WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Winners of three straight, the William & Mary men's basketball team hits the road for a southern swing in league action, beginning with the College of Charleston on Thursday, Jan. 14. It marks the second meeting between the teams in the last two weeks following a 78-70 Tribe victory in Williamsburg on Jan. 2. The contest will be the first of two straight on the road for W&M as the Green and Gold treks to UNCW on Saturday afternoon. The W&M-CofC game is set for a 7:30 p.m. tip from TD Arena in Charleston and will be streammed online for FREE at CAA.TV.

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News and Notes
- W&M leads the all-time series with Charleston at 4-2, including a 78-70 victory in Williamsburg on Jan. 2. Both Cougars' wins in the series have come in Charleston, including and 80-72 triumph a season ago.
 
- Thanks to a pair of wins last week, the Tribe moved back into the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 at No. 24. W&M was also receiving votes in the Mid-Major Madness Power 15.
 
- W&M connected on better than 50 percent from the floor in each of its last three victories and is coming off a season-best 57.9 percent (33-of-57) against Northeastern. The Green and Gold ranks 32nd nationally in field goal percentage (48.3) and has been even better in league play shooting a CAA-best 53.1 percent.
 
- As a team, the Tribe is averaging 5.8 blocked shots per game, which ranks 16th nationally. W&M has four of the top 15 shot blockers in the CAA.
 
- Senior Terry Tarpey was named the CAA Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 16 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and four steals per game in the Tribe's wins last week. He leads the CAA in steals (2.9) and blocked shots (1.5) per game, while coming in fourth nationally in steals.
 
- With his three 3-pointers vs. Northeastern, senior Daniel Dixon moved into 10th on the Tribe's career 3-pointers made list with 143. Dixon ranks 33rd nationally at 3.0 3-pointers made per game and 52nd in the country shooting 42.5 percent from 3-point range.
 
- Junior Omar Prewitt, who is averaging 22 points per game over the last three against Charleston, scored 23 points against NU, his sixth 20-point game of the season. He ranks second in the CAA at 17.7 points per game.
 
Scouting Charleston
Charleston sits at 10-5 overall and 2-2 in the CAA after opening league action with three of its first four games on the road. The Cougars have dropped two of their last three contests, both on the road, including a 61-54 loss at Drexel the last time out. W&M handed CofC its first league loss after the Cougars downed JMU, 65-62, in Harrisonburg. More recently, Charleston downed Hofstra, 72-61, at home. 
 
CofC possesses the top defensive efficiency in the CAA at 98.0 according to the statistical web site KenPom.com. The number also ranks 73rd nationally. The Cougars are second in the CAA and allowing just 65.9 points per game, while holding teams to 30.3 percent from 3-point range. Those statistics ranks 62nd and 23rd nationally, respectively. Charleston has been even better in league action, limiting teams to a CAA-low 65.5 points per game. Offensively, CofC ranks second in the league at 45.4 percent shooting and fifth in 3-point percentage at 36.6.
 
Junior Canyon Barry, who is the son of former W&M women's basketball star Lynn Norenberg Barry, leads CofC averaging 19.7 points per game, which also tops the CAA and ranks 37th nationally. He has missed the Cougars last two games though after suffering an injury in the second half against the Tribe. Three other Charleston players average in double figures, including sophomore Cameron Johnson and freshmen Jarrell Brantley and Marquise Pointer. Johnson is second on the team at 11.2 per game, while also ranking among the CAA leaders at 40.3 percent from 3-point range. Brantley and Pointer have both stepped up their games since the start of league action. Both average 10.7 points per game overall on the year, but Brantley is scoring 16.0 per game in league play, while Pointer is at 14.0. Brantley, who had 16 points and eight rebounds against the Tribe, is fourth in the CAA at 53.8 percent shooting, and has increased that to 74.4 percent in league play. Brantley also tops the Cougars at 6.2 rebounds per game. Pointer led Charleston with 23 points against W&M earlier this season.
 
W&M leads the all-time series with the Cougars, who played their first CAA season in 2013-14, at 4-2. The Tribe owns wins in all three games in Williamsburg, including a 78-70 win earlier this season, as well as in the quarterfinals of the 2014 CAA Tournament. Charleston won the previous two meetings in South Carolina, including an 80-72 triumph in February 2015.
 
Tarpey Named CAA Player of the Week
After leading W&M to a 2-0 week, senior Terry Tarpey was named the CAA Player of the Week for the second time in his career and first time this season on Jan. 11. He averaged 16 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and four steals per game in helping the Tribe to first place in the CAA standings at 3-1 thanks to wins over Drexel and Northeastern. Tarpey scored a season-high 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting to go with six rebounds and six steals in the Tribe's 72-63 win at Drexel. He followed that up with a 11-point, 11-rebound double-double in a victory over Northeastern. Tarpey was named CAA Player of the Week on Jan. 12, 2015 after recording the first triple-double in W&M history.
 
Offensive Uptick in CAA Play
While the Tribe's 2015-16 offense ranks among the national leaders overall in a number of categories, the Green and Gold has seen an increase in production during the first four games of the league slate. According to the advanced statistical website KenPom.com, W&M leads the CAA in effective and two-point field goal percentage, while ranking second in offensive efficiency and 3-point percentage. In CAA play, the Tribe's offensive efficiency is 110.9 up from its 108.2 overall on the year. The Tribe's effective field goal percentage has increased from 54.9 percent to 60.1 percent, while its two-point shooting percentage has jumped from 54.9 to 63.3 percent in league action. Overall, W&M is 22nd in two-point field goal percentage, 24th nationally in effective field goal percentage and 70th in offensive efficiency.
 
Tribe Excels in the Classroom
Along with its work on the court, the men's hoops program continues to demonstrate why Tribe Athletics personifies the term student-athlete with its efforts in the classroom. The men's basketball team achieved a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of better than 3.0 during the fall semester at the 'Public Ivy' institution. As a whole, the W&M student-athletes compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.15. The College ranked sixth on both America's Top Public Colleges list according to Forbes in 2015 and U.S. News & World Reports' Best Public Schools. U.S. News & World Report also rated W&M 34th nationally among all universities in 2016. During Shaver's 13 years, W&M leads the CAA with 38 CAA All-Academic Team selection, boasts five CAA Men's Basketball Scholar-Athletes of the Year and five Dean Ehlers Leadership Award winners. The Dean Ehlers Leadership Award is given to the student-athlete who "embodies the highest standards of leadership, integrity and sportsmanship in conjunction with his academic athletic achievement."
 
Prewitt Scoring 20
For the second time in four CAA games, junior Omar Prewitt topped the 20-point mark with a game-high 23 in the Tribe's 78-60 win over Northeastern on Jan. 9. He tallied a season-high 26 in the victory at home over Charleston on Jan. 2. Those performances are two of Prewitt's six 20-point games this season, which is the second-highest total in the CAA this season. The Mount Sterling, Ky., native has scored in double figures in all but one game in 2015-16 and is averaging 17.7 points per game this season, which ranks second in the CAA and 89th nationally. During each of his three seasons at W&M, Prewitt's scoring average has seen a jump. He scored at an 11.4 per game clip as a freshman on the way to earning CAA Rookie of the Year honors, before averaging 13.5 last season, which ranked 10th in the CAA.
 
Tarpey Double-Double
After posting 10 double-doubles last season, senior Terry Tarpey has a pair this season. He posted a 13-point and 17-rebound double-double against Hampton on Nov. 25. More recently, he collected 11 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Northeastern on Jan. 9. His 10 double-doubles last season were the most for a Tribe player since 1992-93. His 13 career double-doubles rank fourth in program history since 1970. His 10 double-doubles in 2014-15 ranked second in the CAA and 51st nationally. Tarpey produced a pair of 20-point, 10-rebound double-doubles with 24 points and 13 rebounds against Towson and tallied 22 points and 13 rebounds at Elon. In an 81-73 win over JMU last season, Tarpey became the first player in W&M history with a triple-double, tallying 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. All 12 of Tarpey's 13 career double-doubles have come in CAA play.
 
Career Double-Doubles
1. Ben Pomeroy      25
2. Tim Trout             23
3. David Cully          15
4. Terry Tarpey       13
     Ben Blocker        13