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2008-09 W&M MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Game # 1 | University Park, Pa. | Bryce Jordan Center Overall: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Conference: 0-0 WILLIAM & MARY TRIBE (0-0, 0-0 CAA) NOVEMBER AT 14 at Penn State TV: BTN 6:30 PM ENN TATE ITTANY IONS IG EN 16 at Ohio 2 PM P S N L (0-0, 0-0 B T ) 19 NORFOLK STATE 7 PM Friday | November 14, 2008 | 6:30 PM 22 NAVY 7 PM 25 RADFORD 7 PM TRIBE OPENS SEASON AT PENN STATE 28 South Carolina State ^ 8:15 PM The William and Mary men’s basketball team will open the 2008-09 29 Liberty/Coker ^ 6/8:15 PM season on the road at Big Ten foe Penn State on Friday, Nov. 14. Tip- off is slated for 6:30 p.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, DECEMBER Pa. The season opener for both teams will be televised on the Big Ten 2 at Loyola (Chicago) 8 PM Network. 6 VCU * 7 PM 20 HAVERFORD 1 PM The game will also be broadcast live over the Tribe Radio Network 31 HARVARD 12 PM with Jay Colley and Charlie Woollum on the call. The broadcast can also be heard live over the Internet by following the link on the men’s bas- JANUARY ketball schedule page. The game can be followed via live stats over the 3 at Northeastern * 1 PM Web as well with GameTracker. The link will be available on the Tribe 5 OLD DOMINION * 7 PM Hoops schedule page or by visiting GoPSUSports.com. 7 at UNCW * TV: ESPN Regional/MASN 7 PM 10 JAMES MADISON * 7 PM STORY LINES 14 GEORGE MASON * 7 PM - W&M will open the season on the road for the third straight year after 17 at Delaware * TV: CSN-MA, CSN-P, CSS 12 PM falling at major conference opponents, Kansas State and Georgetown, 21 at Hofstra * 7 PM 24 at Drexel * 4 PM each of the last two years. 28 TOWSON * 7 PM 31 GEORGIA STATE * TV: CSS, WSKY 5 PM - The Penn State contest will be the fi rst of a two-game opening week- end road trip for the College. W&M will travel to face MAC foe Ohio on FEBRUARY Sunday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. as well. 4 NORTHEASTERN * TV: CSN-NE, WSKY 7 PM 7 at VCU * 7:30 PM - The game will be the fi rst-ever meeting between W&M and Penn State. 11 UNCW * 7 PM It marks only the Tribe’s fi fth against a Big Ten opponent. 14 at James Madison * 7 PM 18 at Towson * 7 PM 21 ESPNU BRACKETBUSTER 25 at Old Dominion * 7 PM 28 DREXEL * 7 PM PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS WILLIAM AND MARY TRIBE MARCH Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl./El. PPG APG RPG Other 6 CAA Tournament First Round (Richmond, Va.) G 24 Sean McCurdy 6-1 184 Sr./Jr. 1.7 1.3 1.0 7 CAA Tournament Quarterfi nals (Richmond, Va.) G 2 David Schneider 6-3 187 Jr./Jr. 10.9 3.8 4.5 1.7 SPG 8 CAA Tournament Semifi nals (Richmond, Va.) G 22 Danny Sumner 6-7 215 Jr./Jr. 10.5 0.8 3.7 .385 3FG% 9 CAA Tournament Final (Richmond, Va.) F 23 Chris Darnell 6-9 230 Sr./Sr. 4.4 1.3 3.7 F 15 Peter Stein 6-9 240 Sr./Sr. 7.9 1.5 4.8 .530 FG% ^ Liberty Thanksgiving Tournament (Lynchburg, Va.) * Colonial Athletic Association game BTN - Big Ten Network PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS CSN-MA - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl./El. PPG APG RPG Other CSN-P - Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia F 2 Jamelle Cornley 6-5 240 Sr./Sr. 12.1 1.9 6.0 .506 FG% CSN-NE - Comcast SportsNet New England F 33 Danny Morrissey 6-3 190 5th/Sr. 7.6 1.5 1.9 .369 3FG% MASN - Mid-Atlantic Sports Network C 22 Andrew Jones 6-9 240 Jr./So. 4.0 0.4 3.7 CSS - Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast G 12 Talor Battle 5-11 160 So./So. 10.2 3.2 3.5 1.3 SPG WSKY - WSKY-TV (Hampton Roads) Channel 4 G 11 Stanley Pringle 6-1 180 Sr./Sr. 6.9 2.3 2.4 Home Games are in BOLD CAPS and played at Kaplan Arena GAME NOTES SCOUTING PENN STATE MEDIA INFORMATION The Nittany Lions, like the Tribe, will be playing their season opener on Friday WILLIAM AND MARY SPORTS INFORMATION night. Last season, Penn State was 15-16 overall and 7-12 in the diffi cult Big Ten Kris Sears, Assoc. Director (MBB Contact) conference. Penn State is coached by Ed DeChellis, who is in his sixth year at the Offi ce: (757) 221-3368 helm of the Nittany Lion program. PSU was picked to fi nish fi fth in the Big Ten by Cell: (765) 860-1205 Lindy’s College Basketball pre-season magazine. The Nittany Lions return their E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (757) 221-3412 top two scorers and fi ve of their top six. Website: www.TribeAthletics.com Seniors Jamelle Cornley and Danny Morrissey along with sophomore Talor Battle were voted team captains by their teammates for the 2008-09 season. Bat- CAA TELEPHONIC PRESS CONFERENCES tle and Cornley are Penn State’s top two returning scorers and shared team MVP Members of the media are invited to participate in the accolades last season. Cornley was a Third-Team All-Big Ten selection last sea- CAA weekly telephonic press conference series. The fi rst call will occur on January 5 and run each Monday son, while topping the team in scoring with 12.1 points per game. He also topped morning through March 2. CAA coaches will be avail- the squad in fi eld goal shooting (50.6 percent) and rebounding (6.0). Battle was able to answer questions beginning at 10:00 a.m. The second on the squad at 10.2 points per game and upped his season average to phone number to take part in the call is 866-809-6768. 12.1 in Big Ten play. He also topped the team with 3.2 assists per game. Morrissey Members of the media should contact Rob Washburn is sixth on PSU’s all-time 3-pointers made list with 175. Last season, he shot 36.9 (804-754-1616 x19) at the CAA offi ce with any ques- tions. Comments from the call will also be available percent from long range and made 58 treys. Morrissey has led the team in three- on the web at www.caasports.com on Monday after- point shooting every season he has played. noons. PSU played on exhibition game in preparation for the 2008-09 campaign and rolled to a 77-51 win over Bloomsburg. Battle led Penn State in scoring with 17 10:00 am Tom Pecora (Hofstra) points on 7-of-12 shooting from the fl oor, while both Morrissey and David Jackson 10:10 am Bill Coen (Northeastern) 10:20 am Anthony Grant (VCU) added 14 apiece. Morrissey was 4-of-6 from 3-point range in the contest. Andrew 10:30 am Blaine Taylor (Old Dominion) Jones led the way for Penn State on the glass with seven boards in just 19 min- 10:40 am Tony Shaver (W&M) utes. 10:50 am Benny Moss (UNCW) 11:00 am Dean Keener (James Madison) W&M AGAINST THE BIG TEN 11:10 am Jim Larranaga (George Mason) 11:20 am Pat Kennedy (Towson) Penn State will be only the fourth current Big Ten foe that W&M has faced 11:30 am Monte’ Ross (Delaware) and only the second on the road at a Big Ten school. The Tribe has faced Illinois, 11:40 am Bruiser Flint (Drexel) Northwestern and Purdue, but the three total meetings against the Illini and Wild- 11:50 am Rod Barnes (Georgia State) cats came at neutral sites as a part of tournaments. The match up with Purdue Noon Selected CAA Women’s Coaches was the most recent tilt against a Big Ten foe as W&M traveled to face Purdue as WILLIAM AND MARY RADIO NETWORK part of the Boilermaker Invitational during the 2001-02 season. The Boilermakers Teaming up once again to call all the action of Tribe defeated the Tribe, 75-58, on Nov. 30, 2001 in West Lafayette. Here is a look at basketball over the airwaves will be Jay Colley, Char- how W&M has fared against Big Ten programs: lie Woollum and Bill McDonald. It is the 20th season for Colley and McDonald on the air together, while Illinois 0-1 Last Meeting: Illinois won 73-64 (12/28/76) at a neutral site Woollum joins the crew for the fi fth season. Northwestern 1-1 Last Meeting: W&M won 77-69 (12/29/92) at a neutral site The fl agship stations for the radio network are WYTD, Purdue 0-1 Last Meeting: Purdue won 75-58 at home 92.3 FM, and WBACH, 107.9 FM. W&M games can be heard on all of the following stations: SEASON OPENERS W&M is 54-49 (.524) all-time in the fi rst game of the season and has won fi ve WYTD (92.3 FM) Williamsburg WBACH (107.9 FM) Williamsburg of its last 10 season-opening games. The Tribe is 3-2 in season openers under WCLM (1450 AM) Richmond head coach Tony Shaver, defeating Liberty, 91-64, in his fi rst game on Nov.