It was a special evening at Chartway arena, as the Monarch community celebrated the recent announcement of head coach DeLisha Milton-Jones getting into the women’s basketball Hall of Fame. Before the game, the Chartway crowd of about 1,800 rose to its feet and gave Jones a standing ovation along with congratulating videos from ODU alums and her players. The Lady Monarchs 19-5(9-3 C-USA) came into the game off of a win at UAB earlier this week, and were looking for back-to-back victories, but Marshall 12-10(7-6 C-USA) came into the matchup with the party-spoiler mindset.
ODU won the tipoff and the game was on.