Old Dominion (20-7, 11-5 Sun Belt) vs. Georgia Southern (14-15, 4-12 Sun Belt) | vs. James Madison (19-10, 11-5 Sun Belt)
Game information – Tuesday, February 27th, 6:30pm | Friday, March 1st, 6:30pm
Position – Chartway Arena (Norfolk, Virginia)
clock – ESPN+ (Game 1 | Game 2)
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Norfolk, Virginia – Old Dominion women's basketball concludes the regular season with two home games this week against Georgia Southern and James Madison. The Monarchs will play the Eagles on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. and the Dukes on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Friday's game will be ODU's Senior Night, and the Monarchs will recognize the following at a postgame ceremony: joy campbell, Jordan McLaughlin, Kay Clark, Nnenna Orji, Ivy Nikolova, Lanetta Williams, Jenny Nkem Wongsi and team manager Noah Fort.
Both games will be streamed on ESPN+ with commentary from Chip Tarkenton and Kim Aston. Fans can also listen to Matthew Hatfield and Shonda DeBerry call Tuesday's game on Priority Auto Sports Radio 94.1 and Friday's game on Fox Sports Radio 1310. Live statistics are also available.
series
ODU won 70-50 on January 13 in Statesboro, Georgia, improving its overall record against Georgia Southern to 3-0. The score was tied 16-16 at the end of the first quarter, but the Monarchs took a 10-point lead and pulled within 35-25 at halftime. Jordan McLaughlin and brenda fontana They each scored 12 points, Nnenna Orji He scored 8 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.
The Monarchs traveled to Harrisonburg on January 20th, but lost to the Dukes 72-64. 56-48 heading into the fourth. endia buford Jumpers and layups from Fontana and McLaughlin cut JMU's lead to 61-57 with 5:54 left, but ODU was close. Buford led the Monarchs in the loss with 18 points, while Fontana also scored in double figures with 10 points, five rebounds and one block. Kay Clark He scored nine points with two boards and a steal. ODU still leads the all-time series with 52 wins and 29 losses.
About ODU
The Monarchs (20-7, 11-5 Sun Belt) clinched their third straight 20-win season last week with wins over App State on Thursday and Georgia State on Saturday. Buford and Fontana each scored 17 points to lead the team in an 81-62 victory over the Mountaineers. Buford then scored a career-high 25 points as ODU defeated the Panthers 67-51.
Buford and McLaughlin are the top two scorers at 12.4 and 10.2 points per game, respectively. Below, Fontana (9.2), Clark (8.6), Simone Cunningham (7.2). Buford and Fontana are ODU's top two three-point shooters, making a combined 74 shots from beyond the arc.Cunningham continues to lead the Monarchs on the glass with his 195 rebounds (7.2 rebounds), and McLaughlin leads the team with his 77 assists, with Cunningham Lanetta Williams (3.4 ppg) with 19 blocks recorded each. Clark leads the Sun Belt and ranks 10th in the nation in stolen bases (82) and 11th in stolen bases per game (3.04). Buford is third in the league in both categories with 63 steals and 2.33 steals per game.
ODU is averaging 64.7 ppg and ranks second in the conference in scoring defense with 59.9 points allowed per game. The Monarchs enter this week hitting .379 as a team, .284 from long distance and .657 from the charity stripe. Nationally, the Monarchs rank 18th in turnovers forced per game (20.63), 24th in offensive rebounds per game (14.6), and 25th in 3-point defense percentage (.272) per game. He ranks 32nd in steals per game (10.6). ODU also has him 116th in the latest NET rankings.
With two games remaining until the end of the regular season, ODU is tied for third place in the conference standings with JMU. The top four seeds earn double byes to the conference championship quarterfinals.
About Georgia Southern
The Eagles (14-15, 4-12) suffered some setbacks last week, falling 71-65 against JMU on Thursday and 87-81 against Coastal Carolina on Saturday, which was the team's senior day/pink-out game. I was defeated. In Game 1, the Dukes made 14 of 15 shots from the line in the fourth quarter, while GS made 6 of 13. For the Eagles, Zaria Johnson tied for season scoring with 16 points to lead the losing team, Janya Lovehill added 13 points with six assists and Diamond Stokes finished with 10 points.
In the second game, GS led 39-34 at halftime, but the Chanticleers used a 29-point third quarter to take a 63-62 lead. CCU then went on a 9-2 run late in the fourth inning, putting the game out of reach. Terren Ward led the Eagles with 31 points, followed by Kayla Thomas with a career-high 16 points and Love Hill finished with 11 points.
Ward is an important addition to Georgia Southern. The senior from Jessup, Ga., ranks fourth in the nation in field goal attempts (525), eighth in points per game (22.7), 10th in points (590) and 13th in double-doubles (15). ), and ranks 16th in field goals made. (212). She is also the conference leader in both rebounds (240) and rebounds per game (9.2). Simone James is the Eagles' next leading scorer with 8.1 points, Eden Johnson is third with 6.8 points and Taureon Starks is averaging 6.0 points per game. Johnson enters Tuesday's game ranked second in the league in blocks per game (1.23) and third in blocks per game (32).
The Eagles are averaging 74.4 points, 69.8 points per game, .396 shooting percentage from the field, .260 shooting percentage from deep, and .664 shooting percentage from the free throw line. GS leads the nation in offensive rebounds per game (17.7), and the team ranks 5th in rebounds per game (46.17), 13th in bench points per game (27.4) and forced turns per game. He ranks 22nd in the over (20.48) and 24th in the free. Ranked 25th in pitch attempts per game (21.03) and blocks per game (4.8).
Georgia Southern University ranks 204th in the NET rankings and tied for 11th in the Sunbelt rankings with Coastal Carolina University.
About James Madison
The Dukes (19-10, 11-5) split two games last week, winning 71-65 against Georgia Southern on Thursday but falling short 83-79 against App State on Saturday. . Peyton McDaniel scored 16 points with a team-paced eight boards in the win over the Eagles, Ashanti Barnes had 12 points and eight rebounds, and Jamia Hazel contributed nine points off the bench. JMU made 22 of 25 shots at the line and won the rebound battle 46-38.
In Saturday's game in Boone, North Carolina, the Mountaineers made 12 3-pointers and scored six second-chance points in the fourth quarter to outscore the Dukes 15-11. In the loss, Hazel led JMU with 19 points, followed by McDaniel with 16 points and eight rebounds, and Barnes recorded his second career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
JMU has three players averaging double-digit points. McDaniel is first on the team with 14.4 points, Ksenia Kozlova is second with 12.2 points and Hazel is third with 10.3 points. McDaniel is a reliable player on the perimeter, making 63 shots and is third in the league with 183 3-pointers. The redshirt sophomore from Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, also leads the Dukes in rebounds with 201. Kozlova averages 7.3 rebounds per game and ranks ninth in the nation in field goal percentage (.619). Analysia Goodman (5.2 ppg) blocked 14 shots and Hazel had 26 steals.
As a team, JMU is averaging 72.0 ppg, giving up 66.6 ppg and hitting .422 from the field shooting, including .302 from long range, and .666 from the line. The team ranks 3rd nationally in defensive rebounds per game (31.6), 4th in rebounds per game (46.41), 6th in rebound margin (10.9) and 11th in bench points per game (27.6). , ranks 18th in offensive rebounds per game (14.9). .
JMU is tied for third place with ODU in the conference rankings and sits at No. 115 in the NET rankings, just above the Monarchs.
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The Sun Belt Championship will be held March 5-11 at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida. For more information, fans can visit the tournament website here.
