dominion 2020-21 Men's Basketball
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OLD DOMINION 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (2-2, 0-0 C-USA) MEDIA INFORMATION Head Coach: Jeff Jones (Virginia ‘82, 8th season at ODU) TV/STREAM Stream: ODUSports.com Last Game: L, 77-54 at VCU Radio ESPN Radio 94.1 FM (in Hampton Roads, Va.); NORTHEASTERN HUSKIES (1-2, 0-0 CAA) WJFN 100.5 (Richmond/Central Va.) Head Coach: Bill Coen (Hamilton ’83, 15th season) Last Game: L, 62-56 at Syracuse Ted Alexander (pbp), Dave Twardzik (color) -JEFF JONES: Record at Old Dominion: 155-88 November (1-1) Career Record: 512-375 25 at Maryland [RV] L, 85-67 28 vs. William & Mary W, 86-78 MONARCH NUGGETS December (1-1) All-Time Series: 2 at Norfolk State W, 80-66 Sunday afternoon will mark the 15th all-time meeting between these two programs, as ODU leads 7 at JMU Canceled the all-time series 9-5. These two schools last met on Nov. 16, 2019 in Boston, where Old Dominion 12 at VCU L, 77-54 claimed a 76-69 victory, which marked Jeff Jones’ 500th career win as a head coach. ODU has won 13 vs. GMU (Richmond, Va.) Canceled five of the last six meetings against Northeastern. The Monarchs are 4-2 when playing the Huskies in 20 vs. Northeastern 2PM Norfolk. This series dates back to the 2005-06 season, when ODU won the first ever meeting by an 22 vs. Virginia Wesleyan 7PM 85-79 score. Later that season, Northeastern knocked ODU out of the CAA Tournament by a 71-63 score. January (0-0) 1 at FIU * TBA More Than Hoops: 2 at FIU * TBA -ODU players added a patch to game jerseys: it is a black circle that reads “EQUALITY” in white 8 vs. FAU * 7PM letters. 9 vs. FAU * 7PM 15 at Rice * TBA -ODU players have also added a black shooting shirt with the Crown ODU logo and reads “EQUALITY” 16 at Rice * TBA above the logo. 22 vs. North Texas * 7PM 23 vs. North Texas * 7PM Filling It Up: 29 at WKU * TBA ODU’s 86 points scored against W&M this season was the most points scored by the Monarchs since 30 at WKU * TBA Feb. 15, 2018, when ODU defeated UTSA 100-62. February (0-0) Xavier Green Chasing 1,000 5 vs. Marshall * 7PM Xavier Green enters Sunday’s contest with 921 career points, needing just 79 more to hit the 1,000 6 vs. Marshall * 7PM point mark. 10 at Charlotte * TBA 13 vs. Charlotte * 4PM Connections: 19 at UAB * 7:30PM Assistant Coach Bryant Stith played for Jeff Jones at UVA, where he is still the school’s all-time 20 at UAB * 5PM leading scorer. Bryant’s sons, Brandan and B.J., both played at ODU under Coach Jones. 26 vs. Middle Tennessee * 7PM 27 vs. Middle Tennessee * 7PM Jason Wade is the son of Ronnie Wade, who was a former Old Dominion forward from 1982-86. March (0-0) A.J. Oliver II is the son of Anthony Oliver, who was captain of the 1992 Virginia NIT Championship 10-13 C-USA Tournament % TBA team and posted 858 points and 113 steals in his career under head coach Jeff Jones. Jason Wade * Conference USA Game On Nov. 9, 2020 Jeff Jones announced that 6-foot 5-inch junior guard Jason Wade underwent a % C-USA Tournament: Played at The Star in Frisco, Texas successful surgery to repair his torn Achilles tendon, which Wade suffered during practice on Nov. 2. All Times Eastern Home Games in Bold Wade had been cleared a month prior to sustaining this injury after tearing his ACL against FIU last season on Jan. 23, 2020. “I am heartbroken for Jason, knowing how hard he worked to get back to full strength after tearing his ACL,” said Jones. “Jason will be missed, but we will regroup and continue preparing to have a successful season.” Prior to last season’s injury, Wade led the Monarchs in steals (2.6 spg) and field goal percentage (.566) and was second on the squad for points (11.4 ppg), assists (2.0 apg) and rebounds (5.7 rpg). OLD DOMINION MEDIA RELATIONS: Grant Gardner, Associate Director / Men’s Basketball 757.683.5520 / [email protected] 2020-21 ODU Men’s Basketball Roster No. Name POS HT WT CL Hometown (Previous College) 0 Mekhi Long G/F 6-7 195 So. Bryans Road, Md. (Rhode Island) 1 Jason Wade G 6-5 205 Jr. Richmond, Va. 2 Brady O'Connell G 6-7 190 Fr. Milton, Ga. 3 Malik Curry G 6-1 180 Sr. Wilmington, Del. 10 Xavier Green G 6-6 200 RSr. Williamsburg, Va. 11 A.J. Oliver II G 6-5 190 RJr. Birmingham, Ala. (Clemson) 12 Jaylin Hunter G 5-11 185 So. Manchester, Conn. 13 John Shanu II F 6-10 220 Fr. Houston, Texas 15 Joe Reece F 6-8 200 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. 21 Alfis Pilavios F 6-5 200 RJr. Athens, Greece 22 Kalu Ezikpe F 6-8 235 Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. 23 Austin Trice F 6-7 235 Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Kansas State) 25 David Strother G 6-2 175 Sr. Lumberton, N.C. (UNC Pembroke) Coaching Staff Jeff Jones - Head Coach - 8th Season (Virginia ‘82) John Richardson - Assistant Coach - 14th Season (Elizabeth City State ’95) Bryant Stith - Assistant Coach - 8th Season (Virginia ‘92) Chris Kovensky - Assistant Coach – 2nd Season as Assistant Coach (Albright ’09) Kieran Donohue - Special Assistant to Men’s Basketball Coach - 8th Season (Virginia ’97) Dennis Wolff - Dir. of Basketball Operations – 5th Season (Connecticut ‘78) Pronunciation Guide Mekhi Long: Muh-kie John Shanu II: Shuh-new Alfis Pilavios: Puh-lah-vee-ohs Kalu Ezikpe: Kuh-lou E-zik-pay David Strother: Struh-ther Old Dominion 2020-21 Old Dominion Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 12, 2020) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 2-2 1-0 1-2 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 2-2 1-0 1-2 0-0 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 Malik Curry 4-4 131 32.8 20-51 .3 9 2 2-11 .1 8 2 26-30 .8 6 7 3 12 15 3.8 9 0 18 10 1 2 68 17.0 15 Joe Reece 4-4 108 27.0 18-35 .5 1 4 7-16 .4 3 8 3-7 .4 2 9 4 9 13 3.3 11 0 2 6 0 1 46 11.5 22 Kalu Ezikpe 4-4 81 20.3 19-32 .5 9 4 0-2 .0 0 0 7-12 .5 8 3 7 24 31 7.8 12 0 1 8 6 6 45 11.3 11 A.J. Oliver II 4-4 114 28.5 15-34 .4 4 1 8-21 .3 8 1 6-6 1.000 6 8 14 3.5 14 1 2 5 0 1 44 11.0 23 Austin Trice 4-0 77 19.3 13-22 .5 9 1 0-0 .0 0 0 5-9 .5 5 6 10 19 29 7.3 6 0 2 3 1 3 31 7.8 12 Jaylin Hunter 4-0 75 18.8 7-21 .3 3 3 3-12 .2 5 0 4-6 .6 6 7 2 7 9 2.3 3 0 9 2 0 5 21 5.3 10 Xavier Green 4-4 122 30.5 6-30 .2 0 0 0-10 .0 0 0 5-5 1.000 5 8 13 3.3 12 1 12 7 1 2 17 4.3 25 David Strother 4-0 45 11.3 3-14 .2 1 4 2-10 .2 0 0 1-2 .5 0 0 0 5 5 1.3 7 0 2 1 0 1 9 2.3 21 Alfis Pilavios 4-0 45 11.3 2-4 .5 0 0 1-3 .3 3 3 0-0 .0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 2 0 1 1 0 3 5 1.3 13 John Shanu II 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 1-2 .5 0 0 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 02 Brady O'Connell 2-0 1 0.5 0-1 .0 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 5 4 9 2 Total.......... 4 800 103-244 .4 2 2 23-86 .2 6 7 58-79 .7 3 4 43 98 141 35.2 76 2 49 45 9 24 287 71.8 Opponents...... 4 800 105-224 .4 6 9 37-87 .4 2 5 59-81 .7 2 8 29 112 141 35.2 79 - 51 51 17 23 306 76.5 TEAM STATISTICS ODU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 287 306 11/25/20 at Maryland L 67-85 0 Points per game 71.8 76.5 11/28/20 WILLIAM & MARY W 86-78 250 Scoring margin -4.7 - 12/02/20 at Norfolk St. W 80-66 250 FIELD GOALS-ATT 103-244 105-224 12/12/20 at VCU L 54-77 250 Field goal pct .4 2 2 .4 6 9 3 POINT FG-ATT 23-86 37-87 * - Conference game 3-point FG pct .2 6 7 .4 2 5 3-pt FG made per game 5.8 9.3 FREE THROWS-ATT 58-79 59-81 Free throw pct .7 3 4 .7 2 8 F-Throws made per game 14.5 14.8 REBOUNDS 141 141 Rebounds per game 35.2 35.2 Rebounding margin +0.0 - ASSISTS 49 51 Assists per game 12.3 12.8 TURNOVERS 45 51 Turnovers per game 11.3 12.8 Turnover margin +1.5 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 1.0 STEALS 24 23 Steals per game 6.0 5.8 BLOCKS 9 17 Blocks per game 2.3 4.3 ATTENDANCE 250 500 Home games-Avg/Game 1-250 3-167 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Old Dominion 132 155 287 Opponents 151 155 306 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Old Dominion vs Maryland William & Mary vs Old Dominion 11/25/20 2:00 pm at College Park, MD 11/28/20 7:00PM at Norfolk, Va.