NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion men’s basketball team (9-5, 2-0 C-USA) kicked-off 2017 with a 55-48 win over North Texas (6-8, 0-2 C-USA) on Monday night at the Ted Constant Convocation Center to improve to 2-0 in Conference USA play. In a game that the Monarchs never trailed, they held a lead for 39:18 of the possible 40 minutes.
With 4:02 to play in the second half, the Mean Green pulled within one, 40-39. A Brandan Stith blocked shot led to a made Jordan Baker three, before Denzell Taylor dunked one home to cap off a 6-0 run to give ODU a 46-39 lead with 2:21 to play, before ultimately claiming a seven point victory on Monday night at the Ted.