NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion men’s basketball trailed by as many as 19 points and fought all the way back to within six, 54-48 with less than seven minutes to play, but VCU held on to take the exhibition game, 71-57 on Saturday night at Chartway Arena.
“I’m thankful for VCU coming down here and giving us a good test,” ODU head coach Mike Jones said afterwards. “It’s something we can go back and learn so many things from. I’m not going to hide and act like we didn’t want to win this game, but there’s a whole lot that we can get out of this that’s going to be the reason why we have a really good year.”
The Monarchs scored the first four points of the game as Zacch Wiggings opened things up with a dunk and Adante’ Holiman followed with a 2-for-2 effort at the free-throw line. But ODU’s offense stalled for over four minutes in the first half, a stretch that began with ODU ahead 9-7 and ended with VCU in front, 13-9 following a pair of free throws by Lazar Djokovic…