WBB Game 26: FAU (10-11, 4-6) vs ODU (6-19, 4-7)
This Valentine's Day ODU will host the FAU Owls. We have won our last three games at home and our road win of the season. So right now team confidence has to be at an all time high. This game will be shown on ESPN 3. ODU has won their last four meetings with FAU by at least 20 points.
Standings of teams around ODU in Con USA
8. Southern Miss 5-5
9. Florida Atlantic 4-6
10. North Texas 4-7
11. ODU 4-7
12. UTSA 3-9
13. FIU 3-8
14. Marshall 1-10
ODU will play FAU, North Texas, and UTSA in the next three games at home. These games are huge for the standings and gives ODU a chance to rise some. Now is the time for ODU to play it's best ball.
Florida Atlantic University Owls RPI: 212 SOS: 178 Record: 10-11 (4-6)
Vs Mercer 23-2 (10-0) 56 55-66 L
@ Colorado 11-13 (3-11) 142 69-76 L
@ Indiana St. 7-15 (6-6) 264 66-58 W
FAU Thanksgiving Tournament
Vs St. Francis (NY) 10-14 (6-7) 266 80-60 W
Vs Bowling Green 9-14 (2-11) 205 55-66 L
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Vs Grand Canyon 11-11 (7-3) 265 73-77 L
Vs North Florida 8-15 (4-7) 228 83-75 W
@ Georgia St. 4-18 (2-10) 321 82-50 W
@ Nebraska 18-7 (9-3) 64 69-86 L
Vs Delaware St. 4-20 (3-8) 330 90-67 W
Vs Mo. Kansas City 5-17 (4-6) 268 65-55 W
Vs Marshall 5-17 (1-10) 334 79-59 W
Vs UTEP 14-9 (5-5) 136 72-66 W
Vs Rice 18-4 (8-2) 96 53-67 L
@ UTEP 14-9 (5-5) 136 70-75 L
Vs Louisiana Tech 15-9 (7-5) 157 86-72 W
Vs UTSA 4-18 (3-9) 296 99-65 W
@ UAB 18-3 (9-1) 81 57-90 L
@ W. Kentucky 17-6 (9-2) 50 63-82 L
Vs Middle Tenn. St. 15-9 (7-4) 117 65-69 L
Vs North Texas 10-10 (4-7) 222 51-65 L
@ ODU Record: 6-19 (4-7) RPI: 285
Owls Starting Five
#00 Danneal Ford G Rs Jr 5'9" 13.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 4.5 apg, 35.0 FG%, 24.1 3P%, 73.3 FT%, 34.6 mpg
#13 DaChe Williams G Gs 6'2" 4.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 0.3 apg, 35.6 FG%, 30.4 3P%, 76.5 FT%, 15.9 mpg
#15 Sasha Cedeno G/F Sr 6'3" 17.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 1.4 apg, 41.6 FG%, 37.2 3P%, 78.4 Ft%, 31.3 mpg
#32 Malia Kency G Sr 5'6" 8.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.4 apg, 33.1 FG%, 32.2 3P%, 74.1 FT%, 32.2 mpg
#50 Melinda Myers F Sr 6'2" 5.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 0.8 apg, 45.3 FG%, 18.2 3P%, 86.4 FT%, 23.8 mpg
At 6'2", 6'2", and 6'3" the Owls do have one of the taller front courts in Con USA. Oddly enough, half of the 6'3" Cedeno's shots are around the three point line. She leads the team in total three point attempts. So she will stretch defenses. As a team, they like to shot the three. About a 1/3 of the team's overall shots are behind the arc. But the team's big three are good rebounders and cause trouble for undersized line-ups.
Inside the Numbers....
.............FAU.........ODU
PPG......70.6.........55.5
OpPPG...68.9.......63.6
FG%.......38.0.......38.2
OFG%.....39.3.......40.6
3P%.......32.8........30.6
3MPG.....7.1.........5.9
FT%.........71.5......62.9
FTMPG.....15.0......9.9
RPG..........43.1......34.1
OpRPG.....41.8......34.2
APG..........12.2.....10.9
TPG...........16.0......15.6
SPG..........6.1..........6.1
BPG.........2.4...........2.2
Ast/TO ratio: FAU: 0.8, ODU: 0.7
ODU is coming it's first road win of the season where Kelly Loftus scored an ODU high of 24 points. I have been waiting for her to break out. At Hofstra she scored 842 point before she transferred. For this season she has scored 126 points. For her career, she is 32 points shy of 1,000. ODU won't recognize it since it's not all "ODU" points. She is coming up on a personal milestone though.
This would be a good game for ODU to win and advance in the standings. Enjoy a nice game at the Ted for Valentine's Day. The good news, you won't find increased prices for food. A hot dog on Valentine's Day will cost the same as any other day at the Ted. How romantic. :-)
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