Atlanta, Ga. - The William and Mary men's basketball team dropped its
Colonial Athletic Association opener on the road, 66-34, against Georgia State
on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers won for the sixth straight time in
improving to 6-3 overall, while the Tribe fell to 1-8 on the season.
Sophomore guard
Brandon Britt topped the Tribe with eight
points, all in the second half, while junior guard
Matt Rum added six.
Sophomore
Tim Rusthoven led W&M with seven rebounds, while senior Kendrix
Brown finished with four rebounds and a team-best three assists.
Georgia State opened up a double-digit lead with a 9-0 run
in the early stages of the first half. After a James Vincent conventional
3-point play, Jihad Ali and Rashaad Richardson hit back-to-back 3-pointers to
give the Panthers a 16-6 advantage eight minutes into the contest. W&M
closed to 16-10 on a 3-pointer from senior
Quinn McDowell at the 10:46 mark,
but the Panthers took the momentum to the locker room, finishing the half on a
16-3 run.
Britt scored the opening six points of the second half on a
3-pointer and a driving conventional 3-point play to cut the Georgia State lead
to 13, 32-19. The margin remained 13 following a McDowell jumper at the 17:18
mark, before the Panthers put the game away with another 16-3 run.
The Tribe finished the game shooting 25.5 percent (12-of-47)
from the floor with five 3-pointers, while Georgia State countered with 40.7
percent (24-of-59) from the field to go along with 14-of-21 from the free throw
line. Ali led all scorers with 17 points off the Panther bench, while James
Fields and Eric Buckner added 12 and 11, respectively.
W&M will have 12 days off during the College's final
examination period. The Tribe will return to action on Thursday, Dec. 15, when
it hosts Wesley College as part of a men's and women's basketball doubleheader.
The Tribe women will face North Carolina A&T at 4:30 p.m., before the men
host Wesley at 7 p.m. Fans can catch the action over the Tribe Radio Network
with Jay Colley, Bill McDonald and Charlie Woollum on the call. The Tide 92.3
FM in Williamsburg is the flagship station of the Tribe Radio Network and the
broadcast can be heard over the Web at TribeAthletics.com. The live video feed
for both the men's and women's games can also be purchased at TribeAthletics.com.
Fans are invited the to the third
edition of "The Chesapeake Bank
Tony Shaver Show," which will be on
Tuesday, Nov. 29, at the Buffalo Wild Wings in New Town (4918 Courthouse
Street). The show will be broadcast live on the Tribe's flagship stations -
92.3 FM The Tide and 107.9 Bach FM. The show begins on-site at 6:30 p.m. with
the live interview airing from 7-7:30 p.m.
