WBB Game 16: ODU (2-13, 0-2) @ North Texas (9-5, 0-2)
The ODU women's team will play North Texas this Thursday on the road where it's unlikely they will run into snow. The head coach is Jalie Mitchell who is starting her third season with the team. Expectations were high this year for coach Mitchelll's squad, however they have been hit hard with injuries. 6'3" Hannah Hopkins and starting guard Tyara Warren are both out with knee injuries. Bench player 6'0" forward Madison Townley has a shoulder injury. 6'1" Sr Tosin Mabodu had a knee injury late in her jr year, retired but will stay on the team this season. Also they have a deep bench, but they have a lot of transfers sitting out this season. So that explains why they have 18 players listed on the team's website. Not all of them will play....
Mean Green's season so far. 9-5 (0-2), RPI: 206. SOS: 260
Vs Mid-American Chrisitan W 86-52 (non-Div One team, does not count in RPI)
Vs Texas A&M-International W 64-38 (non-Div One team, does not count in RPI)
Vs Kansas St Record: 9-6 RPI: 66 L 54-55
San Juan Shootout
Vs Coastal Carolina Record 6-7 RPI: 280 W 50-34
Vs Detroit Mercy Record: 0-15 RPI: 309 W 63-57
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Vs SMU Record: 6-10 RPI: 191 W 47-40
VS Tulsa Record: 8-7 RPI: 139 W 66-43
@ Indiana Record: 8-9 RPI: 75 L 63-68
Vs La Salle Record: 5-10 RPI: 185 W 70-44
@ Ill Chicago Record: 5-7 RPI 297 L 67-70
@ Eastern Illinois Record: 1-14 RPI: 341 W 63-61
Vs Oklahoma Panhandle-State W 63-41 (non-Div 1 team, does not count in RPI)
@ La Tech Record: 10-4 (2-0) RPI: 171 L 53-61
Vs Rice Record: 12-2 (2-0) RPI: 126 L 49-50
Vs ODU Record: 2-13 (0-2) RPI: 315
Mean Green Starting 5
#34 Micayla Buckner F/C 6'4" Rs Jr 7.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 0.2 apg, 1.7 bpg, 49.5 FG%, 0.00 3P%, 26.9 FT%, 25.7 mpg
#02 Grace Goodhart G 5'9" Jr 5.4 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.4 apg, 33.3 FG%, 25.5 3P%, 80.0 FT%, 22.3 mpg
#03 Brittany Smith PG 5'6" JR 5.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.3 apg, 35.6 FG%, 37.5 3P%, 66.7 FT%, 28.8 mpg
#23 Terriell Bradley G 5'10" Rs Jr 16.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.9 spg, 40.9 FG%, 30.8 3P%, 84.3 FT%, 34.1 mpg
#33 Lauren Holmes G 5'9" Fr 11.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 0.8 apg, 3.0 spg, 32.9 FG%, 27.6 3P%, 94.4 FT%, 30.4 mpg
Top Bench
#21 Deja Terrell F 6'1' Fr 4.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 0.2 apg, 45.5 FG%, 11.1 3P%, 46.7 FT%, 12.0 mpg
4 guards. They like to run.
4 out of 5 starters are transfers, Terrell is a McDonald's All American Nominee, and Holmes is a really good athlete. Smith for example was a junior college defensive player of the year in her conference. Bradley, the preseason Con USA selection is a transfer from the University of Kansas and leads the team in ppg. She is the leader of the team. Holmes and Goodhart are extreme three point shooters. Buckner is a nice player down low, but at 7-for-26 has one of the worst FT shooting percentages you will ever find.
Inside the Numbers
.........NT........ODU
PPG...61.3......55.0
OPPG.51.0......67.3
FG%....38.3.....36.8
OFG%...35.8.....42.8
3P%.......25.8.....30.2
3MPG.....4.7......6.5
Op3P%....29.6....35.0
FT%........66.4.....61.4
FTMPG.....11.6.....9.1
RPG.........37.1......33.1
ORPG.......36.5......35.9
APG.........10.3......11.9
TPG.........13.4......15.2
SPG.........10.1......6.0
BPG.........4.1.......2.0
Ast/TO ratio: NT: 0.8, ODU: 0.8
This might be another fun game for the Monarchs. If you get rid of the three non-Division one games, NU's stats aren't that eye popping. But ODU has yet to win on the road
I just want to remind the fans that the Monarchs schedule is kind of strange. We play NT on Thursday, UTSA on Saturday and then will hop on a plane so we can play at Hampton to finish up our nonconference schedule on Monday. So this is going to be a busy week for the Monarchs, three games in five days, all on the road. Last Saturday Carolina Bernardeco was dressed but did not play in the game. It's safe to say that the team could probably use some minutes from her. Of course at the same time, until she steps on the court to play an official game the team can always red shirt her.
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