OLD DOMINION 2015-16 MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 26 / at WKU / Thursday, Feb. 18 / 8 p.m. ET OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (14-11, 7-5 C-USA) MEDIA INFORMATION Head Coach: Jeff Jones (Virginia ‘82, 3rd year at ODU) TV FOX College Sports (FCS) Last Game: L, 66-75 vs. Rice (Norfolk, Va.) Radio ESPN 94.1, Sports FM 100.5, WLVA 94.1, FOX Sports 580 WESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERS (12-13, 4-8 C-USA) Ted Alexander (pbp), Dave Twardzik (color) Head Coach: Ray Harper (Lebanon Valley ‘92, 2nd year at Rice) Twitter @ODUMBB (in-game), @ODUSports Last Game: L, 93-96 (OT) vs. Marshall (Huntington, W.V.) PROJECTED STARTERS (based on previous game) November (3-3) 13 [RV/RV] Niagara ! W, 67-50 #O JORDAN BAKER, Jr., Hampton, Va. 16 [RV/RV] Buffalo ! W, 77-58 G 25 starts / 4.1 ppg / 2.2 rpg / 2.2 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, RSr., Virginia Beach, Va. 28 [-/-] at VCU CSN L, 67-76 G 23 starts / 21.3 ppg / 4.0 rpg / 3.1 apg / 1.1 spg December (4-3) 1 [-/-] at William & Mary L, 48-55 #21 DENZELL TAYLOR, Jr., Brampton, Ontario, Canada 4 [-/-] Delaware State W, 82-38 F 24 starts / 3.8 ppg / 7.2 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, RFr., Merrillville, Ind. 18 [-/-] UMES W, 77-47 F 19 starts / 8.1 ppg / 4.9 rpg / 1.4 apg 22 [-/-] Rhode Island ASN W, 71-65 29 [-/-] Norfolk State W, 68-57 #25 BRANDAN STITH, RSo., Lawrenceville, Va. January (5-4) F 18 starts / 9.6 ppg / 9.2 rpg / 1.6 bpg 2 [-/-] Charlotte * ASN W, 74-65 7 [-/-] at LA Tech * CBSSN W, 56-53 TIPPING POINTS 9 [-/-] at Southern Miss * L, 71-73 -Trey Freeman needs just 3 points to net 2,000 for his career. 14 [-/-] UAB * CBSSN (OT) L, 71-72 16 [-/-] Middle Tennessee * FSN L, 61-64 -THE ALL-TIME SERIES – WKU vs. OLD DOMINION 21 [-/-] WKU * ASN W, 68-62 Western Kentucky holds a 17-13 advantage in the all-time series against Old 23 [-/-] Marshall * ASN L, 75-78 Dominion. The teams split last season, each winning on their own hardwood. 28 [-/-] at Florida Atlantic * W, 78-66 Prior to last season, the two teams had not met since the 1990-91 season. The 30 [-/-] at FIU * W, 64-60 first time these two schools ever met in basketball was during the 1970-71. The Hilltoppers won the first six games in the all-time series with ODU. February (2-1) -This will be the second meeting of this season between the Monarchs and the 6 [-/-] at Charlotte * (OT) W, 74-69 Hilltoppers. On Jan. 21 at the Ted, Old Dominion came from behind to claim a 11 [-/-] North Texas * ASN W, 67-47 thrilling 68-62 victory. Trey Freeman tied his then career high with 28. 13 [-/-] Rice * ASN L, 66-75 18 at WKU * FOXCS 8:00 PM Trailing 29-25 at halftime, Old Dominion outscored WKU, 43-33, in the second 20 at Marshall * 7:00 PM half. Jordan Baker played a key role in the Monarchs’ second-half resurgence, 25 UTEP * FSN 7:00 PM connecting on four three-pointers for all 12 of his points. 27 UTSA * ASN 8:00 PM Over a nine-minute span from the 11:08 to the 2:11 mark in the second half, Freeman and Baker combined for all 19 of ODU’s points over that stretch. March (0-0) 3 at North Texas * 8:00 PM The Monarch defense was also a big factor in the win as the Hilltoppers’ 62 5 at Rice * ASN 2:00 PM points was 16 points below their season average of 78.3, which ranked fourth 8-12 at C-USA Tournament # TBA in Conference USA heading into the game. They also shot just 36.8 percent * Conference USA Contest from the field, which was 10 percent below their season mark of 47.1 percent, ! Hall of Fame Classic in Norfolk, Va. (Ted Constant Center) which ranked third in C-USA. ^ Hall of Fame Classic in Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun Arena) # 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] NCAA Statistics Old Dominion - 2015-16 Men's Basketball Ranking Summary thru games 02/16/2016 National Conference Conference Statistic Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value 3-pt Field Goal Attempts (346 ranked) 341 14 351 The Citadel 957 Marshall 739 Assist Turnover Ratio (346 ranked) 21 2 1.46 St. Mary's (CA) 1.80 UAB 1.48 Assists Per Game (346 ranked) 185 7 13.2 Michigan St. 20.7 UAB 19.0 Blocked Shots Per Game (346 ranked) 122 6 3.8 Washington 7.1 UAB 6.5 Defensive Rebounds per Game (346 ranked) 213 9 24.80 Duquesne 30.12 UAB 27.81 Fewest Fouls (346 ranked) 101 7 465 UCF 358 Southern Miss. 430 Fewest Turnovers (346 ranked) 3 1 227 Temple 222 Old Dominion 227 Field-Goal Percentage (346 ranked) 203 11 43.5 St. Mary's (CA) 51.0 UAB 48.3 Field-Goal Percentage Defense (346 ranked) 38 2 40.0 San Diego St. 36.8 FIU 40.0 Free Throw Attempts (346 ranked) 296 13 466 Howard 784 North Texas 675 Free Throws Made (346 ranked) 301 12 318 Howard 577 Rice 466 Free-Throw Percentage (346 ranked) 232 8 68.2 St. Bonaventure 78.3 Rice 74.2 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (346 ranked) 37 1 13.12 Quinnipiac 17.76 Old Dominion 13.12 Personal Fouls Per Game (346 ranked) 110 7 18.6 Saint Joseph's 15.3 Charlotte 17.5 Rebound Margin (346 ranked) 61 3 4.2 Michigan St. 11.8 Western Ky. 5.2 Scoring Defense (346 ranked) 13 1 62.0 Little Rock 58.6 Old Dominion 62.0 Scoring Margin (346 ranked) 92 3 5.6 Louisville 17.1 UAB 10.5 Scoring Offense (346 ranked) 288 12 67.6 The Citadel 88.1 Marshall 85.0 Steals Per Game (346 ranked) 235 10 5.6 West Virginia 10.2 Louisiana Tech 7.5 Three Pt FG Defense (346 ranked) 31 2 30.9 Gonzaga 27.6 Louisiana Tech 30.4 Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (346 ranked) 343 14 4.2 North Florida 12.4 Marshall 10.0 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (346 ranked) 326 14 29.9 Oklahoma 44.3 Charlotte 38.7 Total 3-point FGM (346 ranked) 344 14 105 North Florida 348 Marshall 251 Total Assists (346 ranked) 199 8 331 Michigan St. 538 UAB 494 Total Blocks (345 ranked) 126 6 95 Washington 178 UAB 168 Total Rebounds (346 ranked) 150 6 948 Purdue 1,143 UAB 1,015 Total Rebounds Per Game (346 ranked) 94 4 37.92 Quinnipiac 45.04 Western Ky. 39.48 Total Steals (346 ranked) 244 10 140 Green Bay 265 Louisiana Tech 188 Turnover Margin (345 ranked) 64 3 1.9 Stephen F. Austin 6.1 Louisiana Tech 2.2 Turnovers Forced (346 ranked) 316 13 10.96 Stephen F. Austin 18.71 UTEP 14.88 Turnovers Per Game (346 ranked) 2 1 9.1 Notre Dame 9.0 Old Dominion 9.1 Won-Lost Percentage (345 ranked) 149 5 56.0 Little Rock 88.0 UAB 80.8 Xavier 88.0 Villanova 88.0 National Conference Conference Statistic Player Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value 3-pt Field Goal Attempts (250 ranked) Damon Lynn, NJIT 271 Egor Koulechov, Rice 181 Assist Turnover Ratio (250 ranked) Trey Freeman 48 2 2.71 Monté Morris, Iowa St. 4.89 Nick Norton, UAB 3.46 Assists Per Game (248 ranked) Kahlil Felder, Oakland 9.2 Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech 6.1 Blocked Shots Per Game (249 ranked) Brandan Stith 89 4 1.63 Chris Boucher, Oregon 3.23 William Lee, UAB 3.23 William Lee, UAB 3.23 Defensive Rebounds per Game (250 ranked) Brandan Stith 101 6 5.53 Egidijus Mockevicius, Evansville 11.21 James Kelly, Marshall 7.40 Double Doubles (213 ranked) Brandan Stith 213 13 4 Egidijus Mockevicius, Evansville 23 Joseph Uchebo, Charlotte 12 Field-Goal Percentage (250 ranked) Trey Freeman 247 17 43.3 Evan Bradds, Belmont 71.7 Adrian Diaz, FIU 66.8 Free Throw Attempts (245 ranked) Aaron Bacote 245 10 121 James Daniel, Howard 282 Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech 208 Trey Freeman 245 10 121 Free Throws Made (247 ranked) Aaron Bacote 181 5 98 James Daniel, Howard 242 Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech 148 Trey Freeman 189 7 96 Free-Throw Percentage (250 ranked) Aaron Bacote 151 6 81.0 Fletcher Magee, Wofford 92.4 Max Guercy, Rice 86.9 Trey Freeman 202 8 79.3 Minutes Per Game (250 ranked) Trey Freeman 124 4 34:04 Yonel Brown, Kennesaw St. 39:00 Daviyon Draper, FIU 34:50 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (248 ranked) Denzell Taylor 9 1 4.04 Chris Horton, Austin Peay 5.07 Denzell Taylor, Old Dominion 4.04 Brandan Stith 20 3 3.63 Points Per Game (249 ranked) Trey Freeman 15 1 21.2 James Daniel, Howard 27.9 Trey Freeman, Old Dominion 21.2 Rebounds Per Game (250 ranked) Brandan Stith 42 4 9.2 Egidijus Mockevicius, Evansville 13.9 Joseph Uchebo, Charlotte 11.2 Denzell Taylor 171 9 7.2 Steals Per Game (247 ranked) Tra-Deon Hollins, Omaha 3.96 Marcus Evans, Rice 1.96 Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (249 ranked) Buddy Hield, Oklahoma 4.16 Braxton Ogbueze, Charlotte 3.08 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (116 ranked) Max Landis, IPFW 50.0 Giddy Potts, Middle Tenn.