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William and Mary Basketball W&M Sports Information • PO Box 399 • Williamsburg, VA 23187 Contact: Dan Wakely • Phone: (757) 221-3368 • E-Mail: [email protected] • Internet: www.TribeAthletics.com Release Date: January 18, 2005 UNC Wilmington Seahawks (9-5, 4-1 CAA) at William and Mary Tribe (4-10, 0-5 CAA) Game 15 • Wednesday, January 19, 2005 • 7:00 PM • Williamsburg, VA • William and Mary Hall (8,600) 2004-05 Schedule Top Storylines W&M Tip-Off Classic • William and Mary’s men’s basketball team will open a three-game homestand on Wednes- Nov. 19 Yale vs. Radford RU 72-71 day evening, when the Tribe hosts UNC Wilmington ... The Tribe enters the game with a Nov. 19 HARTFORD W 84-71 Nov. 20 Hartford vs. Yale Yale, 92-80 record of 4-10 overall and in 10th place in the Colonial Athletic Associtaion with an 0-5 Nov. 20 RADFORD W 81-76 league record ... The Seahawks are 9-5 this season, tied with Delaware for second place in the CAA at 4-1. Nov. 23 at Campbell L 62-75 What’s Inside ... Nov. 28 VIRGINIA TECH L 63-80 • UNCW leads the series with W&M, 29-14 and has won Roster/Pronunciations ......... 2 Dec. 1 LONGWOOD W 90-60 six of the last seven games between the two teams ... This Dec. 4 at Old Dominion * L 56-69 UNC Wilmington Series ....... 8 Dec. 20 at UNC Greensboro L 62-84 will be the first game between the two in more than a year Coach Tony Shaver .............. 10 Player Bios ............................ 11 Dec. 22 at #8 Kentucky L 47-92 ... Last season the two teams split the series, with each team Dec. 30 HAMPTON W 60-51 Box Scores/Recaps .............. 25 Jan. 2 at #4 North Carolina L 66-105 winning on its home court ... The Tribe defeated UNCW, Statistics ................................ 32 Jan. 5 HOFSTRA * L 59-71 67-66, in overtime on Dec. 4, but fell to the Seahawks in Jan. 8 DELAWARE * L 59-69 Jan. 12 at James Madison * L 47-55 Wilmington, 67-59, on Jan. 7. Jan. 15 at Drexel * L 65-91 • W&M’s last game was a 91-65 loss at Drexel ... Sophomore forward Corey Cofield came Jan. 19 UNC WILMINGTON * 7:00 PM off the bench to lead the Tribe with 20 points and nine rebounds in 25 minutes ... Sopho- Jan. 22 VA COMMONWEALTH * 7:00 PM Jan. 26 TOWSON * 7:00 PM more center Brian Hutt earned his first start of the season and responded by scoring a Jan. 29 at George Mason * 2:00 PM career high eight points, also adding four rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots. Jan. 31 at Hofstra * 7:00 PM Feb. 2 DREXEL * 7:00 PM • Cofield leads the Tribe in scoring (11.5 ppg), rebounding (6.4 rpg) and free throw percent- Feb. 5 at Delaware 7:30 PM age (.831) this season ... He is followed by junior forward Hawley Smith, who is second Feb. 9 at UNC Wilmington * 7:00 PM on the team with 10.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game ... Senior guard Nick D’Antoni Feb. 12 GEORGE MASON * 2:00 PM Feb. 16 JAMES MADISON * 7:00 PM has a team best 2.4 assists per game and is ninth in W&M history with 299 assists in his Feb. 19 OLD DOMINION * 7:00 PM career ... Including Smith, in his first season at W&M after transferring from Temple, four Feb. 23 at Virginia Commonwealth * 7:30 PM Feb. 26 at Towson * 4:00 PM of the Tribe’s top five scorers are new to the team this year ... Rookies Ofori Attah (9.0 ppg), March 4 CAA Tournament First Rd. # 5/8:30 PM Laimis Kisielius (7.2 ppg) and Nathan Mann (7.0 ppg) round out the top five. March 5 CAA Tourn. Quarter. # 12/2:30/6/8:30 PM • W&M has a .724 free throw percentage this season, ranked first in the CAA and the high- March 6 CAA Tournament Semifinal # 3/5:30 PM March 7 CAA Tournament Final # 7:00 PM est mark in a season for the program since shooting .734 from the line in 1984-85 ... This is just the fourth time since then that the Tribe has made over 70 percent of its foul shots, * Colonial Athletic Association game # CAA Tournament (Richmond Coliseum) the most recent being the 1999-2000 campaign, when the team shot .707. Probable Starters No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Notes 1 Edwin Ofori Attah G Fr. 6-4 205 9.0 2.5 1.0 21 points and six rebounds at James Madison 10 Nick D’Antoni G Sr. 6-0 190 4.5 2.3 2.4 Ninth in W&M history with 299 career assists 12 Brian Hutt C/F So. 6-9 250 2.3 2.3 0.5 Career high eight points at Drexel in his first strart of season 13 Laimis Kisielius F Fr. 6-8 210 7.2 3.1 1.8 Led W&M with 14 points off the bench against Delaware 21 Hawley Smith F Jr. 6-5 215 11.2 4.8 1.2 Career high 20 points against Hofstra; .495 FG% this season Off the Bench No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Notes 00 Nate Loehrke C Jr. 6-10 250 4.5 2.6 0.8 Career high 16 points in 13 minutes at No. 4 North Carolina 3 Adam Trumbower G So. 6-3 190 1.5 1.0 0.3 Six points on two threes at UNC Greensboro 11 Nathan Mann G Fr. 6-2 185 7.0 2.4 2.2 Five points, four rebounds, three assists in start against Delaware 15 Reid Markham G Sr. 6-3 205 2.6 1.9 1.3 Five pts, two reb., two assists and zero turnovers in 14 min. vs. UD 20 Kyle Carrabine G Fr. 6-7 185 1.0 0.2 0.4 First career points with three-pointer at the buzzer at Kentucky 22 Taylor Mokris G Jr. 6-6 215 2.9 1.9 0.3 Earned his first start of the season against Hampton 23 Corey Cofield F So. 6-5 225 10.8 6.2 0.8 11 points and six rebounds against James Madison 25 Chris Stratton F Fr. 6-6 190 1.2 1.4 0.4 Four rebounds and first career assist at UNC Greensboro Head Coach: Tony Shaver (North Carolina, 1976) • 11-31 (.262) at W&M (Second season) • 369-152 (.708) overall (19th season) Assistant Coaches: Dee Vick (Hampden-Sydney, 1994), Chad Warner (Georgia, 1998). Director of Operations: David Willson (Hampden-Sydney, 2004) Officials: Sam Croft, Roger Ayers, Mark Schnur Media Information Cofield Leads Tribe in Points, Boards and sat out last season, following two seasons Blocks at Temple University ... The only player William and Mary Sports Information 2004 CAA Rookie of the Year Corey Cofield, to have started every game this season, Dan Wakely, Assoc. Director (M. Basketball Contact) is again playing well this season, leading he leads the team with a .495 field goal Office: (757) 221-3368 Cell: (757) 208-3076 W&M in a variety of statistical categories percentage, and is second with 10.9 points E-mail: [email protected] ... The sophomore forward leads the team and 6.4 rebounds per game ... W&M has Main Office Phone: (757) 221-3344 in scoring (11.5 ppg) and rebounding (6.4 had at least one Division I transfer on the Fax: (757) 221-3412 rpg) and is tied with junior center Nate active roster all but one year since the start Website: www.TribeAthletics.com Loehrke for the team lead with 10 blocks of the 1995-96 campaign, all of whom have CAA Telephonic Press Conferences ... Cofield is also shooting a team best .831 been significant contributors with starting Members of the media are invited to participate in (59-71) from the free throw line, ranking experience ... The trend began with the the CAA’s weekly telephonic press conference series. him second in the CAA and a significant arrival of Bobby Fitzgibbons (Wake For- The first call will occur on January 4, continuing each Tuesday morning through March 1. CAA coaches improvement from his 63.4 percent shoot- est), David Grabuloff (Florida State) and will be available to answer questions beginning ing from the line last season ... The CAA Sam Steen (Loyola [MD]) in 1995-96 and at 10:10 AM. The weekly lineup is listed below. The Player of the Week in the first week of this continued with two-time first team All-CAA phone number to take part in the call is 800-857- season, Cofield has 531 points (12.6 ppg) selection Adam Hess (Eastern Michigan), 3190. Members of the media should contact Tripp Sheppard (804-754-1616 x15) at the CAA office for and 274 rebounds (6.5 rpg) in his 42 game who graduated last season ... Currently the password to access the call. career ... He scored his 500th career point sitting out this year is guard Adam Payton in his 40th career game, on a free throw (Vanderbilt), who will be eligible to play 10:10 Tom Pecora (Hofstra) with 1:23 left to play against Delaware for W&M next year. 10:20 Jeff Capel (Virginia Commonwealth) 10:30 Blaine Taylor (Old Dominion) (Jan. 8) ... Cofield has played especially W&M’s Division I Transfers 10:40 Tony Shaver (William and Mary) well lately, averaging 14.7 points and 7.0 Player (Original School) Years PPG 10:50 Brad Brownell (UNC Wilmington) rebounds in his last three games.