NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Ahmad Caver scored 21 points with eight assists and Old Dominion snapped Morgan State’s three-game win streak with a 76-53 victory on Saturday.
Caver was 9 of 15 from the field for the Monarchs (10-3). Marquis Godwin added a career-high 15 points, Xavier Green had 11 points and seven rebounds and Aaron Carver had 10 points and a career-high 20 rebounds.
That rebound total fell only three shy of the school’s Division I singe-game record.
A sight nobody wanted to see what B.J. Stith on the bench, grimacing while clutching his left shoulder. Conference USA’s Player of the Week for the last three straight weeks did not score, and did not return to the game after leaving with that injury early in the first half.
Coach Jeff Jones could not comment as to the extent of the injury, but did say it was “fortuitous” Stith’s injury happened right as the team will start at 12-day break before their next game against Marshall on Jan. 3rd.
Old Dominion shot 45 percent from the field compared to 28 percent for Morgan State and had a 48-31 rebounding edge.
The Monarchs trailed early, battled back to go up 30-26 at the break, and opened the second half on a 25-4 run that included 3-pointers by Green, Godwin and Caver and a pair of dunks by Carver to stretch it to 55-30 with 12:22 to play. Morgan State never threatened after that, making just four field goals in the final 13 minutes.
Freshman Isaiah Burke scored 13 points for the Bears (5-6) and was the only Morgan State player to reach double figures.