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: TribeAthletics.com Release Date: March 2, 2006 2006 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Media Notes No. 11 William and Mary (8-19, 3-15 CAA) vs. No. 6 Virginia Commonwealth (18-9, 11-7 CAA) Game 28 • First Round • Friday, March 3, 2006 • 8:30 PM • Richmond, Virginia • Richmond Coliseum (11,200) 2005-06 Schedule W&M Basketball Opens 2006 CAA Tournament Against Virginia Commonwealth Second Annual W&M Tip-Off Classic William and Mary’s men’s basketball team will face Virginia Commonwealth at 8:30 PM on Nov. 18 Holy Cross vs. High Point HC 85-73 Friday in the first round of the 2006 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament ... The Tribe Nov. 18 MAINE W 89-55 ended the regular season with an 8-19 record, tied with Georgia State for 10th in the CAA Nov. 19 Maine vs. High Point HP 70-67 Nov. 19 HOLY CROSS L 55-67 with a 3-15 conference record ... GSU held the tiebreaker advantage over W&M, dropping the Green and Gold into the 11th seed for the conference tournament ... The Rams enter Nov. 22 at Hampton W 70-60 the postseason with an 18-9 record overall and are sixth in the league with an 11-7 record Nov. 26 CAMPBELL W 93-79 against CAA opponents ... This will be the second straight game between W&M and VCU Nov. 28 at Longwood W 88-75 Nov. 30 UNC WILMINGTON * L 66-75 as the two schools ended the regular season on Saturday, Feb. 25 in Williamsburg ... The Dec. 3 at Towson * L 45-76 Rams won that meeting, 77-59. Dec. 17 at UMBC L 60-64 Dec. 21 UNC GREENSBORO W 83-73 Storylines Dec. 27 at Virginia Tech L 64-74 Dec. 31 at Richmond L 50-52 Friday’s game will be the 38th game in the series between William and Mary and Virginia Jan. 5 DREXEL * L 46-57 Commonwealth ... VCU leads the series, 27-10, and has won eight of the last nine, and Jan. 7 at UNC Wilmington * L 56-63 nine of the last 11, meetings between the two teams ... VCU swept the regular season Jan. 12 GEORGE MASON * L 46-65 series against W&M, winning 69-60 in Richmond on Jan. 19 and defeating the Tribe, 77- Jan. 14 at Georgia State * L 70-79 Jan. 19 at Virginia Commonwealth * L 60-69 59, less than one week ago in Williamsburg on Feb. 25 ... The College’s most recent win Jan. 21 OLD DOMINION * L 56-65 against the Rams was an 88-83, double overtime game in Williamsburg on Jan. 18, 2003 Jan. 26 at George Mason * L 58-81 ... W&M was the first CAA team to defeat the Rams in their own gym after VCU joined the Jan. 28 JAMES MADISON * W 86-68 league in the 1995-96 season, posting a 77-63 win on Feb. 28, 1997 in the quarterfinals Feb. 2 at Northeastern * L 69-84 Feb. 4 GEORGIA STATE * W 90-73 of the CAA Tournament at the Richmond Coliseum (then VCU’s home court) ... The series Feb. 9 at Old Dominion * L 60-81 began on Nov. 25, 1977, with a 55-54 W&M win at the University of Richmond’s Spider Feb. 11 at James Madison * W 72-70 Classic. Feb. 15 DELAWARE * L 52-57 (ot) Feb. 20 HOFSTRA * L 57-82 Feb. 23 at Drexel * L 56-61 Two Tribe players earned all-conference honors, with freshman point guard Calvin Baker Feb. 25 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH * L 59-77 voted to the CAA All-Rookie team and senior forward Hawley Smith named to the CAA March 3 vs. Virginia Commonwealth # 8:30 PM All-Academic team ... This is the fifth straight season that W&M has had both an all-rookie March 4 vs. Hofstra # 8:30 PM and all-academic selection in the same season ... Last year, forward Laimis Kisielius was March 5 vs. GMU/Towson/GSU # 6 PM March 6 CAA Tournament Final # 7 PM voted to the CAA All-Rookie team, while 2005 graduate Nick D’Antoni earned his second straight all-academic team selection ... Baker leads the Tribe in scoring with 11.8 points, * Colonial Athletic Association game 3.5 assists and 31.5 minutes per game ... He was named the CAA Rookie of the Week a # CAA Tournament (Richmond Coliseum) league-high five times this season. 2005-06 William and Mary Tribe No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Notes 00 Nate Loehrke C Sr. 6-10 250 2.1 1.3 0.2 Four points and five rebounds at Drexel 1 Calvin Baker G Fr. 6-2 185 11.8 2.6 3.5 Five-time CAA Rookie of the Week; Named to CAA All-Rookie Team 3 Adam Trumbower G Jr. 6-3 190 0.6 0.3 0.2 Scored season-high seven points at Virginia Commonwealth 4 Alex Smith F Fr. 6-5 250 2.6 2.1 0.2 Two points and tied for team lead with six rebounds at ODU 11 Nathan Mann G So. 6-2 190 8.0 2.3 1.6 Led W&M in scoring for second straight game with 16 vs. VCU 12 Brian Hutt C/F Sr. 6-9 245 4.5 4.2 0.9 Made first career three-pointer and led W&M with 13 pts at JMU 13 Laimis Kisielius F So. 6-8 210 7.2 3.4 1.5 10 points and five rebounds at James Madison 15 Peter Stein F Fr. 6-9 220 4.0 2.0 0.8 Scored 10 points and had four rebounds in start at Drexel 20 Kyle Carrabine G So. 6-7 195 1.1 0.5 0.0 Five points on a three and two free throws at Old Dominion 21 Hawley Smith F Sr. 6-5 225 2.9 2.7 0.9 Seven points, and four rebounds against VCU 22 Taylor Mokris G Sr. 6-6 220 5.2 2.2 1.3 11 points in 12 minutes off the bench at Old Dominion 23 Chris Darnell F Fr. 6-8 210 2.7 2.3 0.7 Earned first career start against Hofstra, leading W&M with 4 reb. 24 Adam Payton G Jr. 6-3 195 7.1 2.6 1.9 Leads W&M with 45 steals, second with 50 assists this season 25 Chris Stratton F So. 6-6 205 0.3 0.7 0.1 Walk-on sophomore from Burke, VA (Lake Braddock HS) 45 Corey Cofield F Jr. 6-5 245 10.0 4.7 1.0 14th W&M player to score 1,000 points and have 500 rebounds Head Coach: Tony Shaver (North Carolina, 1976) • 23-61 (.274) at W&M (Third season) • 381-182 (.677) overall (20th season) Assistant Coaches: Dee Vick (Hampden-Sydney, 1994), Chad Warner (Georgia, 1998), Antwon Jackson (Pikeville College, 1993) Director of Operations: Chuck Thomas (Virginia Commonwealth, 1994) Media Information Baker Leads the League With Five CAA Rook- Cofield Reaches 1,000th Point and 500th ie of the Week Selections Rebound William and Mary Sports Information Freshman guard Calvin Baker was named Although only a junior, forward Corey Dan Wakely, Assoc. Director (M. Basketball Contact) the CAA’s Rookie of the Week for the fifth Cofield reached two significant mile- Office: (757) 221-3368 Cell: (757) 208-3076 time this season on Monday, Feb. 6 ... No stones in the latter part of this season ... E-mail: [email protected] other player in the league earned the hon- With 13:36 remaining in the second half Main Office Phone: (757) 221-3344 or more than four times this season ... He at Drexel (2/23), he scored his 1,00th ca- Fax: (757) 221-3412 also was selected for the award on Nov. 21, reer point, the 28th player in W&M history Website: www.TribeAthletics.com Nov. 28, Dec. 27 and Jan. 30 ... Baker earned to score 1,000 points and just the 14th CAA Telephonic Press Conferences his most recent honor after scoring 10 to reach the mark in less than three full Members of the media are invited to participate in points with five assists, four rebounds and seasons ... The last player to score 1,000 the CAA’s weekly telephonic press conference series. two steals at Northeastern (2.2) and lead- points at W&M was 2004 graduate Adam The first call will occur on January 3, continuing each Tuesday morning through February 28. CAA coaches ing the team with 18 points and six assists Hess, who is 10th in school history with will be available to answer questions beginning at vs. Georgia State (2/4) ... Baker leads the 1,341 points ... In the game against Dela- 10:00 AM. The weekly lineup is listed below. The Tribe in scoring with 11.8 ppg, also leading ware (2/15), he pulled down his 500th ca- phone number to take part in the call is 888-677- W&M and ranking in the top 15 in the CAA reer rebound, just the 25th player in W&M 9010. Members of the media should contact Tripp Sheppard (804-754-1616 x15) at the CAA office for with 3.5 assists and 31.5 minutes per game history to reach that mark ... He currently the password to access the call.