2013 - 2014 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (4-5) vs GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS (3-6) DECEMBER 14, 2013 MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS MONARCH 2013-14 SCHEDULE Fri. Nov. 1 Elizabeth City State (exh.) W, 81-50 G 1 Aaron Bacote, 6-4, So., Hampton, VA 18.7 ppg/ 4.2 rpg Fri. Nov. 8 Missouri State L, 67-79 (OT) G 3 Keenan Palmore, 6-1, So., Stone Mountain, GA 10.0 ppg/ 4.0 rpg Wed. Nov. 13 Howard W, 77-57 G 4 Dimitri Batten, 6-3, RJr., Newport News, VA 12.4 ppg/5.1 rpg Fri. Nov. 15 Murray State W, 70-60 Thurs. Nov. 21 Presbyterian % W, 69-51 F 21 Denzell Taylor, 6-7, Fr., Brampton, Ontario 4.0 ppg/ 6.2 rpg Sat. Nov. 23 Georgia Southern % W, 86-69 F 23 Richard Ross, 6-6, RJr. Wichita Falls, TX 9.4 ppg/ 7.4 rpg Tues. Nov. 26 West Virginia % L, 60-78 Wed. Nov. 27 Wisconsin or St. Louis % L, 52-62 OFF THE BENCH Tues. Dec. 3 North Carolina Central L, 69-76 (OT) Sun. Dec. 8 at VCU L, 48-69 G 0 Jordan Baker, 6-2, Fr., Hampton, VA 5.9 ppg/2.4 rpg Sat. Dec. 14 at Georgia State 2:00 p.m. G 10 Martin Shaw, 5-11, So., Hampton, VA 0.0 ppg/0.0 rpg Wed. Dec. 18 The College of Charleston 7:00 p.m. Sat. Dec. 21 at UNCW 2:00 p.m. F 11 Joe Ebondo, 6-7, Jr., Euless, TX 1.6 ppg/4.7 rpg Sat. Dec. 28 at Richmond 6:30 p.m. G 22 Ambrose Mosley, 6-2, RFr., Jacksonville, FL 4.1 ppg/2.7 rpg Wed. Jan. 1 at William & Mary 7:00 p.m. F 40 Anton Larsen, 7-0, RSr., Copenhagen, Denmark 1.0 ppg/ 1.3 rpg Sat. Jan. 4 George Mason 7:00 p.m. Sat. Jan. 11 at East Carolina * 7:00 p.m. GENERAL INFORMATION Thurs. Jan. 16 at FIU * 7:00 p.m. Sat. Jan. 18 at Florida Atlantic * 7:00 p.m. LOCATION: Norfolk, Va. 23529 Thurs. Jan. 23 Southern Miss * 7:00 p.m. NICKNAME: Monarchs Sat. Jan. 25 Tulane * 7:00 p.m. FOUNDED: 1930 (as the Norfolk Division of The College of William & Mary) Thurs. Jan. 30 at UAB * 8:00 p.m. ENROLLMENT: 24,753 Sat. Feb. 1 at Middle Tennessee * 6:00 p.m. SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS 877), Thurs. Feb. 6 UTSA * 7:00 p.m. & Light Blue (PMS 283) Sat. Feb. 8 UTEP * 7:00 p.m. HOME COURT: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472) Thurs. Feb. 13 at North Texas * 8:00 p.m. SURFACE: Wood Sat. Feb. 15 at Tulsa * 4:00 p.m. CONFERENCE: C-USA Thurs. Feb. 20 Rice * 7:00 p.m. PRESIDENT: John Broderick (Northeastern) Sat. Feb. 22 Louisiana Tech * 7:00 p.m. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Wood Selig (Washington & Lee) Thurs. Feb. 27 Marshall * 7:00 p.m. OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3369 Sun. March 2 at Charlotte * 4:00 p.m. SR. WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR: Deb Polca Thurs. March 6 East Carolina * 7:00 p.m. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 TICKET OFFICE PHONE: 757 -683-4444 Home games in BOLD, and played at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.odusports.com *Denotes C-USA games % Cancun Challenge. COACHING STAFF Note: Dates and times are subject to change HEAD COACH: Jeff Jones (Virginia ’82) RECORD AT ODU: 4-5 (1st season) CAREER RECORD: 353-287 (.567) 21 years. ASSISTANT COACHES: John Richardson (Elizabeth City State ’95), Lamar Barrett 11 NCAA APPEARANCES (Elizabeth City state ’94) & Bryant Stith (Virginia ’92). 8 STRAIGHT NATIONAL POST SEASON APPEARANCES (2005-2012) SPECIAL ASST. TO THE BASKETBALL COACH: Kieran Donohue (Virginia ’97) 2009 CIT CHAMPIONS ATHLETIC TRAINER FOR MBB: Jason Mitchell 2006 NIT SEMIFINALS BASKETBALL SECRETARY: Annette Manley OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3362 2013 - 2014 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY SERIES VS. Georgia State COMPARING THE TEAMS ODU leads the series, 15-4, but the Panthers won both games last ODU GSU year, 69-54 at ODU and 83-63 in Atlanta. GSU is now a member of SCORING 66.4 75.9 the Sun Belt Conference. OPP AVG 66.8 74.3 FG PCT .417 .462 LAST GAME 3PT FG PCT: .309 .339 FT PCT .557 .729 Sophomore guards Aaron Bacote and Keenan Palmore each REBS 39.3 33.1 scored 13 points, but VCU (8-2) rallied to outscore the Monarchs ASSTS 12.0 12.2 28-6 down the stretch in the second half for a 69-48 non- TO: 13.2 9.6 conference win in the Siegel Center Sunday afternoon. The STLS: 5.9 6.8 Monarchs trailed 34-31 at half, but a three-point basket by Aaron BLKS 4.8 5.6 Bacote with 12:53 left in the game put ODU up, 41-40. VCU’s JeQuann Lewis came back to hit a jumper to give the Rams the lead for good at 42-41 with 12:22 remaining. ODU scored only 17 C-USA MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS points in the second half. Juvonte Reddic led VCU with 24 points and 12 rebounds. THIS DAY IN HISTORY EAST CAROLINA CHARLOTTE Dec. 8, 1994 – Petey Sessoms scored 35 points in the Monarchs 75-64 win over New Hampshire. TV/RADIO FIU FAU The Monarchs radio broadcasts are on ESPN 94.1 in Hampton Roads; WZEZ 100.5 in Richmond and WBRG 104.5 FM & 1050 AM in Lynchburg, Va. Play-by-Play announcer is Ted Alexander. Billy Mann will serve as color analyst for all home games. Dave Twardzik will be a contributor to Monarch Courtside pre-game LOUSIANA TECH MARSHALL show at home games and color commentary for all road games. Rick Kiefner will host the Monarch Courtside program at home games. CONFERENCE USA MIDDLE TENN. NORTH TEXAS GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION: Irving, Texas ESTABLISHED: 1994 PHONE: 214-774-1300 OLD DOMINION RICE BASKE COMMISSIONER: Britton Banowsky TBALL SPONSORED SPORTS: 20 MEN (9) – Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track Field WOMEN(11)- Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Rowing, Soccer, SOUTHERN MISS. UAB Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball. MEDIA RELATIONS: Courtney Morrison Archer – Associate Commissioner UTEP UTSA [email protected] HEADQUARTERS – www.conferenceusa.com TWITTER - @Conference_USA FACEBOOK – Conference USA TULSA TULANE INSTAGRAM- Conference USA 2013 - 2014 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY JEFF JORDAN AARON JONES BAKER BACOTE Head Coach 1st season #0 #1 Fr., Guard, 6-2, 195, Hampton, VA So., Guard, 6-4, 180, Hampton, VA KEENAN DIMITRI MARTIN PALMORE BATTEN SHAW #3 #4 #10 So., Guard, 6-1, 180, Stone Mountain, GA RJr., Guard, 6-3, 205, Newport News, VA So., Guard, 5-11, 170, Hampton, VA JOE DEION TREY EBONDO CLARK FREEMAN #11 #15 #20 Jr., Forward, 6-7, 215, Euless, TX So., Guard, 6-3, 210, Naples, FL Jr., Guard, 6-2, 175, Virginia Beach, VA DENZELL AMBROSE RICHARD TAYLOR MOSLEY ROSS #21 #22 #23 Fr., Forward, 6-7, 210, Brampton, Ontario, Canada RFr., Guard, 6-2, 170, Jacksonville, FL RJr., Forward, 6-6, 225, Wichita Falls, TX SEAN-MICHAEL NIK ANTON KING BIBERAJ LARSEN #25 #30 #40 Jr., Guard, 6-1, 180, Alexandria, VA Jr., Forward, 6-8, 235, Fairfax Station, VA RSr., Center, 7-0, 245, Copenhagen, Denmark 2013 - 2014 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY MONARCH BASKETBALL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL No. Name POS CL HT WT Hometown/ High School 1 Aaron Bacote G So. 6-4 180 Hampton, VA/Bethel HS 0 Jordan Baker G Fr. 6-2 195 Hampton, VA/Hampton HS 4 Dimitri Batten G RJr. 6-3 205 Newport News, VA/Kecoughtan HS 30 Nik Biberaj* F Jr. 6-8 235 Fairfax Station, VA/South County 15 Deion Clark G So. 6-3 210 Naples, FL/Barron Collier HS 11 Joe Ebondo F Jr. 6-7 215 Euless, TX/Euless HS/Garden City CC 20 Trey Freeman* G Jr. 6-2 175 Virginia Beach, VA/Kellam HS 40 Anton Larsen C RJr. 7-0 245 Copenhagen, Denmark/Oster Farimagsgades 25 Sean-Michael King G Jr. 6-1 180 Alexandria, VA/Hayfield HS 22 Ambrose Mosley G RFr. 6-2 170 Jacksonville, FL/First Coast HS 3 Keenan Palmore G So. 6-1 180 Stone Mountain, GA/Paideia School 23 Richard Ross F RJr. 6-6 225 Wichita Falls, TX/ Hirschi HS 10 Martin Shaw G So. 5-11 170 Hampton, VA/Kecoughtan HS 21 Denzell Taylor F Fr. 6-7 210 Brampton, Ontario/St. Benedicts Prep(NJ) NUMERICAL No. Name POS CL HT WT Hometown/ High School 0 Jordan Baker G Fr. 6-2 195 Hampton, VA/Hampton HS 1 Aaron Bacote G So. 6-4 180 Hampton, VA/Bethel HS 3 Keenan Palmore G So. 6-1 180 Stone Mountain, GA/Paideia School 4 Dimitri Batten G RJr. 6-3 205 Newport News, VA/Kecoughtan HS 10 Martin Shaw G So. 5-11 170 Hampton, VA/Kecoughtan HS 11 Joe Ebondo F Jr. 6-7 215 Euless, TX/Euless HS/Garden City CC 15 Deion Clark G So. 6-3 210 Naples, FL/Barron Collier HS 20 Trey Freeman* G Jr. 6-2 175 Virginia Beach, VA/Kellam HS 21 Denzell Taylor F Fr. 6-7 210 Brampton, Ontario/St. Benedicts Prep(NJ) 22 Ambrose Mosley G RFr. 6-2 170 Jacksonville, FL/First Coast HS 23 Richard Ross F RJr. 6-6 225 Wichita Falls, TX/ Hirschi HS 25 Sean-Michael King G Jr.