Good Morning, ODU Fam. Two forces moving in the same direction meet tonight in Huntington!

Big time road test for the Monarchs!

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

🏀 Battlin’ The Bobcats
🛣️ Country Roads Clash
🎙️ It’s Backkk
​🦁 And much more!

The ODU Basketball: Keeping Up With The Joneses Coaches Show is BACK!

The Coaches Show will be held live on location on Mondays throughout the remainder of Sun Belt Conference play and will also air on either ESPN Sports Radio 94.1 FM or Fox Sports Radio 1310 AM from 7-8 p.m.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Battlin’ The Bobcats. The pairings for the second round of the 2025-26 MAC-Sun Belt Basketball Challenge – a scheduling alliance between the Mid-American and Sun Belt Conferences – were announced on Tuesday with both ODU basketball programs slated to face the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday, Feb. 7.

The ODU’s men’s basketball team will host the Bobcats, while the ODU women’s basketball team will make the trip to Athens, Ohio. The men’s game will have a 7 p.m. opening tip at Chartway Arena, while a start time for the women’s game has yet to be announced.

🏀 More On The Matchups

🔼 Country Roads Clash. Two of the hottest teams in the Sun Belt square off tonight in West Virginia when the ODU women’s hoops team takes on the Thundering Herd of Marshall.

The Monarchs enter having won three in a row and five of the past seven, while Marshall is one of just two unbeaten teams in league play and have won eight straight entering tonight’s showdown.

Tip time is set for 6 p.m.

🏀 Previewing Tonight’s Matchup

🦁 MONARCH TRIVIA

In ODU’s last trip to Marshall last February, the Lady Monarchs forced OT with a late rally.

Which Monarch connected on a layup in the waning seconds to force the extra period?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to find the answer!

🗓️ ON THE DOCKET

Wednesday, January 7th
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Marshall @ 6pm

Thursday, January 8th
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Coastal Carolina @ 7pm

Friday, January 9th
🏊 Swimming vs. W&M/ECU/Richmond @ 4pm (Hampton, Va.)

Saturday, January 10th
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Georgia Southern @ 1pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball at JMU @ 4pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: En’Dya Buford, of course!

🦁 Have a great one!