NEWARK, Del. After falling to the class of the CAA, the Old Dominion women's basketball team believes it can play with the best and beat all the rest. That's the message the Lady Monarchs preached Thursday night after a 76-63 loss at No. 12 Delaware, a reasonable road effort for the Lady Monarchs given the Blue Hens' dominance this season.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.

Jackie Cook’s layup with 2.7 seconds to play Sunday afternoon lifted Old Dominion to a 81-79 victory over Hofstra in a CAA women’s basketball game at the Mack Sports Complex.

As time wound down, Ashley Betz-White drove the lane and passed to Cook, who banked in the game-winner.

DOVER, Del. Senior Whitney Long scored 17 points Saturday to surpass 1,000 for her career as Norfolk State beat Delaware State 84-66 in a MEAC women’s game.

The Spartans (9-12, 4-6) shot 60.4 percent from the floor, a Division I school record. Long was 7 for 9.

Tyisha Brides scored a team-high 18 points to pace the Spartans.

NORFOLK Right time, right place. A win-win. A good fit. City officials and league dignitaries threw out praise Thursday when Norfolk announced that starting in 2013, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments will be played at Scope for at least three years.

By Jim Hodges NORFOLK It was there for the taking. Old Dominion held a 14-point lead three minutes into the second half, Tia Lewis was having her way near the basket and James Madison looked like a team trying to force a basketball into a teacup. And then the basket opened, and JMU ran off a 16-2 streak.

NORFOLK The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments will come to Norfolk for at least the next three years, officials will announce at a news conference Thursday morning at Scope.

Old Dominion's Ashley Betz-White was named CAA Rookie of the Week in women's basketball for the fourth time this season. She averaged 19 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals in two games, including tying her career high with 22 points in a loss at William and Mary. She made 8 of 13 3-pointers and was 4 for 5 from the free throw line. King's Fork grad honored by CIAA

NORFOLK JoNiquia Guilford gave Old Dominion an early spark on offense, a late stop on defense and the best game of her career. Most importantly, she gave the Lady Monarchs a badly needed win Sunday - a 71-68 victory over George Mason as ODU (7-14, 4-5) embarks on a stretch of six games against the six top teams in the CAA.

NORFOLK The Norfolk State women's basketball team fell 75-68 to visiting Morgan State at Echols Hall in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference contest Saturday afternoon. Whitney Long led the Spartans (8-11, 3-5 MEAC) with a game-high 18 points and Rachel Gordon and Batavia Owens both turned in double-doubles, but it wasn't enough.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. The shocking upset ended with an impromptu celebration, the first of its kind this season by a visiting team at Maryland.

Virginia Tech's players hugged each other, exchanged high-fives and yelled in delight after the final buzzer of their 75-69 victory over No. 8 Maryland on Thursday night.