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MBB Contact/Sports Information Director: Kris Sears Phone: (757) 221-3368 Fax: (757) 221-2989 Email: [email protected] 2014-15 W&M SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Game 1: William & Mary (0-0, 0-0 CAA) at #7/7 Florida (0-0, 0-0 SEC) Overall: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 CAA: 0-0 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014 | 6 PM | GAINESVILLE, FLA. | STEPHEN C. O’CONNELL CENTER | SEC NETWORK NOVEMBER Game Information Storylines 14 at #7/7 Florida TV: SEC Network 6 PM Location............................... Gainesville, Fla. • William and Mary kicks off the program’s 110th season of men’s basketball 18 HOWARD 7 PM TV ................................................ SEC Network at Florida on Friday night. It will mark the first meeting between W&M and 20 BLUEFIELD COLLEGE 7 PM Radio ........................... Tribe Radio Network Florida and the Green and Gold’s 21st against an SEC opponent. The Tribe ..........The Tide 92.3 FM, TribeAthletics.com 22 at Rice 8 PM last faced an SEC foe when it traveled to Vanderbilt in 2012-13. 25 WESTERN ILLINOIS 7 PM Live Stats ........................ TribeAthletics.com All-Time Series ........................First Meeting • Friday’s game will be televised on the SEC Network and will be the first of 29 WOFFORD 4:30 PM Last Meeting ...........................First Meeting 11 TV games for W&M in 2014-15. • For the eighth time in the last nine years, W&M opens the season on the W&M DECEMBER road. 3 at Richmond 7 PM • The Tribe was picked to finish second in the Colonial Athletic Association 6 at High Point 7 PM according to the league’s media, coaches and SIDs behind Northeastern. 19 WASHINGTON COLLEGE 7 PM 2013-14 Record (CAA) ..............20-12 (10-6) Both Blue Ribbon and NBCSports.com named W&M the preseason favorite 22 at Old Dominion 7 PM Head Coach .............................. Tony Shaver to win the league. 30 at North Carolina TV: ACC Regional Network 7 PM Record at W&M (Year) ........ 136-201 (12th) • W&M is coming off the program’s seventh 20-win season and its second Last Game . Delaware 75, W&M 74 (3/10/14) under head coach Tony Shaver in the last five years. JANUARY Florida • Senior guard Marcus Thornton was named the CAA Preseason Player of 3 CHARLESTON * TV: CSN-MA, CSN-NE, TCN-P 7 PM the Year, marking the first time a W&M player has been recognized with the 5 at Drexel * 7 PM award since Adam Hess in 2003-04. 8 at Elon * TV: ASN 8 PM • Tribe head coach Tony Shaver is only six wins shy of 500 for his career. He 10 JAMES MADISON * 4 PM 2013-14 Record (SEC) .................36-3 (18-0) is the winningest coach in W&M history at 136 victories. 14 UNCW * 7 PM Head Coach ............................Billy Donovan • The Tribe had two of the 10 players on the preseason All-CAA teams. Record at Florida (Year) ....... 451-169 (19th) Thornton was a first team honoree, while sophomore Omar Prewitt was 17 at Towson * TV: CSN-MA, CSN-NE, TCN-P 12 PM Last Game .. Florida 79, Barry 70 (Exh.) (11/6/14) named to the second team. 21 at Delaware * 7 PM 24 NORTHEASTERN * TV: NBCSN 2 PM Probable Starters 28 HOFSTRA * 7 PM DANIEL DIXON NOTES: W&M’s top perimeter defender … His 3.5 ppg last 31 at James Madison TV: CSN-MA, CSN-NE, TCN-P 4 PM So. • G • 6-5 • 210 season ranked 10th among CAA rookies … Shot 38.5 percent Great Falls, Va./Langley/Fishburne 0 from 3-point range in 2013-14 … Played more than 20 mins G-GS PPG RPG FG% 3P% FT% FEBRUARY 26-0 3.5 1.6 .385 .385 .636 in two of the Tribe’s three CAA Tournament games in 2014. 5 at Charleston * 7:30 PM MARCUS THORNTON NOTES: Preseason CAA Player of the Year … Ranks 7 at UNCW * TV: ASN 8 PM Sr. • G • 6-4 • 190 seventh in W&M history in scoring at 1,519 … Fourth Upper Marlboro, Md./Bishop McNamara 11 ELON * 7 PM 3 among active NCAA Division I players in 3-pointers made G-GS PPG APG FG% 3P% FT% 14 DELAWARE * TV: NBCSN 2:30 PM 32-30 18.7 2.8 .435 .403 .779 (223) … A two-time First Team NABC All-Distict 10 choice. 18 at Northeastern * 7 PM OMAR PREWITT NOTES: A preseason Second Team All-CAA selection … 22 at Hofstra * TV: NBCSN 4:30 PM So. • G/F • 6-6 • 190 Named the CAA Rookie of the Year in 2014 … His 11.4 ppg is 25 TOWSON * 7 PM Mount Sterling, Ky./Montgomery County) 4 the 10th-best returning average in the CAA … Ranked among 28 DREXEL * TV: CSN-MA, CSN-NE, CSN-P 2 PM G-GS PPG RPG APG 3FG% FT% 32-0 11.4 4.6 2.0 .370 .758 the league leaders in free throw and 3-point shooting. MARCH TERRY TARPEY NOTES: Led W&M in rebounding 18 of 32 games last season Jr. • G/F • 6-5 • 210 … Only returning player to start 31 of 32 games in 2013-14 6 CAA First Round Stamford, Conn./Fairfield 25 … Ranks in the top five in rebounding among returning CAA 7 CAA Quarterfinals TV: CSN-MA, CSN-NE, CSN-P, CSS, SNY G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG FG% players … Led the team in steals and blocked shots. 8 CAA Semifinals TV: NBCSN 32-31 5.4 6.1 1.8 1.1 .540 9 CAA Championship Game TV: NBCSN SEAN SHELDON NOTES: W&M’s top reserve post player last season … Jr. • F • 6-9 • 256 Scored a career-high nine points on two occasions vs. VMI * Colonial Athletic Association game Traverse City, Mich./Saint Francis Catholic) Home Games are in BOLD CAPS and played at Kaplan Arena 31 and CofC … The Tribe went 2-0 in the games he started in ASN - American Sports Network G-GS PPG RPG APG FG% FT% CSN-MA - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic place of injured All-CAA forward Tim Rusthoven. CSN-P - Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia 32-2 3.4 3.0 0.8 .592 .556 CSN-NE - Comcast SportsNet New England Reserves TCN-P - The Comcast Network Philadelphia NBCSN - NBC Sports Network Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl./El. G-GS PPG APG RPG FG% FT% 3P% G 1 Jamison Glover 6-0 185 Fr./Fr. - - - - - - - G 5 Greg Malinowski 6-5 205 Fr./Fr. - - - - - - - Follow the Tribe G 10 Connor Burchfield 6-4 175 Fr./Fr. - - - - - - - G 11 Michael Schlotman 6-4 190 So./Fr. 2-0 0.0 0.5 0.0 .000 .000 .000 G 21 Oliver Tot 6-6 200 Fr./Fr. - - - - - - - F 22 Paul Rowley 6-8 190 Fr./Fr. - - - - - - - F 33 Tyler Johnson 6-6 220 Sr./Sr. - - - - - - - Facebook.com/ Twitter.com/ Instagram.com/ F 41 Jack Whitman 6-9 235 So./Fr. - - - - - - - WMTribeAthletics TribeAthletics TribeAthletics F 43 Tom Schalk 6-8 225 Sr./Sr. 10-0 0.0 0.1 0.7 .000 .000 .000 2014-15 W&M BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Game 1 \\ at Florida \\ Nov. 14, 2014 2014-15 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Nov. 14 at Florida 6 PM The season opener will be W&M’s first meeting with Florida. The game will be broadcast on the SEC TV: SEC Network Network and it will be W&M’s first trip to the state of Florida since 2007, a win at North Florida. W&M meets Howard for the fifth-straight season with the Tribe leading the series, 3-1. NOV. 18 HOWARD 7 PM The Tribe won the most recent contest in overtime last season in Washington, D.C. The Tribe and Bluefield College will meet for the second time and first since 1980. W&M NOV. 20 BLUEFIELD COLLEGE 7 PM downed the Rams, 101-48 in Williamsburg on Feb. 14, 1980. Rice will be the first of two C-USA teams that W&M will face in 2014-15. The Tribe travels Nov. 22 at Rice 8 PM to Houston for the first time since 1971 and the Owls lead the series 2-0. W&M won the first-ever meeting between the two schools last season in Macomb, Ill., 78-67. Following NOV. 25 WESTERN ILLINOIS 7 PM the game due to a winter storm in the Midwest, W&M bussed back 19 hours to Williamsburg. The Tribe took a 2-1 lead in the all-time series with a 63-60 win at Wofford last season. The Terriers NOV. 29 WOFFORD 4:30 PM went on to win the Southern Conference Championship for the third time in the last five seasons. The Virginia schools will play for the ninth time in the last 10 years and the 200th overall. It Dec. 3 at Richmond 7 PM is the most played series in program history and UR leads by a 102-97 margin. The Tribe and High Point will meet for the third-straight season. HPU won last season in Williamsburg, Dec. 6 at High Point 7 PM 80-69, to take a 3-2 lead in the series. W&M rolled to an 83-61 win in the last meeting at HPU in 2012. The game with Washington (Md.) will be W&M’s third all-time vs. the Shoreman and first since 1999- DEC. 19 WASHINGTON COLLEGE 7 PM 00, a 92-39 W&M victory. Rod Musselman set the W&M record for steals (8) vs. Washington in 1976. W&M and ODU will meet for the 42nd-straight season.