Va. Wesleyan at Guilford Continues ODAC Hoops Videocast

Men’s Basketball Tilt on Sunday Marks Second Contest of 19-Game Series

SALEM, Va. (1/11/08) --- The Old Dominion Athletic Conference’s (ODAC) basketball video webcast is one game into its 19-game schedule with the second match up on slate for this weekend.  Virginia Wesleyan College makes its way down to Greensboro, North Carolina, for a 3:00 p.m. tip-off on Sunday with Guilford College in Ragan Brown Field House. 

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Penn Atlantic Inc. will provide the ODAC with its service to stream audio and video across the Internet.  All scheduled ODAC events can be accessed from Penn Atlantic’s game schedule (www.pennatlantic.com) as the play date approaches.

Guilford (7-2, 2-0 ODAC) hurdled one large obstacle on Wednesday evening in the conference videocast opener, defeating Hampden-Sydney College 93-79.  Head coach Tom Palombo’s Quakers must also deal with a talented Randolph-Macon College squad on Saturday afternoon before clashing with VWC.  Against H-SC, Ben Strong led Guilford with 34 points on 12-of-22 shooting from the field.  He also cashed in 10-of-13 free throws, pulled down seven rebounds and blocked four shots.  Clay Henson added 24 points to the effort, connecting on all four of his attempts from beyond the arc on the way to a 9-for-12 shooting day.  Swing man Eric Belkowski notched a double-double with 11 points and 12 boards, grabbing seven caroms via the offensive glass.

Virginia Wesleyan (8-2, 2-1 ODAC) tangles with the high-octane style of Emory & Henry College on Saturday before making its Sunday trip to Greensboro.  Head coach Dave Macedo’s Marlins are coming off a 76-53 win over Bridgewater College on Wednesday evening.  Norman Hassell led three players in double figures with 15 points.  Stephen Fields added 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench, and Ton Ton Balenga chipped in 11 markers and four assists.  Balenga also came away with three of the Marlins’ 17 steals.  D’Juan Tucker paced the defense with four takeaways with Terrell Dixon and Tyler Fantin matched Balenga’s three steals.

The Marlins’ have won the past eight meetings between the two foes.  Guilford’s last victory over VWC came on January 9, 2005, in a 74-66 result.  Over the past two seasons, Virginia Wesleyan has defeated the Quakers six times (three in each campaign) with last year’s final showdown deciding which school would move on to Salem, Virginia, and the NCAA Division III national finals.  The Marlins’ earned that victory by ten points, 81-71, also marking the last time the two squads have met.

Listed below is the schedule of men and women’s basketball games the ODAC plans to air via the videocast.  Once available, links to the games can be accessed through several Internet locations.  Each event can be reached from the ODAC website at www.odaconline.com or by directly browsing to www.pennatlantic.com and selecting the game from its list of scheduled broadcasts.  Depending on which schools are playing, links to the contests will also be available at the respective participants’ websites.  There will be a small charge of $3.50 to view each game.

In order to view the broadcasts, you will have to be using a cable or DSL high-speed Internet connection (preferably above 600 kbps download speed). You can test your speed (bandwidth) directly from the Penn Atlantic website.  The feed will not work with a dial-up set up. You will also need Windows Media Player 9.0 or 10.0.

For AOL users, you will not be able to access the Penn Atlantic website via the AOL browser (due to firewall). If you use Internet Explorer instead (installed on every Windows-based PC), you will have no problems viewing the game.

Macintosh users should view the “FAQ” section of the Penn Atlantic website to learn about how you can view the game. Scroll down near the bottom of that section to the “Can I watch a game on my Macintosh?” question to learn how to view the game.

2008 ODAC Basketball Videocast Schedule

Men’s Games

- January 9: Hampden-Sydney (79) at Guilford (93)

- January 13: Virginia Wesleyan at Guilford

- January 16: Guilford at Roanoke

- January 26: Roanoke at Hampden-Sydney

- February 6: Emory & Henry at Roanoke

- February 9: Bridgewater at Eastern Mennonite

- February 13: Randolph at Lynchburg

- February 17: Lynchburg at Washington & Lee

- February 23: Hampden-Sydney at Randolph-Macon

- March 1: ODAC Semifinals (x2)

- March 2: ODAC Championship

Women’s Games

- January 19: Virginia Wesleyan at Randolph-Macon

- January 29: Virginia Wesleyan at Eastern Mennonite

- February 1: Bridgewater at Lynchburg

- February 16: Roanoke at Guilford

- March 1: ODAC Semifinals (x2)

- March 2: ODAC Championship

-Release courtesy of Old Dominion Athletic Conference Sports Information.