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Game #25 | Harrisonburg, Va. | Convocation Center 2008-09 W&M MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Overall: 8-16 Home: 6-7 Away: 1-9 Conference: 3-11 WILLIAM AND MARY TRIBE (8-16, 3-11 CAA) NOVEMBER AT 14 at Penn State TV: BTN L, 51-65 AMES ADISON UKES 16 at Ohio L, 55-74 J M D (16-10, 8-6 CAA) 19 NORFOLK STATE W, 74-58 Saturday | February 14, 2009 | 7:00 PM 22 NAVY L, 99-102 3 OT 25 RADFORD W, 73-53 TRIBE TRAVELS TO JAMES MADISON 28 vs. South Carolina State ^ W, 74-63 The William and Mary men’s basketball team will look to avenge a loss ear- 29 at Liberty ^ L, 74-80 2OT lier in the season when it travels to James Madison on Saturday, Feb. 14. Tip-off for the Valentine’s Day affair is slated for 7 p.m. in the JMU Convocation Center. DECEMBER The Dukes notched a 74-65 victory over the Tribe when the two teams met in Wil- 2 at Loyola (Chicago) TV: ESPN Full Court/ESPN360 L, 61-64 liamsburg on Jan. 10, snapping W&M’s eight-game winning streak in the series. 6 VCU * L, 50-66 The Tribe turned it a record-setting defensive performance in tallying a sea- 20 HAVERFORD W, 83-50 son-sweep of UNC Wilmington with a 69-40 win on Feb. 11. W&M limited the Se- 31 HARVARD W, 67-54 ahawks to 22.7 percent shooting, the lowest ever for an opponent of the College in CAA play. On the fl ip side, the Tribe shot 50 percent from the fl oor, including 63.3 percent in the second half. Junior Danny Sumner led the charge with his sec- JANUARY ond double-double of the year off the bench, scoring 19 points and pulling down 3 at Northeastern * L, 44-60 10 rebounds. Fellow classmate David Schneider added 14 points on four 3-point 5 OLD DOMINION * L, 50-62 fi eld goals. JMU is coming off a 76-71 overtime loss at VCU on Feb. 11. The loss 7 at UNCW * TV: ESPN Regional/MASN W, 73-59 snapped a three-game winning streak for the Dukes. Freshman Julius Wells led 10 JAMES MADISON * L, 65-74 JMU with 20 points and 11 rebounds against the Rams. 14 GEORGE MASON * L, 57-61 Fans can catch the action on the Tribe Radio Network with Jay Colley, Charlie 17 at Delaware * TV: CSN-MA, CSN-P, CSS L, 62-71 Woollum and Bill McDonald on the call. The broadcast can be heard live over the 21 at Hofstra * L, 44-54 Internet at TribeAthletics.com. Live statistics will also be available by visiting the 24 at Drexel * L, 49-62 men’s basketball schedule page or JMUSports.com. 28 TOWSON * L, 56-69 31 GEORGIA STATE * TV: CSS, WSKY, ESPN360 L, 51-58 STORY LINES - The Tribe’s contest at James Madison opens the Green and Gold’s second FEBRUARY three-game CAA road trip of the season. Despite playing its ESPNU Bracket- Buster game against Manhattan at home on Feb. 21, the College will play three 4 NORTHEASTERN * TV: CSN-NE, WSKY, ESPN360 W, 68-63 straight league games on the road against JMU (Feb. 14), Towson (Feb. 18) and 7 at VCU * L, 54-76 Old Dominion (Feb. 25). 11 UNCW * W, 69-40 14 at James Madison * 7 PM - Freshman Quinn McDowell was named CAA Rookie of the Week for the second 18 at Towson * 7 PM time on Feb. 9. 21 MANHATTAN 2 PM 25 at Old Dominion * 7 PM 28 DREXEL * 7 PM PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS MARCH WILLIAM AND MARY TRIBE 6 CAA Tournament First Round (Richmond, Va.) Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl./El. PPG APG RPG Other 7 CAA Tournament Quarterfi nals (Richmond, Va.) G 1 Kendrix Brown 6-3 205 Fr./Fr. 3.7 2.1 3.1 8 CAA Tournament Semifi nals (Richmond, Va.) G 22 Danny Sumner 6-7 215 Jr./Jr. 13.8 1.3 4.4 .333 3FG% 9 CAA Tournament Final (Richmond, Va.) G 2 David Schneider 6-3 187 Jr./Jr. 13.9 2.7 3.1 .861 FT% F 20 Quinn McDowell 6-5 195 Fr./Fr. 9.0 1.0 4.8 .531 FG% ^ Liberty Thanksgiving Tournament (Lynchburg, Va.) F 45 Marcus Kitts 6-9 225 So./So. 3.7 0.7 2.6 * Colonial Athletic Association game BTN - Big Ten Network JAMES MADISON DUKES CSN-MA - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl./El. PPG APG RPG Other CSN-P - Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia F 1 Kyle Swanston 6-7 180 Sr./Sr. 12.0 0.9 3.6 .395 3FG% CSN-NE - Comcast SportsNet New England MASN - Mid-Atlantic Sports Network F 34 Julius Wells 6-5 190 Fr./Fr. 11.4 1.3 5.3 .400 3FG% CSS - Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast F 55 Dazzmon Thornton 6-7 275 Sr./Jr. 6.0 0.1 3.2 WSKY - WSKY-TV (Hampton Roads) Channel 4 G 40 Devon Moore 6-4 165 Fr./Fr. 10.3 3.3 3.7 .840 FT% Home Games are in BOLD CAPS and played at Kaplan Arena G 51 Pierre Curtis 6-3 180 Jr./Jr. 7.8 2.8 4.3 1.3 SPG GAME NOTES SCOUTING JAMES MADISON MEDIA INFORMATION James Madison had its three-game winning streak snapped at the hands of VCU, 76- WILLIAM AND MARY SPORTS INFORMATION 71, in overtime on Feb. 11. The Dukes tallied a pair of road wins at UNCW and Georgia State, Kris Sears, Assoc. Director (MBB Contact) before defeating George Mason, 68-66, at home on Feb. 7 during the winning streak. Led Offi ce: (757) 221-3368 by fi rst-year head coach Matt Brady, JMU has enjoyed a turnaround season. The Dukes are Cell: (765) 860-1205 16-10 overall and reside in a fi fth-place in the league standings at 8-6. E-mail: [email protected] The Dukes are among the top offensive teams in the CAA, ranking third in the league Fax: (757) 221-3412 in scoring at 70.7 points per game. JMU leads the CAA in free throw shooting (75.6 percent), Website: www.TribeAthletics.com ranks second in 3-point shooting (36.5 percent), third in fi eld goal percentage (45.1 percent) and third in 3-pointers made per game (7.0). James Madison also leads the CAA in 3-point CAA TELEPHONIC PRESS CONFERENCES fi eld goal percentage at 30.3 percent. Members of the media are invited to participate in the Senior Juwann James is the Dukes’ leading scorer at 14.4 points per game, but has CAA weekly telephonic press conference series. The fi rst call will occur on January 5 and run each Monday only appeared in 15 games this season due to injury. He is shooting 57.9 percent from the morning through March 2. CAA coaches will be avail- fl oor and pulling down 5.3 rebounds per game. James has missed the last four games with able to answer questions beginning at 10:00 a.m. The the same injury that cost him seven games earlier in the season. Senior Kyle Swanston phone number to take part in the call is 866-809-6768. (12.0) and freshmen Julius Wells (11.4) and Devon Moore (10.3) all average in double fi gures Members of the media should contact Rob Washburn for JMU. Wells is the top scoring freshman in the CAA and is also one of the leading 3-point (804-754-1616 x19) at the CAA offi ce with any ques- shooters in the league at 40 percent from long range. Swanston ranks fourth in the CAA in tions. Comments from the call will also be available 3-point percentage at 39.5, while connecting on 2.6 treys per game. Moore is among the CAA on the web at www.caasports.com on Monday after- leaders in free throw shooting at 84 percent, while leading JMU in assists at 3.3 per game. noons. James Madison leads the all-time series against the Tribe at 40-32, including an 18-12 mark in Harrisonburg. W&M had won eight straight before falling to the Dukes in Williams- 10:00am Tom Pecora, Hofstra 10:10am Bill Coen, Northeastern burg earlier this season. In the January affair, the Tribe jumped out to a 14-point fi rst-half 10:20am Anthony Grant, VCU lead, but could not maintain the advantage as JMU tied the game at the half. The Dukes shot 10:30am Blaine Taylor, ODU 64.3 percent from the fi eld in the second half in pulling out a nine-point win, 74-65. 10:40am Tony Shaver, W&M 10:50am Benny Moss, UNCW TRIBE CAREER VS. JAMES MADISON 11:00am Matt Brady, JMU KENDRIX BROWN 11:10am Jim Larranaga, MASON DATE STARTS MIN FG-A PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT O-D REB A TO B S PTS 11:20am Pat Kennedy, Towson 1/10/09 22 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 3-3 6 0 1 0 2 10 11:30am Monte’ Ross, Delaware Totals 1-0 22-22.0 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 3-3 6-6.0 0 1 0 2 10-10.0 11:40am Bruiser Flint, Drexel CHRIS DARNELL 11:50am Rod Barnes, Georgia State Date Starts Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Tot A TO B S Pts 1/28/06 3 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 4 WILLIAM AND MARY RADIO NETWORK 2/11/06 3 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Teaming up once again to call all the action of Tribe 1/31/07 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2/7/07 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 basketball over the airwaves will be Jay Colley, Char- 1/9/08 * 29 1-5 .200 0-3 .000 4-4 1.000 2-2 4 3 4 0 0 6 lie Woollum and Bill McDonald.