Norfolk, Va. - The William and Mary men's basketball team dropped a CAA road contest at Old
Dominion, 68-44, on Saturday afternoon at the Ted Constant Center. The Green
and Gold fell to 4-19 overall and 2-9 in CAA play, while the Monarchs won their
seventh straight in improving to 14-9 on the year and 9-2 in league action.
Senior forward
Quinn McDowell led the Tribe with 15 points
on 6-of-10 from the floor and 3-of-6 from 3-point range. He added three
rebounds and three assists. Junior guard
Matt Rum scored nine points, including
a 2-of-3 effort from 3-point range, while sophomore guard
Julian Boatner
chipped in eight points. Sophomore forward
Tim Rusthoven led the College with four
assists to go along with three rebounds and five points.
Old Dominion opened the game on a 12-point run as Trian Iliadis,
who had five points on the spurt, capped it with a bucket at the 16:20 mark.
The Tribe answered with five consecutive 3-pointers. Trailing 18-8, the Green
and Gold went on a 12-2 run as McDowell knocked down back-to-back triples to
tie the game at 20 with 9:54 left in the opening half.
The Monarchs scored five straight points to retake the lead,
but the margin was just 27-25 after McDowell's third 3-pointer of the opening
half with four minutes to play. Over the remainder of the opening 20 minutes, ODU
used a 13-3 run in taking a 12-point cushion to the locker room. Donte Hill
sparked the run for ODU knocking down a 3-pointer and closing out the
first-half scoring with a conventional 3-point play to send the Monarchs to a
40-28 halftime advantage. W&M connected on seven 3-pointers in the opening
half of play, while ODU countered by shooting nearly 61 percent from the floor.
In the second half, Old Dominion scored eight of the stanza's
first 10 points in pushing its lead to 18, 48-30, on a Chris Cooper putback
dunk at the 14:57 mark. The Green and Gold could get no closer than 16 points
the rest of the way before falling 68-44.
W&M finished the game shooting 40 percent (16-of-40)
from the floor, including 34.8 percent (8-of-23) from 3-point range. ODU shot
51.9 percent (28-of-54) from the field and was 7-of-20 from 3-point range. The
Monarchs also held a 35-21 advantage on the glass. Chris Cooper topped ODU with 14
points and nine rebounds, while Iliadis and Hill finished with 11 points
apiece.
The Tribe will return to action when it hosts VCU on
Wednesday, Feb. 1. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. at Kaplan Arena and will mark
the Tribe's third straight TV game. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.com. Fans can catch the action over the Tribe Radio Network
with Jay Colley and Bill McDonald on the call. The Tide 92.3 FM is the flagship
station of the Tribe Radio Network and the broadcast can be heard over the Web
at TribeAthletics.com.