ODAC Hoops Video Webcast on Tap for Roanoke

Maroons Welcome Guilford in Third Game of Internet Series

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SALEM, Va. (1/15/08) --- The Old Dominion Athletic Conference’s (ODAC) basketball video webcast takes itself to a new location for the third showing of the season.  Roanoke College will play host to the latest edition of the Internet broadcast series, welcoming Guilford College to the C. Homer Bast Center on Wednesday, January 16.  Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. in Salem.

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.

 

 

Roanoke (9-2, 3-1 ODAC) is in the midst of its second lengthy winning streak of the season, having won each of its past five games.  The Maroons started the year with four straight wins before dropping the next two in prelude to the current run.  Roanoke enters the contest with the fourth-best defense in the conference (67.4 opp. ppg).  They’re especially stingy along the perimeter, holding opponents to a .281 shooting percentage from beyond the arc.  On offense, the Maroons feature a balanced attack led by seniors Curtis Peery (13.1 ppg), A.J. Dowell (12.7 ppg) and Josh LaPorte (10.4 ppg, 8.8 rpg).  Over the past five games, each has led the team in scoring at least once with Peery dropping a season-high 28 points on Emory & Henry College last week.  The Maroons will also look for solid contributions from wing Zach Milton (7.5 ppg) and playmaker Keith Carter (1.32 asst-to-turnover ratio).

Guilford (8-3, 3-1 ODAC) is coming off a pair of high profile wins over Hampden-Sydney College (93-79) and Virginia Wesleyan College (85-69) sandwiched around a loss to Randolph-Macon College (69-60).  Ben Strong picked up his third ODAC Player of the Week award for his showing over the three games that included a 34-point effort in the win over H-SC.  He has stepped up his game on the other side of the court as well, blocking 16 shots over the last four games.  The Quakers have also benefitted from a strong beginning to the new year by swingman Clay Henson.  In five games since the calendar turned, Henson has scored at least 18 points four times including a 29-point outing against Averett in which he connected on a school-record tying nine three-pointers.  As a team, Guilford leads the ODAC in scoring margin (+15.1 ppg), rebounding margin (+14.5 rpg) and defensive field goal percentage (.351).  The Quakers also make the most of their charity tosses, converting an ODAC-best 76.5-percent of their free throws.

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

January 9	Men’s Basketball	Hampden-Sydney (79) at Guilford (93)
January 13	Men’s Basketball	Virginia Wesleyan (69) at Guilford (85)
January 16	Men’s Basketball	Guilford at Roanoke
January 19	Women’s Basketball	Virginia Wesleyan at Randolph-Macon
January 26	Men’s Basketball	Roanoke at Hampden-Sydney
January 29	Women’s Basketball	Virginia Wesleyan at Eastern Mennonite
February 1	Women’s Basketball	Bridgewater at Lynchburg
February 6	Men’s Basketball	Emory & Henry at Roanoke
February 9	Men’s Basketball	Bridgewater at Eastern Mennonite
February 13	Men’s Basketball	Lynchburg at Randolph
February 16	Women’s Basketball	Roanoke at Guilford
February 17	Men’s Basketball	Lynchburg at Washington & Lee
February 23	Men’s Basketball	Hampden-Sydney at Randolph-Macon
March 1	Women’s Basketball	ODAC Semifinals (x2)
March 1	Men’s Basketball	ODAC Semifinals (x2)
March 2	Women’s Basketball	ODAC Championship
March 2	Men’s Basketball	ODAC Championship

-Release courtesy of Old Dominion Athletic Conference Sports Information.