NORFOLK — It was everything the masses could’ve wanted.

It was one miss from adding “and then some.”

LJ Thomas scored 20 points and Old Dominion survived a late scare Tuesday in a thrilling 60-57 win over crosstown rival Norfolk State before an announced crowd of 7,951 at Chartway Arena.

ODU scored the game’s final three points — but none over the last minute and a half — and could only exhale when Anthony McComb’s 3-point shot from the left wing sailed wide right just before the final horn.

Most of the crowd, which was expected to be one of the arena’s largest in recent history, expressed a mixture of appreciation and relief.

“Great atmosphere. That was unbelievable,” said second-year Monarchs coach Mike Jones, a former star guard at the school.

“A lot of dreams that I’ve had about

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