MBB Contact/Sports Information Director: Kris Sears Phone: (757) 221-3368 Fax: (757) 221-2989 Email: [email protected] 2015-16 W&M SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Game 12: William & Mary (8-3, 0-0 CAA) vs. Towson (9-4, 0-0 CAA) Overall: 8-3 Home: 6-0 Away: 2-3 CAA: 0-0 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2015 | 1 PM | WILLIAMSBURG, VA. | KAPLAN ARENA | TRIBE ATHLETICS TV NOVEMBER Game Information Storylines 13 at N.C. State (RV/RV) TV: ESPN3 W, 85-68 Location............................ Williamsburg, Va. • W&M leads the all-time series with Towson at 17-13, including a 10-4 17 at Liberty TV: ESPN3 W, 70-59 TV ..................................... Tribe Athletics TV mark in Williamsburg. The Tribe swept the season series last year and has 19 WASHINGTON ADVENTIST W, 85-60 Radio ........................... Tribe Radio Network won the last three meetings between the programs. ..........92.3 FM The Tide, TribeAthletics.com • Thursday’s contest pits two of the top defenses in the CAA. Towson leads 21 at Dayton (RV/RV) TV: TWC SportsChannel L, 66-69 Live Stats ........................ TribeAthletics.com 25 HAMPTON W, 86-67 All-Time Series ................ W&M leads 17-13 the league in scoring defense (62.8) and field goal percentage defense 28 at Howard L, 77-79 Last Meeting .... W&M won 65-50 (2/25/15) (38.9), while it ranks third in 3-point percentage defense (30.3). W&M leads the league in 3-point defense (27.5), ranks second in field goal defense W&M DECEMBER (39.4) and third in scoring defense (67.3). 1 OLD DOMINION W, 55-48 • W&M is 3-1 on New Year’s Eve, including wins in each of their last three 5 at Virginia (10/10) TV: ACC RSN, ESPN3 L, 52-67 games on Dec. 31, all in Williamsburg. 18 MARY WASHINGTON W, 94-64 2015-16 Record (CAA) ....................8-3 (0-0) • Junior Omar Prewitt, who leads W&M and ranks third in the CAA at 17.9 21 HIGH POINT W, 78-75 Head Coach .............................. Tony Shaver points per game, has scored in double figures in all 11 games this season. He 29 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 88-84 Record at W&M (Year) ........ 164-217 (13th) became the 38th player in W&M to record 1,000 points in his career with a 31 TOWSON * 1 PM Last Game ......... W&M 88, CMU 84 (12/29/15) season-high 23 against Central Michigan. Towson • Senior Terry Tarpey leads the CAA in both steals (2.8) and blocked shots JANUARY (1.6) per game. He ranks sixth nationally in steals per game, and according 2 CHARLESTON * 4 PM to KenPom.com, is 13th in the country in steal percentage. 7 at Drexel * 7 PM • The Tribe is averaging 20.2 points per game off the bench and is 5-1 this 9 NORTHEASTERN * 4 PM 2015-16 Record (CAA) ....................9-4 (0-0) season when outscoring its opponent off the bench. Sophomore Greg 14 at Charleston * 7:30 PM Head Coach ................................. Pat Skerry Malinowski is averaging 11 points and 6.3 rebounds per game over the last 16 at UNCW * TV: ASN 2 PM Record at school (Year) .............65–79 (5th) three games, while classmate Connor Burchfield is averaging 8.5 per contest 21 ELON * 7 PM Last Game ............ Towson 91, UMBC 65 (12/23/15) over the last six, shooting 64.7 percent from 3-point range. 23 at Hofstra * TV: CSN-MA, TCN-P, SNY (TD) 4 PM Probable Game Starters 28 at Delaware * 7 PM DANIEL DIXON NOTES: Ranks eighth among active NCAA Division I players in career 31 JAMES MADISON * TV: CSN-MA, CSN-P, SNY 7 PM Jr. • G • 6-6 • 210 3-point percentage (43.5) … Ranks second in the CAA at 3.2 3-pointers Great Falls, Va./ Langley/Fishburne 0 per game and ranks fourth in 3-point percentage … Hit the game-winning G-GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3P% FEBRUARY 11-11 15.4 3.7 1.4 .473 .443 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds left and finished with 20 points vs. High Point. 4 at Northeastern * TV: CSN-MA, TCN-P, CSN-NE, SNY 7 PM OMAR PREWITT NOTES: Preseason Second Team All-CAA after earning third-team 6 DELAWARE * TV: NBCSN 2:30 PM Jr. • G/F • 6-7 • 195 accolades in 2015 … Reached the 1,000-point milestone with a season- Mount Sterling, Ky./Montgomery County 11 HOFSTRA * 7 PM 4 high 23 points against Central Michigan … Ranks 3rd in the CAA and 75th G-GS PPG RPG APG FG% FT% 13 at Towson * TV: CSN-MA, CSN-P, SNY (TD) 4 PM nationally in scoring … Averaging 20.3 ppg over the last three games. 18 UNCW * 7 PM 11-11 17.9 6.1 2.9 .474 .720 TERRY TARPEY NOTES: Team captain … Preseason First Team All-CAA … 2015 CAA 20 DREXEL * TV: CSN-MA, CSN-P, SNY 2 PM Sr. • G/F • 6-5 • 210 Defensive Player of the Year … Leads the CAA and sixth nationally in steals at 25 at Elon * 7 PM Stamford, Conn./Fairfield 25 2.8 spg … Pulled down 17 rebounds vs. Hampton, the most for a W&M player 27 at James Madison * TV: NBCSN 2:30 PM G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG FG% 10-10 9.6 8.4 2.1 2.8 .467 since 1996 … Leads the CAA in blocked shots and ranks third in rebounding. MARCH SEAN SHELDON NOTES: Team captain … Tallied three straight games of double- Sr. • F • 6-9 • 252 digit scoring, including 12 points on a perfect 5-of-5 at Dayton 4-7 CAA Championship (Baltimore, Md.) Traverse City, Mich./Saint Francis Catholic 31 … Strong vs. High Point with 10 points and 7 rebounds, while G-GS PPG RPG APG FG% FT% * Colonial Athletic Association game 11-11 7.5 5.0 1.8 .550 .667 limiting John Brown (20.3 ppg) to 8 points on 1-of-6 shooting. Home Games are in BOLD CAPS and played at Kaplan Arena DAVID COHN NOTES: Hit a perfect 10-of-10 from the FT line vs. Hampton … ASN - American Sports Network So. • G • 6-2 • 168 Tallied 10 points and dished out a career-high nine assists at Howard CSN-MA - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Elmhurst, Ill./York/Colorado State CSN-P - Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia 34 … Ranks second in the CAA in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.9) and sixth G-GS PPG RPG APG FG% FT% CSN-NE - Comcast SportsNet New England in assists … Topped W&M in assists in 7 of their 11 games. TCN-P - The Comcast Network Philadelphia 11-11 5.0 3.2 3.6 .277 .773 NBCSN - NBC Sports Network Reserves Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl./El. G-GS PPG APG RPG FG% FT% 3P% G 1 Jamison Glover 6-1 190 So./So. 4-0 2.5 0.0 0.3 .800 .000 1.000 G 5 Greg Malinowski 6-5 205 So./So. 11-1 8.2 0.6 4.5 .478 .652 .324 Follow the Tribe G 10 Connor Burchfield 6-4 175 So./So. 11-0 6.0 0.4 1.6 .632 .750 .600 G 11 Michael Schlotman 6-5 200 Jr./So. 11-0 0.9 1.5 1.4 .231 .500 .250 G 21 Oliver Tot 6-6 200 So./So. 7-0 1.9 1.0 1.1 .667 .500 .500 F 22 Paul Rowley 6-8 190 So./Fr. 4-0 1.3 0.5 0.8 .333 .000 .200 Facebook.com/ Twitter.com/ Instagram.com/ F 41 Jack Whitman 6-9 235 Jr./So. 8-0 3.6 0.3 2.0 .435 .750 .000 WMTribeAthletics TribeAthletics TribeAthletics F 50 Hunter Seacat 6-9 235 Fr./Fr. 7-0 2.0 0.4 0.7 .500 .500 .000 2015-16 W&M BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Game 12 \\ Towson \\ Dec. 31, 2015 Nov. 13 at N.C. State W, 85-68 W&M won for the first time over N.C. State since 1952, jumping out to a 20-point first-half lead TV: ESPN3 thanks to an early 17-2 run. Daniel Dixon topped W&M with 19 points, while Omar Prewitt added 17. Nov. 17 at Liberty W, 70-59 The Tribe held Liberty to 21 second-half points on 30.4 percent shooting, including a 1-of-12 effort from TV: ESPN3 3 to extinguish the Flames, 70-59. Omar Prewitt led W&M with 16 points, while Sean Sheldon added 12. W&M improved to 3-0 for the second time in the last four seasons with an 85-60 victory over Washington NOV. 19 WASHINGTON ADVENTIST W, 85-60 Adventist. Omar Prewitt topped W&M with 22 points and seven rebounds, while Sean Sheldon added 14 points. Nov. 21 at Dayton L, 66-69 The Tribe led by as much as 11 in the first half, but trailed Dayton by nine with 6:33 left after a 25-7 run. W&M scored TV: TWC SportsChannel 11 straight and led 62-60 at the 1:29 mark but UD scored six straight for the win. Daniel Dixon led W&M with 24 points. Terry Tarpey (13 pts, 17 rebs) and Omar Prewitt (22 pts, 10 rebs) each tallied double-doubles, while NOV. 25 HAMPTON W, 86-67 Daniel Dixon added 22 points in an 86-67 rout of Hampton. W&M limited HU to 33.3 percent shooting. W&M led by as much as 20, but Howard erased a seven-point deficit in the final 29 seconds, including a Nov.