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his Saturday the Monarchs will play the University of Texas El Paso Miners on the road. ODU it's making it's second trip all-time to the Don Haskins Center. ODU leads the all-time series 7-2, but UTEP is 1-0 at home. The Miners will be celebrating their National Girls & Womens in Sports Day, so a large crowd is expected. Various athletes from other women's sports are expected to be in attendance, which might include their NCAA women's rifle team. (I had no idea they even had a team...)

Last year the Miners were decimated by injuries and finished 5-11 in the Conference. They were expected to finish 12th in the preseason Con USA poll. The Miners this year are 13-8, 6-4 this season. They are 11-4 at home with an RPI of 212 and a SOS of 270.

Vs UC Riverside W 63-50. Record: 7-15 RPI: 281
@ NM State W 63-57 Record: 7-14 RPI: 317
Vs Alcorn State W 92-47 Record: 7-12 RPI 318
Vs New Mexico L 78-93 Record: 11-12 RPI: 201
Vs NM State W 65-45 Record: 7-14 RPI: 317
UTEP Thanksgiving Classic
Vs Western Michigan W 76-46 Record: 10-9 RPI: 152
Vs Georgia State W 71-68 Record: 5-16 RPI: 320
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Vs Weber State W 70-51 Record: 3-18 RPI: 319
Vs Arizona L 43-54 Record: 18-3 RPI: 26
@ SMU L 56-60 Record: 9-12 RPI: 221
Vs Tulsa L 51-58 Record: 6-17 RPI: 252
Vs FIU W 64-34 Record: 5-16 (2-8) RPI: 280
Vs FAU W 96-65 Record: 9-12 (3-7) RPI: 180
@ Southern Miss W 89-72 Record: 9-10 (3-7) RPI: 215
@ La Tech L 80-87 Record: 8-11 (2-8) RPI: 241
Vs UTSA W 94-54 Record: 3-15 (2-8) RPI: 298
Vs Rice L 61-69 Record: 15-6 (10-0) RPI: 92
Vs North Texas W 67-63 Record: 7-12 (3-7) RPI: 258
@ Middle Tennessee St L 60-76 Record: 16-7 (8-3) RPI: 55
@ UAB L 51-63 Record: 13-8 (7-4) RPI: 113
Vs Charlotte W 82-76 OT Record: 14-7 (5-5) RPI: 80 (Ariona Gill had 25 points, 14 boards)
Vs ODU Record: 19-3 (9-1) RPI: 34

What you see isn't a mistake. They did play NM State twice during the regular season. The schools are located off I-10.

Miners Starting Five
12 Gill, Ariona G/F 6'0" Sr 10.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.6 spg, 46.1 FG%, 27.3 3P%, 56.1 FT%, 25.0 mpg
44 Zec, Katarina G/F 5'11" Sr 12.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.3 spg, 44.8 FG%, 37.1 3P%, 78.0 FT%, 31.4 mpg
03 Gallegos, Katia G 5'7" Fr 9.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 4.6 apg, 1.3 spg, 32.4 FG%, 29.0 3P%, 75.9 FT%, 27.9 mpg
13 Lipe, Sabine G 5'9" So 3.9 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.6 apg, 36.1 FG%, 31.6 3P%, 51.5 FT%, 15.0 mpg
15 Crouse, Avery G 6'0" Fr 6.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.0 apg, 37.3 FG%, 29.8 3P%, 72.1 FT%, 26.0 mpg
Top Bench
02 Bradshaw, Tia G 5'9" Jr 3.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.1 apg, 38.7 FG%, 27.3 3P%, 57.1 FT%, 11.4 mpg
22 Roebuck, DeJaNae F 6'0" Jr 2.9 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 0.4 apg, 52.4 FG%, 40.0 3P%, 64.7 FT%, 7.8 mpg

The battle of the boards is going to be a key factor in this game. If you look at conference only stats, ODU ranks 1st in offensive boards averaging 43.1. UTEP is second, averaging 41.3. ODU ranks fourth in defensive rebounding averaging 35.0 per game, UTEP is fifth averaging 35.3. And as of right now, we don't know if Wayne (team's best rebounder) is going to play. Also if you looked at the conference only stats, you have the league's best offensive (UTEP at 74.4 ppg) vs the league's best defensive team (ODU at 55.0) Another thing Wayne did for our team, defense. In the conference they are shooting 33.5 from behind the arc. (2nd in Conference) FG% of 42.2 ranks third overall in the conference. Its' a good team, led by two seniors in Gill and Zec. (Zec passed 1,000 career points in the Charlotte game)

Inside the Numbers.
................UTEP.....ODU
PPG..........70.1.......66.5
OPPG.......61.3.......52.9
FG%.........40.9.......41.1
OFG%......38.1........33.9
3P%...........31.8.......32.4
O3P%.........27.3......23.2
3PPG..........5.7........6.6
O3PPG.......5.0........4.2
FT%...........66.9......63.0
FTPG.........14.1......11.6
RPG...........40.9......42.4
ORPG........36.4......35.0
APG...........15.1......11.8
TPG...........17.8.......14.3
SPG...........8.4..........8.1
BPG..........1.7..........4.0
AST/TO ratio:
UTEP: 0.9, ODU: 0.8

This is a dangerous game for ODU. They have to have UTEP on their mind first and formost. As fans, we all want the 1 vs 2 match-up against Rice at home this Thursday. Yet UTEP can be dangerous. We might not have Wayne and hopefully Register can play. Amari Young has had 33 rebounds in her last two games combined. We need that kind of production against UTEP. Rice is playing at home against Middle Tennessee St, the number 3 team in the league. It's a critical game for the standings. As always, Go Monarchs! Go for win #20!

Conference USA standings.
Rice 10-0
ODU 9-1
Middle Tennessee St 8-3
WKU 7-3
UAB 7-4
Charlotte 5-5
Marshall 4-6
Southern Miss 3-7
FAU 3-7
North Texas 3-7
La Tech 2-8
UTSA 2-8
FIU 2-8

UTEP getting some home cooking. 48-48 midway through 3rd quarter. ODU playing with short bench again, but doing well. Some questionable calls, however.

Down to seven players. Oh my. ODU 55-51.

Gut check time. ODU up 55-54 at end of 3rd.

69-65 ODU with 4:18 to go.

Gusty win 77-69, played the last three minutes with 3 players, with 4 fouls.

ODU wins 77-69.

7 three pointers for A. Young, to help the Monarchs to their 9 straight win.

Next Thursday is a big game. Hope ppl show up to support. I may drive down from Richmond for it.

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is there any news on players with injuries returning?

(02-08-2020 05:00 PM)DaBigBlue Wrote:  7 three pointers for A. Young, to help the Monarchs to their 9 straight win.

Morris hit 7 three pointers, but both had 23 for the game.

They deserve to play in front of a packed Ted (I refuse to call it chartway) in Thursday vs Rice!

Thanks. Be there for sure.

Rice wins 77 over 60 against Middle Tenn St. That sets up the 1-2 match up that we have been waiting for. Monarch Nation. Now is the time to support your women's basketball that has worked hard to get to this point. Let's pack the house! As odd as it seems, despite winning 20 games on the regular season and never having lost at home this season, we will probably be the undergoes as we face off against the reigning Con USA champs, a team that hasn't lost a regular season conference game since March 1st, 2018.

I say bring it, because this one is going to be fun!!!

On the radio, they mentioned that Wayne wasn't wearing a boot on her foot. Hopefully Adams will be okay with her shoulder.