# 2013–14 Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team represented Old Dominion University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Monarchs, led by first year head coach Jeff Jones, played their home games at Ted Constant Convocation Center and were first year members of the Conference USA. They finished the season 18–18, 9–7 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated South Dakota State and Radford to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Fresno State.

## Pre-season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Ekene Anachebe | 12 | C | 6'9" | 265 | Freshman | Fayetteville, Georgia | Transferred to Southwestern Illinois College |
| Stuart McEwen | 21 | F | 6'9" | 201 | Freshman | Sydney, Australia | Transferred to Stonehill College |
| DeShawn Painter | 11 | C | 6'9" | 235 | Senior | Norfolk, Virginia | Graduated |
| Nick Wright | 1 | F | 6'8" | 208 | Senior | Suffolk, Virginia | Graduated |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Trey Freeman | 20 | G | 6'2" | 175 | Junior | Virginia Beach, VA | Transferred from Campbell. Under NCAA transfer rules, Freeman will have to redshirt for the 2013–14 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
| Nik Biberaj | 30 | F | 6'8" | 235 | Junior | Fairfax Station, VA | Transferred from Christopher Newport University. Under NCAA transfer rules, Biberaj will have to redshirt for the 2013–14 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |

### Incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Jordan Baker SG | Hampton, Va | Hampton High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Jul 3, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN grade: 63 ||||||
| Denzell Taylor PF | Brampton, Ontario | Saint Benedict's Prep | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Nov 6, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 65 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||||
| 11/01/2013* 7:00 pm | Elizabeth City State | W 84–50 | – | 23 – Bacote | 12 – Ross | 4 – Palmore | Constant Center (5,329) Norfolk, VA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||||
| 11/08/2013* 7:00 pm | Missouri State | L 67–79 $^{OT}$ | 0–1 | 28 – Bacote (1) | 10 – Ross (1) | 4 – 2 tied | Constant Center (6,780) Norfolk, VA |
| 11/13/2013* 7:00 pm | Howard | W 77–57 | 1–1 | 20 – Bacote (2) | 12 – Ross (2) | 5 – Bacote (2) | Constant Center (6,102) Norfolk, VA |
| 11/15/2013* 7:00 pm | Murray State | W 70–60 | 2–1 | 21 – Bacote (3) | 12 – Taylor (1) | 8 – Bacote (3) | Constant Center (5,770) Norfolk, VA |
| 11/21/2013* 7:00 pm | Presbyterian Cancún Challenge | W 69–51 | 3–1 | 24 – Palmore (1) | 7 – 2 tied | 4 – Palmore (1) | Constant Center (5,699) Norfolk, VA |
| 11/23/2013* 3:00 pm | Georgia Southern Cancún Challenge | W 86–69 | 4–1 | 26 – Bacote (4) | 8 – Taylor (2) | 6 – Bacote (4) | Constant Center (5,418) Norfolk, VA |
| 11/26/2013* 6:00 pm, CBSSN | vs. West Virginia Cancún Challenge Semifinals | L 60–78 | 4–2 | 20 – Bacote (5) | 9 – Bacote (2) | 2 – 2 tied | Moon Palace Resort (934) Cancún, MX |
| 11/27/2013* 7:00 pm, CBSSN | vs. Saint Louis Cancún Challenge 3rd place game | L 52–62 | 4–3 | 15 – Bacote (6) | 9 – Ross (3) | 3 – Bacote (5) | Moon Palace Resort (934) Cancún, MX |
| 12/03/2013* 7:00 pm | NC Central | L 69–76 $^{OT}$ | 4–4 | 25 – Batten (1) | 10 – Batten (1) | 4 – Palmore (3) | Constant Center (5,189) Norfolk, VA |
| 12/08/2013* 1:30 pm, CSNMA | at VCU Rivalry | L 48–69 | 4–5 | 13 – 2 tied | 9 – Ross (4) | 3 – Palmore (4) | Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,741) Richmond, VA |
| 12/14/2013* 2:00 pm | at Georgia State | L 73–79 | 4–6 | 21 – Bacote (8) | 12 – Ross (5) | 4 – Palmore (5) | GSU Sports Arena (1,477) Atlanta, GA |
| 12/18/2013* 7:00 pm | College of Charleston | L 44–51 | 4–7 | 13 – Bacote (9) | 8 – Taylor (3) | 2 – Bacote (6) | Constant Center (5,304) Norfolk, VA |
| 12/21/2013* 2:00 pm | at UNC Wilmington | W 69–57 | 5–7 | 17 – Ross (1) | 10 – Ross (6) | 3 – 2 tied | Trask Coliseum (3,027) Wilmington, NC |
| 12/28/2013* 6:30 pm, NBCSN | at Richmond | L 58–67 | 5–8 | 20 – Bacote (10) | 11 – Taylor (4) | 2 – 4 tied | Robins Center (6,512) Richmond, VA |
| 01/01/2014* 7:00 pm | at William & Mary Rivalry | L 68–74 | 5–9 | 28 – Bacote (11) | 6 – 2 tied | 3 – Bacote (9) | Kaplan Arena (2,806) Williamsburg, VA |
| 01/04/2014* 7:00 pm | George Mason | W 71–66 | 6–9 | 20 – Bacote (12) | 7 – 2 tied | 4 – Bacote (10) | Constant Center (7,511) Norfolk, VA |
| Conference USA regular season ||||||||
| 01/11/2014 7:00 pm, COX/WITN | East Carolina | W 81–70 | 7–9 (1–0) | 23 – Palmore (3) | 6 – 2 tied | 6 – Bacote (11) | Williams Arena (5,328) Greenville, NC |
| 01/16/2014 7:00 pm | at Florida International | W 52–36 | 8–9 (2–0) | 17 – Palmore (4) | 8 – Taylor (8) | 3 – 2 tied | U.S. Century Bank Arena (1,246) Miami, FL |
| 01/18/2014 7:00 pm | at Florida Atlantic | W 65–60 | 9–9 (3–0) | 15 – Palmore (5) | 8 – Ross (10) | 3 – Mosley (1) | FAU Arena (1,482) Boca Raton, FL |
| 01/23/2014 7:00 pm | Southern Miss | L 60–75 | 9–10 (3–1) | 19 – Bacote (13) | 9 – Ross (11) | 4 – Baker (3) | Constant Center (7,549) Norfolk, VA |
| 01/25/2014 7:00 pm | Tulane | W 70–64 | 10–10 (4–1) | 16 – Bacote (14) | 8 – Taylor (9) | 4 – 2 tied | Constant Center (6,512) Norfolk, VA |
| 01/30/2014 8:00 pm | at UAB | L 66–75 | 10–11 (4–2) | 18 – Batten (2) | 7 – 2 tied | 3 – Batten (3) | Bartow Arena (2,491) Birmingham, AL |
| 02/01/2014 6:00 pm | at Middle Tennessee | L 48–64 | 10–12 (4–3) | 14 – Batten (3) | 8 – Taylor (10) | 3 – Palmore (9) | Murphy Center (4,498) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 02/06/2014 7:00 pm | UTSA | W 69–61 | 11–12 (5–3) | 22 – Bacote (15) | 10 – Ross (13) | 4 – Bacote (14) | Constant Center (5,320) Norfolk, VA |
| 02/08/2014 7:00 pm | UTEP | L 49–63 | 11–13 (5–4) | 8 – 2 tied | 7 – 2 tied | 2 – Palmore (10) | Constant Center (6,273) Norfolk, VA |
| 02/13/2014 8:00 pm | at North Texas | W 72–62 | 12–13 (6–4) | 21 – Mosley (2) | 7 – 2 tied | 5 – Palmore (11) | The Super Pit (2,335) Denton, TX |
| 02/15/2014 4:00 pm | at Tulsa | L 37–76 | 12–14 (6–5) | 12 – Mosley (3) | 4 – 2 tied | 3 – Palmore (12) | Reynolds Center (4,609) Tulsa, OK |
| 02/20/2014 7:00 pm | Rice | W 55–51 | 13–14 (7–5) | 18 – Ross (2) | 10 – 2 tied | 4 – Palmore (13) | Constant Center (5,409) Norfolk, VA |
| 02/22/2014 7:00 pm | Louisiana Tech | L 66–71 | 13–15 (7–6) | 25 – Bacote (16) | 9 – Ross (17) | 5 – Bacote (15) | Constant Center (6,940) Norfolk, VA |
| 02/27/2014 7:00 pm | Marshall | W 70–63 | 14–15 (8–6) | 22 – Bacote (17) | 11 – Taylor (12) | 4 – Bacote (16) | Constant Center (6,230) Norfolk, VA |
| 03/02/2014 4:00 pm | at Charlotte | L 63–74 | 14–16 (8–7) | 17 – Bacote (18) | 7 – Taylor (13) | 5 – Palmore (14) | Dale F. Halton Arena (4,8,46) Charlotte, NC |
| 03/06/2014 7:00 pm | East Carolina | W 68–47 | 15–16 (9–7) | 17 – Mosley (4) | 8 – Ross (18) | 4 – Palmore (15) | Constant Center (7,029) Norfolk, VA |
| Conference USA tournament ||||||||
| 03/12/2014 4:30 pm | vs. Marshall Second Round | W 73–58 | 16–16 | 25 – Bacote (19) | 8 – Bacote (3) | 1 – 3 tied | Don Haskins Center (3,916) El Paso, TX |
| 03/13/2014 4:30 pm | vs. Middle Tennessee Quarterfinals | L 48–62 | 16–17 | 13 – Mosley (5) | 8 – Ross (19) | 3 – Palmore (17) | Don Haskins Center (3,968) El Paso, TX |
| College Basketball Invitational ||||||||
| 03/19/2014 7:00 pm | South Dakota State First round | W 72–65 | 17–17 | 18 – Batten (4) | 7 – Palmore (4) | 7 – Palmore (18) | Constant Center (1,487) Norfolk, VA |
| 03/24/2014 7:00 pm | Radford Quarterfinals | W 82–59 | 18–17 | 23 – Ross (3) | 10 – Ross (20) | 4 – 2 tied | Constant Center (3,486) Norfolk, VA |
| 03/26/2014 10:00 pm | at Fresno State Semifinals | L 64–71 | 18–18 | 14 – Batten (5) | 7 – Taylor (14) | 4 – Palmore (20) | Save Mart Center (3,916) Fresno, CA |
| *Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||||

## Statistics

The team posted the following statistics:
| Name | GP | GS | Min. | Avg. | FG | FGA | FG% | 3FG | 3FGA | 3FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | RB | Avg. | Ast. | Avg. | PF | DQ | TO | Stl. | Blk. | Pts. | Avg. |
| Aaron Bacote | 35 | 34 | 1033 | 29.5 | 163 | 407 | 0.400 | 56 | 158 | 0.354 | 160 | 205 | 0.780 | 16 | 89 | 105 | 3.0 | 102 | 2.9 | 67 | 1 | 100 | 26 | 5 | 542 | 15.5 |
| Dimitri Batten | 36 | 35 | 981 | 27.3 | 137 | 361 | 0.380 | 43 | 150 | 0.287 | 80 | 128 | 0.625 | 28 | 123 | 151 | 4.2 | 41 | 1.1 | 92 | 1 | 75 | 40 | 9 | 397 | 11.0 |
| Richard Ross | 36 | 34 | 1155 | 32.1 | 149 | 284 | 0.525 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 60 | 119 | 0.504 | 92 | 161 | 253 | 7.0 | 32 | 0.9 | 87 | 1 | 54 | 27 | 81 | 358 | 9.9 |
| Keenan Palmore | 36 | 36 | 1009 | 28.0 | 141 | 284 | 0.496 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 76 | 134 | 0.567 | 43 | 96 | 139 | 3.9 | 96 | 2.7 | 88 | 3 | 86 | 47 | 8 | 358 | 9.9 |
| Ambrose Mosley | 36 | 1 | 716 | 19.9 | 86 | 238 | 0.361 | 58 | 169 | 0.343 | 31 | 43 | 0.721 | 18 | 85 | 103 | 2.9 | 32 | 0.9 | 73 | 2 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 261 | 7.3 |
| Denzell Taylor | 36 | 36 | 959 | 26.6 | 68 | 130 | 0.523 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 23 | 60 | 0.383 | 104 | 109 | 213 | 5.9 | 24 | 0.7 | 117 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 31 | 159 | 4.4 |
| Jordan Baker | 36 | 2 | 659 | 18.3 | 50 | 141 | 0.355 | 33 | 89 | 0.371 | 26 | 36 | 0.722 | 11 | 65 | 76 | 2.1 | 41 | 1.1 | 77 | 2 | 45 | 23 | 0 | 159 | 4.4 |
| Joe Ebondo | 36 | 0 | 583 | 16.2 | 20 | 50 | 0.400 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 11 | 25 | 0.440 | 55 | 68 | 123 | 3.4 | 10 | 0.3 | 87 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 51 | 1.4 |
| Anton Larsen | 18 | 2 | 124 | 6.9 | 9 | 23 | 0.391 | 0 | 8 | 0.000 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 1.2 |
| Martin Shaw | 17 | 0 | 24 | 1.4 | 2 | 7 | 0.286 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Sean-Michael King | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TEAM | 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 59 | 38 | 97 | 2.7 | | | | | 11 | | | | |
| Season Total | 36 | | 7250 | | 825 | 1927 | 0.428 | 190 | 583 | 0.326 | 471 | 758 | 0.621 | 430 | 852 | 1282 | 35.6 | 382 | 10.6 | 709 | 14 | 474 | 226 | 142 | 2311 | 64.2 |
| Opponents | 36 | | 7250 | | 777 | 1848 | 0.420 | 214 | 597 | 0.358 | 554 | 825 | 0.672 | 374 | 834 | 1208 | 33.6 | 378 | 10.5 | 686 | 13 | 458 | 227 | 143 | 2322 | 64.5 |