2009–2010 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (21-8/13-3) vsGEORGIA STATE (12-17/5-11) FEBRUARY 23, 2010 Nation’s Longest Home MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS Winning Streaks F 35 Ben Finney, 6-5, Jr, Portsmouth, VA. 9.1 ppg/ 6.0 rpg The Monarchs have won 22 consecutive home games dating back to F 21 Frank Hassell, 6-8, RS-Jr, Chesapeake, VA. 8.8 ppg/ 6.4 rpg last season. The streak is the third longest in the country. ODU last C 12 Gerald Lee, 6-9, Sr, Uusikaupunki, Finland, 14.2 ppg/ 5.1 rpg lost at home on Jan. 24, 2009 to Northeastern. The Monarchs then closed the 2009-10 season with eight straight wins, including three G 24 Kent Bazemore, 6-5, RS-So, Kelford, NC. 8.1 ppg/ 3.3 apg wins at home during the CIT Tournament. The Monarchs are a perfect G 3 Darius James, 6-1, Jr, Virginia Beach, VA. 6.9 ppg/ 3.3 apg 14-0 at home this season. 1. Kansas 57 OFF THE BENCH 2. Siena 34 F 33 Keyon Carter, 6-8, RS-Jr, Riviera Beach, Fl. 7.1 ppg/ 4.9 rpg 3. ODU 22 G 23 Marsharee Neely, 6-2, Sr, Greensboro, NC. 5.3 ppg/ 2.8 rpg Xavier 22 C 20 Chris Cooper, 6-9, So, Dumfries, VA. 1.5 ppg/ 2.1 rpg 5. BYU 20 G 22 Marquel Delancey, 6-0, So, Alexandria, VA. 1.4 ppg/ 1.7 apg 6. Murray State 18 F 1 Nick Wright, 6-8, RS-Fr, Suffolk, VA 1.5 ppg /1.1 rpg 7. Duke 17 G 15 Trian Iliadis, 6-3, Fr, Perth, W. Australia 3.4 ppg/ 1.2 rpg Kentucky 17 G 2 Josh Hicks, 6-2, Fr, Winston-Salem, NC. ---/---Red Shirt 9. Wichita St. 16 C 40 Anton Larsen, 7-0, Fr, Copenhagen, Denmark ---/--- Red Shirt 10. Denver 14 UNI 14 Virginia Tech 14 MONARCH 2009-10 SCHEDULE Fri. Oct. 23 Blue-White exh. 7:00 p.m. Mon. Nov. 2 Barton College (exh.) 7:00 p.m. W 91-62 MONARCHS DOMINATE IN FEBRUARY Sat. Nov. 7 Elizabeth City State (exh.) 7:00 p.m. W 86-48 Sun. Nov. 15 Bethune Cookman 1:00 p.m. W 69-38 Old Dominion has gone 7-1 in each of the past two Februarys and 8-0 in the one Tue. Nov. 17 Longwood 7:00 p.m. W 98-59 before that. Entering this season, ODU has a three-year mark of 23-2 in February Thurs. Nov. 19 at Liberty 7:00 p.m. W 73-41 and over the past five years, the Monarchs are 35-6. Sat. Nov. 21 Marshall 7:00 p.m. W 70-62 Fri. Nov. 27 vs. Missouri% 8:30 p.m. L 61-66 Sat. Nov. 28 vs. Miss. State% 8:00/5:30 p.m. L 55-69 ODU ON TV / RADIO Wed. Dec. 2 at Richmond 7:00 p.m. L 60-67 Sat. Dec. 5 Delaware* 7:00 p.m. W 65-44 Tue. Dec. 8 Mt. St. Mary’s 7:00 p.m. W 64-38 ODU Radio: ESPN 94.1 FM Fri. Dec. 11 at Dayton 7:00 p.m. L 50-58 (Ted Alexander, Kenny Gattison, Rick Kiefner) Sat. Dec. 19 at #11 Georgetown 7:00 p.m. W 61-57 Wed. Dec. 23 Charlotte 7:00 p.m. W 81-48 Comcast SportsNet Channel 35 in Hampton Roads. Wed. Dec. 30 Duquesne 7:00 p.m. W 63-54 Sat. Jan. 2 at George Mason* 12 noon L 55-71 Mon. Jan. 4 at Towson* 7:00 p.m. W 87-71 Wed. Jan. 6 James Madison* 7:00 p.m. W 74-72 Sat. Jan. 9 Hofstra* 4:00 p.m. W 57-46 Wed. Jan. 13 at UNC Wilmington* 7:00 p.m. W 70-52 ODU’s KEYS TO VICTORY Sat. Jan. 16 Drexel* 7:00 p.m. W 71-48 Wed. Jan. 20 at Delaware* 7:00 p.m. W 68-49 • 18-3 when out-rebounding its opponent Sat. Jan. 23 at William & Mary* 7:00 p.m. W 58-55 Thu. Jan. 28 Georgia State* 7:00 p.m. W 56-40 • 16-2 when committing fewer turnovers than its opponent Sat. Jan. 30 at Northeastern* 4:00 p.m. L 64-74 • 6-0 when shooting 50% or better from the floor Wed. Feb. 3 William & Mary* 7:00 p.m. W 61-42 Sat. Feb. 6 at VCU* 4:00 p.m. L 58-70 • 10-1 when shooting a better free throw percentage than its opponent Wed. Feb. 10 at James Madison* 7:00 p.m. W 64-44 Sat. Feb. 13 George Mason* (Alumni Day) 4:00 p.m. W 76-60 • 4-0 when Frank Hassell rebounds in double-figures Tue. Feb. 16 Towson* 7:00 p.m. W 78-67 • 8-1 when Kent Bazemore has five assists or more Sat. Feb. 20 at #24 Northern Iowa (Bracketbuster) 7:00 p.m. L 62-71 Tue. Feb. 23 at Georgia State* 7:00 p.m. Sat. Feb. 27 VCU* 4:00 p.m. March 5-8 CAA Tournament in Richmond, Va. NCAA STATISTICAL LEADERS % at South Padre Island Tournament Scoring Defense: ODU is 3rd at 56.3 3 PT FG Defense: ODU is 15th at 29.5 Rebound margin: ODU is 5th at +8.1 2009 CHAMPIONS 2009–2010 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY LAST TIME OUT DID YOU KNOW? Ali Farokhmanesh scored 23 points as No. 24 Northern Iowa defeated Old Dominion • ODU is 105-21 at the Constant Center 71-62 in a BracketBuster game Friday night, breaking the school record for wins in a • FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS IN POST SEASON PLAY season. The contest was televised on ESPN2. • 119 wins the last five years is the most of any Virginia Div. I team The Panthers are 24-3 after winning eight of nine and are one victory from completing • 2009 CollegeInsider.com Post Season Champion and undefeated run at home. They are 13-0 at the McLeod Center this season and have • Two NCAA Tournament appearances in the last five years won 14 straight there dating back to last season. • CAA regular season attendance leader three of the last four years Gerald Lee scored 19 points to lead the Monarchs (21-8), who fell to 4-1 all-time in • Defensive Player of the Year in 2008 - Brandon Johnson BracketBuster games. • CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2005 and 2007 Down 8-6 early, Northern Iowa put together a 15-2 run and never trailed again. The - Alex Loughton and John Adams Panthers led 31-22 at halftime and extended their lead to as many as 14. • NIT semi-finalists in 2006 ODU cut into the Panthers lead and with 16:49 left in the game, the score was 34-30 after • ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2006 - Alex Loughton a Darius James trey. But Ali Farokhmanesh came right back to nail a three, and a free • CAA Coach of the Year in 2005 - Blaine Taylor throw along with Lucas O’Rear’s trey to put UNI back up 10 at 40-30 with 15:59 left. • CAA Player of the Year in 2005 - Alex Loughton Old Dominion pulled to within 51-46 with 9:19 to play, on a Gerald Lee jumper, but • CAA Tournament MVP in 2005 - Alex Loughton again Farakhamanesh hit a trey, then a layup and the Monarchs didn’t get closer than six the rest of the way. Kent Bazemore joined Lee in double figures for ODU with 13 points on six-for-nine shooting. Frank Hassell led all rebounders with nine and he scored ine points. Ben BLAINE TAYLOR Finney led the Monarchs with five assists. Year-by-Year as a Head Coach UNI shot .468 (22-47) from the field, while ODU shot .469 (23-49). The Panthers outrebounded ODU, 30-26 as Adam Koch hauled down seven boards and Lucas 1991-92 Montana 27-4 (NCAA) O’Rear had six for UNI. 1992-93 Montana 17-11 1993-94 Montana 20-8 1994-95 Montana 21-9 (NIT) SERIES VS. GEORGIA STATE 1995-96 Montana 20-8 1996-97 Montana 21-11 (NCAA) 1997-98 Montana 16-14 ODU leads the series, 11-2. The Monarchs defeated the Panthers in the 2001-02 ODU 13-16 Constant Center back on Jan. 28, 56-40. Gerald Lee scored 16 points and 2002-03 ODU 12-15 Ben Finney added 12 points with nine rebounds. 2003-04 ODU 17-12 2004-05 ODU 28-6 (NCAA) ODU lost at GSU last year, 55-54. 2005-06 ODU 24-10 (NIT Semifinals) 2006-07 ODU 24-9 (NCAA at large) 2007-08 ODU 18-16 2008-09 ODU 25-10 161-94 at ODU (8 yrs) ODU - GSU COMPARISONS 142-65 at Montana (7 yrs) TOTAL: 303-159 (.650) ODU GSU 1st Collegiate Win Scoring: 66.5 61.7 Nov. 15, 1991 87-58 vs. Simon Fraser 100th Collegiate Win Scoring Def: 56.3 62.4 Feb. 10, 1996, 77-46 vs. Northern Arizona Field Goal PCT: .442 .418 200th Collegiate Win FG PCT DEF: .398 .422 Jan. 19, 2005, 67-66 at Hofstra Free Throw PCT: .644 .695 300th Collegiate Win 3PT FGPCT: .306 .306 March 19, 2009, 67-59 win over The Citadel (CIT) 3PT FGPCT DEF: .295 .311 100th Win at ODU REBOUNDS 38.8 33.6 Dec.