Men's Basketball Faces William & Mary In Midweek Clash

By Press release submission

Dec 9, 2022

The Old Dominion men's basketball team begins a two-game week with longstanding rival William & Mary visiting Chartway Arena for a 7 p.m. tip on Wednesday night.

STREAM/AUDIO
The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Scott Jackson and Billy Mann on the call.

ESPN Radio 94.1FM will have the radio broadcast with Ted Alexander and Dennis Wolff on the call starting at 6:30 p.m. with the Toyota Pregame Show.

LAST TIME OUT
Old Dominion used an 11-2 run over a nearly four-minute span late in the second half and timely free throws from Imo Essien as the Monarchs defeated Norfolk State 68-62 in front of nearly 8,000 fans on Saturday night. Chaunce Jenkins scored 14 of his game-high 23 points in the second half to lead the Monarchs. Mekhi Long added 13 points for ODU to go with three rebounds and two steals. Essien hit four free throws in the final 20 seconds to ice the win.

Ben Wight's follow shot with 28 seconds left on Saturday lifted William & Mary to a 58-57 win over Richmond at home. The Tribe held a 17-point halftime lead and saw the Spiders rally to take a six-point lead with 4:21 left. William & Mary outscored Richmond 9-2 from there to win.

SERIES HISTORY
ODU leads the all-time series 70-22 having won three of the last four meetings. The Monarchs scored an 74-59 victory over the Tribe in Williamsburg last season as Mekhi Long had 11 points and seven rebounds, while D'Angelo Stines came off the bench for a season-high 13 points going 3-of-4 from 3-point range.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
With his 23-point outing against the Spartans, Jenkins has taken over the leading scorer role averaging 13.8 points per game. He also leads the team in field goal percentage (.523), 3-point percentage (.526) and shares the lead in assists (26). Joining him in double figures are Ben Stanley (13.1 ppg) and Tyreek Scott-Grayson (11.8 ppg). Mekhi Long is just off that pace at 9.7 points per game, while he leads in rebounds (7.7 rpg) and steals (13).

The Monarchs are averaging 69.8 points per game, while allowing 66.6. From the field, ODU is hitting .446 (236-of-529), .331 from 3-point range (40-of-121) and .634 from the foul line (116-of-183). Their opponents are hitting .425 from the field (206-of-485), .318 from 3-point range (70-of-220) and .676 from the line (117-of-173). ODU is outrebounding opponents by over seven per game (39.1 – 31.8).

William & Mary is paced in scoring by Ben Wight averaging 11.6 points and is second in rebounding at 5.3 per game. Joining him in double figures is Gabe Dorsey at 10.9 points per game. Noah Collier is just off that pace at 9.7 points per contest, while he leads in rebounding at 7.7 per game.

As a team, the Tribe is averaging 71.1 points per game and allowing 68.8. They're hitting .446 from the field (225-of-505), .400 from 3-point range (70-of-175) and .686 from the foul line (120-of-175). Their opponents are hitting .440 from the field (222-of-504), .371 from 3-point range (78-of-210) and .740 from the line (97-of-131). On the boards, William & Mary is outrebounding their opponents 35.6 to 32.0 per game.