2019–20 Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball team

2019–20 Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball
2019–20 Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	24–6 (14–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Nikki McCray-Penson (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Keith Freeman (2nd season); Scepter Brownlee (2nd season); Brittany Young (3rd season);
Home arena	Chartway Arena
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Rice	16	–	2	.889	21	–	8	.724
Old Dominion	14	–	4	.778	24	–	6	.800
Western Kentucky	14	–	4	.778	22	–	7	.759
Middle Tennessee	13	–	5	.722	21	–	9	.700
UAB	12	–	6	.667	20	–	10	.667
Charlotte	11	–	7	.611	20	–	9	.690
UTEP	8	–	10	.444	15	–	14	.517
Southern Miss	7	–	11	.389	15	–	15	.500
Florida Atlantic	7	–	11	.389	13	–	16	.448
Marshall	7	–	11	.389	13	–	17	.433
Louisiana Tech	6	–	12	.333	14	–	15	.483
North Texas	6	–	12	.333	12	–	18	.400
FIU	3	–	15	.167	6	–	23	.207
UTSA	2	–	16	.111	6	–	23	.207


† 2020 C-USA Tournament winner As of April 30, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball team represented Old Dominion University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Nikki McCray-Penson, and played their home games at Chartway Arena^[a] in Norfolk, Virginia as a member of Conference USA. The Monarchs finished second overall in their conference but could not compete in the 2020 C-USA women's basketball tournament due to its cancellation as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Vanessa Blagmon	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Norcross	Atlanta, GA
G	1	Mariah Adams	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	eStem	Little Rock, AR
G/F	3	Ajah Wayne	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Ramsay	Birmingham, AL
G	4	Aziah Hudson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Baldwin	Baldwin, NY
G	5	Victoria Morris	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	North College Hill	Cincinnati, OH
G	11	Taylor Edwards	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Woodrow Wilson	Portsmouth, VA
G	12	Amaya Register	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	So	Wesleyan	Conyers, GA
F	14	Dejah Carter	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Cosby	Chesterfield, VA
F	20	Maggie Robinson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	W. P. Davidson Shelton State CC	Mobile, AL
F	23	Amari Young	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	North Augusta	North Augusta, SC
G	24	Mackenzie Smith	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	West Genesee	Syracuse, NY
C	25	Ashley Scott	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	UMS-Wright Preparatory Shelton State CC	Mobile, AL
F	31	Marie Reichert	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr		Kassel, Germany

Head coach

Nikki McCray-Penson (Tennessee)

Assistant coach(es)

Keith Freeman (Huntington)
Scepter Brownlee (San Francisco '04)
Brittany Young (Francis Marion '08)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2019* 6:30 p.m.		Campbell	W 59–44	1–0	16 – Tied	8 – Tied	2 – Young	Chartway Arena (1,915) Norfolk, VA
November 14, 2019* 7:00 p.m., SECN+		at Auburn	W 89–77	2–0	35 – Wayne	10 – Wayne	6 – Adams	Auburn Arena (1,635) Auburn, AL
November 20, 2019* 11:00 a.m.		Winthrop	W 68–44	3–0	16 – Register	13 – Wayne	4 – Edwards	Chartway Arena (5,935) Norfolk, VA
November 24, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia	L 53-56 ^OT	3-1	26 – Morris	8 – Young	2 – Tied	John Paul Jones Arena (2,522) Charlottesville, VA
November 29, 2019* 12:00 p.m.		at Cal Poly ShareSLO Holiday Beach Classic	W 61–55	4–1	11 – Tied	6 – Tied	5 – Tied	Mott Athletics Center (615) San Luis Obispo, CA
November 30, 2019* 3:00 p.m.		at Idaho ShareSLO Holiday Beach Classic	W 67-55	5-1	17 – Young	6 – Tied	4 – Adams	Mott Athletics Center (39) San Luis Obispo, CA
December 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		at William & Mary Rivalry	W 69-58	6-1	13 – Tied	9 – Young	5 – Adams	Kaplan Arena (684) Williamsburg, VA
December 8, 2019* 2:00 p.m.		UMES	W 48-39	7-1	12 – Reichert	9 – Young	3 – Adams	Chartway Arena (2,369) Norfolk, VA
December 15, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at VCU	L 49-62	7-2	10 – Tied	10 – Young	2 – Register	Siegel Center (1,018) Richmond, VA
December 19, 2019* 5:00 p.m.		Richmond Anne Donovan Classic	W 73-51	8-2	13 – Hudson	8 – Tied	5 – Edwards	Chartway Arena (1,795) Norfolk, VA
December 20, 2019* 5:00 p.m.		Hampton Anne Donovan Classic	W 75-38	9-2	14 – Young	6 – Tied	4 – Adams	Chartway Arena (1,923) Norfolk, VA
December 21, 2019* 2:00 p.m.		Mount St. Mary's Anne Donovan Classic	W 85-34	10-2	19 – Morris	8 – Young	7 – Edwards	Chartway Arena (1,885) Norfolk, VA
C-USA regular season
January 2, 2020 7:30 p.m.		at Middle Tennessee	W 67–56	11–2 (1–0)	16 – Young	10 – Young	2 – Tied	Murphy Center (2,782) Murfreesboro, TN
January 4, 2020 3:00 p.m.		at UAB	L 65–76	11–3 (1–1)	12 – Tied	8 – Wayne	3 – Edwards	Bartow Arena (495) Birmingham, AL
January 11, 2020 2:00 p.m.		Charlotte	W 54–51	12–3 (2–1)	15 – Edwards	10 – Scott	3 – Edwards	Chartway Arena (1,818) Norfolk, VA
January 16, 2020 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		Western Kentucky	W 76–65	13–3 (3–1)	23 – Wayne	10 – Tied	5 – Edwards	Chartway Arena (1,485) Norfolk, VA
January 18, 2020 2:00 p.m.		Marshall	W 57–46	14–3 (4–1)	19 – Wayne	14 – Young	3 – Tied	Chartway Arena (1,979) Norfolk, VA
January 23, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at FIU	W 66–39	15–3 (5–1)	14 – Wayne	9 – Carter	2 – Adams	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (229) Miami, FL
January 25, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Florida Atlantic	W 75–63	16–3 (6–1)	23 – Edwards	11 – Wayne	4 – Edwards	FAU Arena (493) Boca Raton, FL
January 30, 2020 6:30 p.m.		Southern Miss	W 67–50	17–3 (7–1)	15 – Hudson	10 – Edwards	8 – Edwards	Chartway Arena (1,539) Norfolk, VA
February 1, 2020 2:00 p.m.		Louisiana Tech	W 77–61	18–3 (8–1)	21 – Young	16 – Young	8 – Edwards	Chartway Arena (2,396) Norfolk, VA
February 6, 2020 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UTSA	W 62–43	19–3 (9–1)	14 – Tied	17 – Young	3 – Tied	Convocation Center (UTSA) (483) San Antonio, TX
February 8, 2020 3:00 p.m.		at UTEP	W 77–69	20–3 (10–1)	23 – Tied	11 – Scott	6 – Edwards	Don Haskins Center (1,172) El Paso, TX
February 13, 2020 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		Rice	W 66–59 ^OT	21–3 (11–1)	21 – Wayne	11 – Young	3 – Tied	Chartway Arena (2,732) Norfolk, VA
February 15, 2020 2:00 p.m.		North Texas	W 71–66	22–3 (12–1)	17 – Morris	11 – Wayne	3 – Edwards	Chartway Arena (2,222) Norfolk, VA
February 20, 2020 7:00 p.m.		at Charlotte	L 59–63	22–4 (12–2)	29 – Edwards	7 – Young	4 – Edwards	Dale F. Halton Arena (732) Charlotte, NC
February 22, 2020 3:00 p.m.		at Marshall	W 64–54	23–4 (13–2)	18 – Morris	10 – Wayne	4 – Edwards	Cam Henderson Center (602) Huntington, WV
February 26, 2020 6:30 p.m.		Florida Atlantic	W 60–49	24–4 (14–2)	16 – Morris	9 – Young	6 – Edwards	Chartway Arena (1,949) Norfolk, VA
March 5, 2020 6:30 p.m.		UAB	L 61–64 ^OT	24–5 (14–3)	15 – Wayne	7 – Tied	6 – Morris	Chartway Arena (2,069) Norfolk, VA
March 7, 2020 4:30 p.m.		at Rice	L 70–73	24–6 (14–4)	29 – Morris	8 – Wayne	2 – Tied	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,830) Houston, TX
C-USA Tournament
March 12, 2020 2:30 p.m.	(2)	vs. (7) UTEP Quarterfinals	Canceled ^[b]^[1]					Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source: Old Dominion Athletics^[2]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Ted Constant Convocation Center's interior was renamed Chartway Arena on June 20, 2019.^[3]
^ Game was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic related issues.

References[edit]

^ "Conference USA, ACC and CAA cancel basketball tournaments over coronavirus concerns". The Virginian-Pilot. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". Old Dominion University. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
^ "ODU Names Chartway Arena at the Ted Constant Convocation Center". Old Dominion University. Retrieved July 18, 2022.

[arena-1] Ted Constant Convocation Center's interior was renamed Chartway Arena on June 20, 2019.^[3]

[canceled-2] Game was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic related issues.

[3] "Conference USA, ACC and CAA cancel basketball tournaments over coronavirus concerns". The Virginian-Pilot. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

[4] "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". Old Dominion University. Retrieved December 15, 2023.

[5] "ODU Names Chartway Arena at the Ted Constant Convocation Center". Old Dominion University. Retrieved July 18, 2022.

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v t e Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball
Venues	ODU Fieldhouse (1970–2002) Norfolk Scope (alternate: 1971–2002) Hampton Coliseum (alternate: 1970–1995) Chartway Arena (2002–present)
Rivalries	James Madison Norfolk State VCU William & Mary
Culture & lore	Monarch Pep Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
AIAW and NCAA national championships in bold; AIAW and NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster[edit]

Schedule and results[edit]

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