Jones, a former star point guard and coach at the University of Virginia, had been away from the team since falling ill. The players didn’t know he was coming to the game until right before the pregame ceremony.
NORFOLK For 30 minutes Thursday, the Sun Belt Conference’s last-place team kept pace with the cream of its crop. And then both teams returned to form. Terence Harcum scored 22 points and Appalachian State pulled away at the end of an 82-67 win over reeling Old Dominion at Chartway Arena. The Monarchs (6-22, 2-13 Sun Belt) lost for the sixth straight time and the ninth time in 10 games. App State (23-5, 13-2) won its fourth consecutive game and its 12th in 13 to keep a stranglehold on first place. The taller, beefier Mountaineers did it by outscoring ODU 29-11 […]
(Courtesy ODU Sports) NORFOLK (ODU Sports) – For much of the game Thursday night, Old Dominion played on even terms with the Sun Belt’s best men’s basketball team. With 10 minutes left, ODU led Appalachian State, 56-53, and a Chartway Arena crowd of 6,157 was on its feet cheering. But then the Monarchs ran out […]