OLD DOMINION 2015-16 MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 23 / at Charlotte / Saturday, Feb. 6 / 7 p.m. ET / Halton Arena / Charlotte, N.C. OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (12-10, 5-4 C-USA) MEDIA INFORMATION Head Coach: Jeff Jones (Virginia ‘82, 3rd year at ODU) TV none Last Game: W, 64-60 at FIU (Miami, Fla.) Online Stream C-USA Digital Network Radio ESPN 94.1, Sports FM 100.5, WLVA 94.1, FOX Sports 580 (8-14, 4-5 C-USA) CHARLOTTE 49ERS Ted Alexander (pbp), Dave Twardzik (color) Head Coach: Mark Price (Georgia Tech ‘86, 1st year at CHA) Last Game: W, 92-72 at North Carolina A&T (Greensboro, N.C.) Twitter @ODUMBB (in-game), @ODUSports November (3-3) (based on previous game) PROJECTED STARTERS 13 [RV/RV] Niagara ! W, 67-50 #O JORDAN BAKER 16 [RV/RV] Buffalo ! W, 77-58 G 22 starts / 4.0 ppg / 2.2 rpg / 2.1 apg / 1.0 spg 18 [RV/RV] Morgan State W, 79-48 21 [RV/RV] vs. [21/23] Purdue ^ ESPN3 L, 39-61 22 [RV/RV] vs. St. Joseph’s ^ ESPN3 L, 64-66 #20 TREY FREEMAN 28 [-/-] at VCU CSN L, 67-76 G 22 starts / 20.6 ppg / 4.0 rpg / 3.2 apg / 1.0 spg December (4-3) 1 [-/-] at William & Mary L, 48-55 #21 DENZELL TAYLOR 4 [-/-] Delaware State W, 82-38 F 21 starts / 3.9 ppg / 7.3 rpg / 0.9 apg / 0.9 spg 12 [-/-] at Georgia State ESPN3 L, 64-68 16 [-/-] at Richmond ASN L, 61-77 #24 ZORAN TALLEY 18 [-/-] UMES W, 77-47 22 [-/-] Rhode Island ASN W, 71-65 16 starts / 8.3 ppg / 5.0 rpg / 1.4 apg F 29 [-/-] Norfolk State W, 68-57 #25 BRANDAN STITH January (5-4) F 15 starts / 9.1 ppg / 8.6 rpg / 1.9 bpg 2 [-/-] Charlotte * ASN W, 74-65 7 [-/-] at LA Tech * CBSSN W, 56-53 TIPPING POINTS 9 [-/-] at Southern Miss * L, 71-73 14 [-/-] UAB * CBSSN (OT) L, 71-72 LAST TIME ODU WON THREE-STRAIGHT ROAD GAMES 16 [-/-] Middle Tennessee * FSN L, 61-64 Dec. 3, 2014 at George Mason - 75-69 21 [-/-] WKU * ASN W, 68-62 Jan. 4, 2015 at Charlotte - 61-54 23 [-/-] Marshall * ASN L, 75-78 Jan. 8, 2015 at Marshall - 72-51 28 [-/-] at Florida Atlantic * W, 78-66 30 [-/-] at FIU * W, 64-60 -Freeman has scored 21 or more points in the last nine games. -Freeman has scored 24 or more points in the last seven contests. February (0-0) -Freeman has been the game’s leading scorer in the past eight games. -Freeman’s seven-straight games of 24 points or more is the longest such 6 [-/-] at Charlotte * 7:00 PM streak in the country this season. 11 North Texas * ASN 7:00 PM 13 Rice * ASN 2:00 PM -Trey Freeman ranks No. 8 in the nation and 2nd in Conference USA for FGs 18 at WKU * FOXCS 8:00 PM made with 171 this season. 20 at Marshall * 7:00 PM 25 UTEP * FSN 7:00 PM -Denzell Taylor ranks 7th in the country and 1st in the C-USA with 4.14 27 UTSA * ASN 8:00 PM offensive rebounds per game. March (0-0) -As a team, Old Dominion ranks No. 2 in all of Division I for only averaging 9.4 turnovers per game. 3 at North Texas * 8:00 PM 5 at Rice * ASN 2:00 PM -ODU allows just 61.8 points per game, which ranks No. 11 in the NCAA and first 8-12 at C-USA Tournament # TBA in the conference. * Conference USA Contest ! Hall of Fame Classic in Norfolk, Va. (Ted Constant Center) -Trey Freeman enters Saturday’s contest with 1,919 career points, needing just 81 ^ Hall of Fame Classic in Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun Arena) more to reach 2,000. # Hosted by UAB (Birmingham, Ala.) Home Games Bold OLD DOMINION MEDIA RELATIONS: All Times Eastern Grant Gardner, Associate Director / Men’s Basketball 757.683.5520 / [email protected] JORDAN BAKER MISCELLANEOUS G / 6-2 / 205 / Jr. / Hampton, Va. / Hampton HS Games Played/Started GP GS 2015-16 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Aaron Bacote 121 100 22-10 Jordan Baker 92 57 22-22 4.0 2.2 2.1 1.0 0.1 27.3 22 22 Nik Biberaj 48 0 20-0 Aaron Carver 0 0 0-0 0 Ahmad Caver 22 0 22-0 (bay-coat) AARON BACOTE Austin Colbert 22 0 0-0 G / 6-4 / 190 / Sr. / Hampton, Va. / Bethel HS Trey Freeman 118 116 22-22 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Trey Porter 30 7 0-0 14.2 2.5 2.2 0.9 0.2 25.0 22 10 Martin Shaw 41 0 9-0 BJ Stith 13 0 0-0 1 Brandan Stith 49 15 16-15 MARTIN SHAW Zoran Talley 19 16 19-16 G / 6-0 / 170 / Sr. / Hampton, Va. / Kecoughtan HS Denzell Taylor 93 66 22-21 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Stephen Vassor 21 4 21-4 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 4.9 9 0 Games Started 2015-16 Strk Aaron Bacote 10 - 2 Jordan Baker 22 22 AHMAD CAVER Nik Biberaj 0 - G / 6-2 / 170 / Fr. / Atlanta, Ga. / St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy Aaron Carver 0 - PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Ahmad Caver 0 - Trey Freeman 22 22 3.0 1.7 2.0 0.6 0.4 16.3 22 0 Martin Shaw 0 - 4 Brandan Stith 15 12 AARON CARVER Zoran Talley 16 16 F / 6-7 / 210 / Fr. / Elizabeth City, N.C. / South Kent Prep Denzell Taylor 21 15 Stephen Vassor 4 - PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Double-Doubles 2015-16 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Aaron Bacote 0 13 Jordan Baker 0 TREY FREEMAN Nik Biberaj 0 G / 6-2 / 180 / RSr. / Virginia Beach, Va. / Campbell Aaron Carver 0 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Ahmad Caver 0 Austin Colbert 0 20.6 4.0 3.2 1.0 0.1 33.2 22 22 Trey Freeman 0 Trey Porter 0 20 Martin Shaw 0 DENZELL TAYLOR F / 6-7 / 220 / Jr. / Brampton, Ontario, Canada / St. Benedict’s Prep BJ Stith 0 Brandan Stith 2 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Zoran Talley 0 3.9 7.3 0.9 0.9 0.7 25.4 22 21 Denzell Taylor 3 Stephen Vassor 0 21 STEPHEN VASSOR Double-Figure Scoring Games 2015-16 F / 6-7 / 240 / RSo. / Lawrenceville, Va. / Hampden-Sydney Aaron Bacote 16 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Jordan Baker 3 Nik Biberaj 1 1.8 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 7.7 21 4 Aaron Carver 0 23 Ahmad Caver 1 ZORAN (zuh-ran) TALLEY Austin Colbert 0 F / 6-7 / 200 / RFr. / Merrillville, Ind. / Midwest Elite Prep Academy Trey Freeman 21 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Trey Porter 0 Martin Shaw 0 8.3 5.0 1.4 0.4 0.1 25.0 19 16 BJ Stith 0 24 Brandan Stith 7 BRANDAN STITH Zoran Talley 7 F / 6-7 / 240 / RSo. / Lawrenceville, Va. / East Carolina Denzell Taylor 3 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Stephen Vassor 0 Double-Figure Rebounding Games 2015-16 9.1 8.6 0.4 0.4 1.9 25.3 16 15 Aaron Bacote 0 25 Jordan Baker 0 NIK BIBERAJ (bib-er-eye) Nik Biberaj 1 F / 6-8 / 245 / RSr. / Fairfax Station, Va. / Christopher Newport Aaron Carver 0 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG GP GS Ahmad Caver 0 Austin Colbert 0 5.3 3.8 0.8 0.4 1.0 21.2 20 0 Trey Freeman 0 30 Trey Porter 0 Martin Shaw 0 BJ Stith 0 Brandan Stith 4 Zoran Talley 0 Denzell Taylor 7 Stephen Vassor 0 LAST TIME ODU WON THREE-STRAIGHT ROAD GAMES TEAM OVERALL STATS (through games Feb. 3) Dec. 3, 2014 at George Mason - 75-69 Category Stat C-USA (of 14) NCAA (of 346) Jan. 4, 2015 at Charlotte - 61-54 Scoring Offense 67.4 12 290 Jan. 8, 2015 at Marshall - 72-51 Scoring Defense 61.8 1 11 Scoring Margin +5.6 3 105 TREY FREEMAN CAN’T BE STOPPED FG Percentage 43.8% 9 185 -Freeman has scored 21 or more points in the last nine games. 3PT Percentage 30.8% 14 311 -Freeman has scored 24 or more points in the last seven contests. 3PT per game 4.3 14 341 -Freeman has been the game’s leading scorer in the past eight games. FT Percentage 68.9% 7 197 -Freeman’s seven-straight games of 24 points or more is the longest such streak in the FG Pct. Defense 40.2% 4 50 country this season. 3PT Pct. Defense 31.6% 4 55 Rebounds per game 37.77 5 109 INSIDE THE JANUARY NUMBERS WITH TREY FREEMAN Rebounding Margin +4.6 2 58 Jan. 2: Scored 21 vs. Charlotte. Jan. 7: Scored game-high 21 at LA Tech (snapped the country’s second longest home win-streak Def. Rebounds per game 24.82 10 221 of 39 straight victories. Also marked LA Tech’s first ever home loss in Conference USA). Off. Rebounds per game 12.95 1 49 Jan. 9: Scored game-high 24 at Southern Miss. Turnovers per game 9.4 1 2 Jan.