Happy Hump Day Monarchs. After being on the road for a while, it’s nice to be able to come home and kick your feet up.

While the Monarchs won’t be kicking their feet up much, they are back home after spending much of the past few weeks on the road with 4️⃣ home games on tap this week at Chartway.

We’ve got all the details and much more!

What all do we have stirring in today’s edition of the Brew? Check it out!

🏀 Up For A Challenge
🏠 Back At Home
⚾️ Almost Time
👑 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Up For A Challenge. Our second dance partners are official set.

The 2023-24 MAC-SBC Challenge: Part II has been unveiled for the weekend of February 10th as a part of the ongoing scheduling alliance between the Mid-American and Sun Belt Conferences.

The Lady Monarchs will travel to battle Kent State in a 1pm showdown on Feb. 10. Kent State is coming off a 20-win season last season and is currently 11-5 overall and 5-1 in conference play.

For the men’s squad, the Monarchs will host the Chippewas of Central Michigan at Chartway Arena  on February 10 with game time TBD.

🏀: The Full Breakdown of the Women’s Dance Partner

🏀: The Full Breakdown of the Men’s Dance Partner

🔼 Back At Home. After several weeks on the road, a little time at home is quite nice.

The ODU men’s hoops squad kicks off a busy week at Chartway Arena TONIGHT when the Dukes of JMU, who were nationally-ranked for much of this season, visit Norfolk.

Tonight’s showdown is the second edition of the TowneBank Royal Rivalry Showdown after JMU came to Norfolk back in December for a non-conference showdown.

👀: Previewing Tonight’s Matchup

🔼 Almost Time. We are just ✌️ days away from the official return to practice for the Monarch baseball squad as they prep for another run at an NCAA Tournament bid.

A loaded schedule that includes 32 games right here at Bud Metheny Ballpark will have ODU ready to battle against a tough Sun Belt Conference Schedule.

🗓: The Full ODU Baseball Schedule

🤔 MONARCH TRIVIA

Through 18 games this season, freshman sensation Vasean Allette currently leads the Monarchs in scoring, averaging 17.6 points per game. He also leads the team in rebounding (5.7) and assists (3.0) per game.

He currently ranks second in the Sun Belt in scoring average. Where does he rank nationally among freshman in points per game?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to the bottom of this email and see if you had the right answer!

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📅 WHAT’S ON TAP2

Wednesday, January 24
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. James Madison @ 7pm

Thursday, January 25
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. App State @ 6:30pm

Friday, January 26
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Wisconsin @ 6:30pm

Saturday, January 27
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Georgia State @ 1pm
🏊 Swimming vs. American @ 1pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Iowa State @ 3pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Georgia Southern @ 7pm

Sunday, January 28
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Drake @ 12pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. UCLA/Oklahoma State @ TBA (Ames, Iowa)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Third.

Allette’s 17.6 ppg ranks only behind Tulsa’s PJ Haggerty (19.2 ppg) and Harvard’s Malik Mack (18.7 ppg) among top scoring freshmen in the country.

🦁 See you at Chartway this week!