NORFOLK, Va. ? The Monarchs wasted no time on Tuesday evening at the Ted Constant Convocation Center as they roared out of the locker room with back-to-back-to-back 3-point field goals as part of a game-opening 20-4 run en route to downing the Winston-Salem State University Rams 80-50 in a non-conference men’s college basketball contest.
 
The Rams, playing their 10th game away from home, fell victim to hot shooting Monarchs team.
 
WSSU head coach Bobby Collins, who served as an assistant coach at ODU during the Monarchs’ 1994-95 NCAA Tournament run which included a triple-overtime victory over Villanova, could only watch as his Rams shot below 40 percent from the field for the seventh time in 2008-09.
 
WSSU would hit only 16 of their 63 field goal attempts in the contest including a 4-of-13 shooting performance from behind the 3-point line.  The 25.4 percent shooting output marks the Rams’ worst shooting display of the season.
 
The Monarchs mounted a 26 of 54 shooting display from the field as ODU connected on nearly 50 percent (48.1 percent) of their shots.
 
Leading the way for the Rams was Brian Fisher with 15 points.  Gerald Lee led three ODU players in double-figures with 18 points.
 
The loss dropped the Rams to 3-8 on the season while the Monarchs improve to 8-3 with the victory. 
 
Winston-Salem State returns to action on Jan. 5 as they play host to the Pioneers of Columbia Union at the C.E. Gaines Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.  Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.