Game #104.  RTC Live makes its first trip to Long Island for a key CAA game this afternoon.

Picked to finish 5^th in the CAA, Hofstra has taken the league by storm in the early going under the guidance of first year head coach Mo Cassara. The Pride are undefeated in 2011, and will look to keep that streak going against preseason favorite Old Dominion. After losing their season opener to Georgetown by just three points, ODU won nine of their next 10 games. Since then, however, they are 2-3 with a gut wrenching five point loss at Drexel. Standing at 3-2 in the league, ODU can ill afford to drop another game at this stage of conference play, especially to Hofstra as a loss would put them three games behind the Pride (6-0 vs. 3-3). As for the game itself, the Monarchs do not play the most aesthetically pleasing brand of basketball, but if you are a fan of in-your-face defense then ODU is for you. Surrendering less than 60 points a game, ODU will certainly look to contain Hofstra’s stud guard and potential NBA player Charles Jenkins who is a scoring machine and arguably the league’s best player. The senior from Queens averages 23.5 points a game which is tops in the CAA and fifth nationally. Limiting Jenkins’ production will be no easy task, but if there was a defense in the CAA that could do it, it may be ODU’s.

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