12-30-2017, 12:30 AM
This Saturday the ODU Monarchs will play the SC St Bulldogs from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. (MEAC) In years past this would have been a game that ODU would have rolled against. Despite being 1-11, I think ODU has a good chance of winning this game. This will be the Bulldog's second game in three days. They play about seven players. ODU will have lots of rest and the home court advantage.
The Bulldogs Schedule so far. RPI: 301. SOS: 340. Record: 5-6 (3-6 against D-I teams)
@ Ga Tech L 40-86 Record: 11-2 RPI: 36
@ Clemson L 48-56 Record: 10-3 RPI: 138
@ Winthrop W 65-37 Record: 0-10 RPI: 340
Vs Georgia Southern L 58-61 Record: 1-8 RPI: 312
Vs Columbia International W 82-38 (Not a D-I team)
@ S. Car Upstate L 44-63 Record: 1-10 RPI: 301
@ Charleston Sou W 60-58 Record: 1-6 RPI: 346
Vs Western Carolina W 75-45 Record: 2-10 RPI: 342
@ Mercer L 53-74 Record: 11-2 RPI: 95
Vs Johnson & Whales University W 86-40. (Not a D-I team)
@ Charlotte L 49-64 Record: 4-8 RPI: 196
@ ODU Record: 1-11 RPI: 326
It should be noted that the Bulldog's three wins against D-I teams have worse RPIs than ODU.
South Caroilna St's Starting Five
#22 Esther Udonsi 5'9" Jr G 6.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.2 apg, 27.5 FG%, 26.3 3P%, 80.0 FT%, 26.4 mpg
#00 Kyesha Lewis 5'10" Jr G 10.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 0.8 apg, 42.7 FG%, 43.5 3P%, 45.8 FT%, 18.8 mpg
#4 Bryeasha Blair 5'5" Gr G 12.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.7 spg, 30.4 FG%, 27.3 3P%, 82.1 FT%, 31.5 mpg
#20 Kemoni Jenkins 5'8" Jr G 10.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2.2 spg , 41.2 FG%, 65.2 FT%, 27.2 mpg
#2 Jasmine Williams 5'11" Jr G/F 4.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 0.1 apg, 38.1 FG%, 60.9 FT%, 22.2 mpg
Top Bench
#1 Kerry Watson 5'6" Jr G 2.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.7 apg, 23.3 FG%, 75.0 FT%, 19.3 mpg
#5 Jaquanna Murray 6'2" Jr F/C 2.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 0.2 apg, 1.5 bpg, 29.4 FG%, 1.00 FT%, 53.3 FT%, 17.5 mpg
This is the starting line-up that they used against the 49ers on Thursday. Four guards, and a player who is a G/F. They shot a season low 21.1%. So maybe they will change up their line-up against ODU. Over half of what Lewis shots is a three point attempt. Despite being guard heavy though, they spend a lot of time playing inside.
Control the rebounding, win the battle of the boards, put points on the board. This would be a great game for ODU to win.
Stat comparison......SCS........ODU
PPG........................60.0........54.3
OPPG.....................56.5.........69.8
FG%......................36.1..........36.7
OFG%..................36.3...........44.1
3P%.....................29.8...........29.6
3MPG...................4.5.............6.4
FT%.....................65.4...........59.4
FMPG....................9.6............8.9
RPG......................41.2..........31.6
OpRPG.................40.2..........37.2
APG.....................10.8.........11.6
TPG......................18.7..........15.3
SPG.....................10.8...........6.1
BPG.....................3.5............1.8
ASt/TO ratio: SCS: 0.6, ODU: 0.8
For the team's confidence, a win would be great. We will go into regular season conference play and I think the players really need this. And I think it might help the fan morale too.
I talked about it early in the season. Freshman Victoria Morris leads the team in ppg with 12.2. The three point specialist has made 35 3's this season in 12 games. ODU's all time 3 point leader TJ Jordan had 47 3's in her freshman year (31 games played). Right now, she is on pace to be placed in the top ten all time scoring for freshmen at ODU. So far she has scored 146 points. When she gets closer to 200, I'm sure you will hear more about this coming from ODU's sports information department. Despite all the loses, Morris is on her way to having a historic freshman season for ODU.
The Bulldogs Schedule so far. RPI: 301. SOS: 340. Record: 5-6 (3-6 against D-I teams)
@ Ga Tech L 40-86 Record: 11-2 RPI: 36
@ Clemson L 48-56 Record: 10-3 RPI: 138
@ Winthrop W 65-37 Record: 0-10 RPI: 340
Vs Georgia Southern L 58-61 Record: 1-8 RPI: 312
Vs Columbia International W 82-38 (Not a D-I team)
@ S. Car Upstate L 44-63 Record: 1-10 RPI: 301
@ Charleston Sou W 60-58 Record: 1-6 RPI: 346
Vs Western Carolina W 75-45 Record: 2-10 RPI: 342
@ Mercer L 53-74 Record: 11-2 RPI: 95
Vs Johnson & Whales University W 86-40. (Not a D-I team)
@ Charlotte L 49-64 Record: 4-8 RPI: 196
@ ODU Record: 1-11 RPI: 326
It should be noted that the Bulldog's three wins against D-I teams have worse RPIs than ODU.
South Caroilna St's Starting Five
#22 Esther Udonsi 5'9" Jr G 6.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.2 apg, 27.5 FG%, 26.3 3P%, 80.0 FT%, 26.4 mpg
#00 Kyesha Lewis 5'10" Jr G 10.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 0.8 apg, 42.7 FG%, 43.5 3P%, 45.8 FT%, 18.8 mpg
#4 Bryeasha Blair 5'5" Gr G 12.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.7 spg, 30.4 FG%, 27.3 3P%, 82.1 FT%, 31.5 mpg
#20 Kemoni Jenkins 5'8" Jr G 10.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2.2 spg , 41.2 FG%, 65.2 FT%, 27.2 mpg
#2 Jasmine Williams 5'11" Jr G/F 4.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 0.1 apg, 38.1 FG%, 60.9 FT%, 22.2 mpg
Top Bench
#1 Kerry Watson 5'6" Jr G 2.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.7 apg, 23.3 FG%, 75.0 FT%, 19.3 mpg
#5 Jaquanna Murray 6'2" Jr F/C 2.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 0.2 apg, 1.5 bpg, 29.4 FG%, 1.00 FT%, 53.3 FT%, 17.5 mpg
This is the starting line-up that they used against the 49ers on Thursday. Four guards, and a player who is a G/F. They shot a season low 21.1%. So maybe they will change up their line-up against ODU. Over half of what Lewis shots is a three point attempt. Despite being guard heavy though, they spend a lot of time playing inside.
Control the rebounding, win the battle of the boards, put points on the board. This would be a great game for ODU to win.
Stat comparison......SCS........ODU
PPG........................60.0........54.3
OPPG.....................56.5.........69.8
FG%......................36.1..........36.7
OFG%..................36.3...........44.1
3P%.....................29.8...........29.6
3MPG...................4.5.............6.4
FT%.....................65.4...........59.4
FMPG....................9.6............8.9
RPG......................41.2..........31.6
OpRPG.................40.2..........37.2
APG.....................10.8.........11.6
TPG......................18.7..........15.3
SPG.....................10.8...........6.1
BPG.....................3.5............1.8
ASt/TO ratio: SCS: 0.6, ODU: 0.8
For the team's confidence, a win would be great. We will go into regular season conference play and I think the players really need this. And I think it might help the fan morale too.
I talked about it early in the season. Freshman Victoria Morris leads the team in ppg with 12.2. The three point specialist has made 35 3's this season in 12 games. ODU's all time 3 point leader TJ Jordan had 47 3's in her freshman year (31 games played). Right now, she is on pace to be placed in the top ten all time scoring for freshmen at ODU. So far she has scored 146 points. When she gets closer to 200, I'm sure you will hear more about this coming from ODU's sports information department. Despite all the loses, Morris is on her way to having a historic freshman season for ODU.