WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William & Mary men's basketball team hosts Senior Day on Saturday afternoon, welcoming the Drexel Dragons to Kaplan Arena for a 2 p.m. tip. The Tribe will honor its senior class of Terry Tarpey and Sean Sheldon prior to tip at approxiately 1:45 p.m. The game will be televised on Comcast SportsNet with Al Koken and Blaine Taylor on the call. Fans can find the game on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Philadelphia, New England, Chicago and Northwest as well as SportsNet New York and online at CAA.TV.

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News and Notes
- Drexel leads the all-time series with W&M at 20-13, but the Tribe has won 11 of the last 18 meetings. Each team has won eight games in Williamsburg, and the Dragons have taken three of the last four on the Tribe's home court, including an 80-66 win last.
 
- Saturday marks Senior Day at W&M. Prior to tip-off, the Tribe will honor its senior class of Terry Tarpey and Sean Sheldon. The pair owns the fourth-most wins for a graduating class in program history (71) and is the winningest W&M group in CAA play.
 
- Over the last three seasons, W&M leads the Colonial Athletic Association in both overall wins (58) and victories in CAA play (32). The Tribe posted its 10th win this year in CAA action against UNCW on Thursday night, marking its third straight season of double-digit league wins.
 
- Over the last 10 games, W&M is averaging 83.3 points contests, including three games of 90 or more points. The Tribe has scored 80 or more points in five straight games for the first time since 1969. No team in program history has scored 80 or more in six consecutive contests.
 
- The Tribe rallied from its fourth double-digit deficit against UNCW on Thursday. W&M trailed 61-49 with 10:37 to play, but used a 23-0 run to surge in front and outscored the Seahawks, 38-8, the rest of the way.
 
- In each of the last two games, the Green and Gold got to the free throw line at a significant rate. The Tribe was 28-of-33 at Towson on Feb. 13, before going 25-of-33 vs. UNCW. W&M is shooting 82.5 percent (80-of-97) at the free throw line over the last four games.
 
Scouting Drexel
Drexel enters Saturday's game having lost 11 straight and sitting at 3-23 overall with a 1-14 CAA ledger. The Dragons are coming off an 81-76 home loss to Elon on Thursday night.
 
DU ranks among the CAA leaders in scoring defense and offensive rebounding. Opponents score 71.3 points per game against the Dragons, which is fourth in the CAA, while shooting 46.3 percent from the field and 36.9 percent from 3. Drexel is fifth in the CAA at 10.8 offensive rebounds per contest. Offensively, the Dragons having struggled ranking last in the league in points per game (62.6), field goal percentage (38.6) and 3-point percentage (31.4).
 
Senior Tavon Allen, who scored his 1,000th career point earlier this season, leads Drexel and ranks 18th in the CAA at 12.5 points per game. He is second in the league at 83.1 percent from the free throw line. Allen scored a career-high 33 points earlier this season against Hofstra.  Junior Rodney Williams is second on the team in both scoring (10.2) and rebounding (5.2). He has been better in CAA play, scoring 12.3 points per game and shooting 42 percent from the field.  Graduate student Kazembe Abif ranks ninth in the CAA in rebounds per game (6.6), while freshman Terrell Allen is ninth in assists (3.4). Allen is also third in both free throw percentage (81.9) and steals (1.7). Sophomore Sammy Mojica is averaging 10.1 points per game in CAA play.
 
Drexel leads the all-time series with W&M at 20-13, but the Tribe owns victories in 11 of the last 18 meetings. The all-time series in Williamsburg is even at eight apiece with the Dragons having won three of the last four in the Colonial Capital.  Last season, Drexel posted an 80-66 win in Williamsburg on the final day of the regular season.
 
Senior Day
Saturday marks Senior Day as W&M honors its senior class of Sean Sheldon and Terry Tarpey. The pair owns the fourth-most wins (71) in school history for a graduating class and is the winningest W&M group in Colonial Athletic Association play. Sheldon and Tarpey have led W&M to back-to-back 20-win seasons, two-straight CAA Championship game appearances and the league regular season championship last season.
 
Senior Forward Sean Sheldon
A two-year starter, Sheldon has appeared in 106 games over his W&M career, including 56 starts. His production has increased every year of his Green and Gold career, including averages of eight points, five rebounds and 1.7 assists per game as a senior. A 61 percent career shooter from the field, Sheldon scored 518 points, collected 366 rebounds and dished out 141 assists over his four seasons. Earlier this season, he recorded a career-high 20 points against UNCW, connecting on 9-of-11 from the field. Sheldon ranks among the Tribe's career leaders in blocked shots and assist-to-turnover ratio. He will earn his degree from W&M majoring in kinesiology and health sciences as well as elementary education.
 
Senior Guard/Forward Terry Tarpey
The reigning CAA Defensive Player of the Year, Tarpey has left his mark on the Tribe program. The first player in W&M history with 100 career blocked shots and 100 career steals, he ranks among the top-five in program history in both categories, while also coming in sixth in rebounds, seventh in games played and eighth in career starts. Tarpey became the first played in W&M history to record a triple-double with his 18-point, 11-rebound and 10-asssist effort against James Madison last season. He also ranks fourth in school history with 14 career double-doubles. A Second Team All-CAA pick last season, he leads the CAA in steals for the second-straight season, while also ranking in the top five in the league in blocked shots and rebounds. He will earn his degree in economics in May.
 
Don't Call it a Comeback
W&M has enjoyed a number of memorable comebacks in 2015-16, including rallying from double-digits on fours occasions. Under head coach Tony Shaver, the Tribe has made it a habit of rallying from those types of deficits, doing it on 21 occasions. Here is a look at some of the Tribe's comebacks this season:
 
- Following a 19-2 UNCW, the Tribe trailed the CAA-leading Seahawks, 61-49, with 10:37 left on Thursday. W&M answered with a 23-0 run and outscored the visitors from the south, 38-8, the rest of the way. Senior Terry Tarpey (8), junior Daniel Dixon (8) and sophomore David Cohn (5) combined for 21 of the 23 points on the 23-0 run and dished out six assists on the Tribe's eight made field goals over the stretch. In total, W&M hit 11 of its final 13 shots from the floor against the Seahawks, including six 3-pointers, while holding UNCW to 3-of-17 shooting, including 0-of-7 during the 23-0 sequence.
 
- The Tribe rallied from an 18-point deficit, its second-largest comeback under Shaver, in a 68-62 win over James Madison on Jan. 31. After falling behind the Dukes, 31-13, with 8:55 left in the opening half, the Green and Gold held the Dukes to just 27.7 percent shooting and 3-of-25 from 3-point range over the final 28:55 of the game. The Tribe trailed by 12 at the half, but scored 42 points second-half points and shot 56 percent from the floor. W&M used a 23-2 run spanning the final four minutes of the first half and first seven and a half of the second to flip an 18-point deficit, 38-20, into a 43-40 lead.
 
- Less than two minutes into the second half at Northeastern on Feb. 4, W&M faced a 41-31 deficit. The Green and Gold embarked on a 17-5 run, taking a 48-46 lead with 12 and a half minutes to go on the way to an 86-77 victory. The Tribe scored 55 second-half points and connected on 64.5 percent over the final 20 minutes to rally past the Huskies.
 
- The Tribe trailed High Point by 11, 32-21, with 3:31 remaining in the first half on Dec. 21. W&M scored 12 straight points to take a 33-32 lead less than a minute into the second half. The Tribe went on to win thanks to a Daniel Dixon 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds to play in overtime. Dixon scored nine of the Tribe's 11 points in the extra period.
 
Perfect at the Line
For the second time this season, sophomore David Cohn was perfect from the free throw line, connecting on double-digit attempts from the charity stripe against UNCW. He was a perfect 12-of-12 against the Seahawks on Feb. 18 after hitting 10-of-10 vs. Hampton on Nov. 25. It marked the ninth and 10th time in W&M history that a player connected on 100 percent from the free throw line when attempting 10 or more at the charity stripe. Cohn is the first player in program history to have two such games in a career let alone a single-season. His 12-of-12 against UNCW was the best for a W&M player since Adam Hess hit the same number vs. VCU on Jan. 18, 2003. Cohn leads the Tribe and ranks sixth in the CAA hitting 80.5 percent from the free throw line.
 
Welcome to the 80's
For the first time in 47 years, the Tribe scored 80 or more points in five straight games, following its 87-69 win vs. UNCW. In fact, the Green and Gold tallied at least 80 points in eight of its last 10 contests. The last time W&M scored 80 or more points in five straight games came in 1969. During the first five games of December in 1969, the Tribe scored 84 vs. N.C. State, 80 at West Virginia, 84 at Virginia Tech, 82 at Georgetown and 81 vs. Richmond. No Green and Gold team has scored 80 or more points in six straights contests. The Green and Gold is averaging 83.3 points per game over the last 10 contests. On the year, the Tribe is scoring 78 points per game, which is the fourth-best single-season scoring averaging in program history and the best since 1970 (78.4). In CAA play, W&M ranks second in the league at 79.5 points per game.
 
Winning Double-Digit CAA Games
With its win over UNCW, the Tribe recorded its 10th CAA win, marking the third straight season in which the program won double-digit league games. In total, it is the fifth time under head coach Tony Shaver that the Green and Gold has won 10 or more CAA contests. Prior to Shaver's arrival in Williamsburg, the Green and Gold had just one such season in CAA play. W&M was 10-6 in conference action in 2013-14 and followed that up winning the regular season at 12-6 last year. Overall, it's the first time the Tribe has won 10 or more league games in three-straight seasons since the 1949-50, 1950-51 and 1951-52 seasons as part of the Southern Conference. The 2015-16 edition of the Tribe is the 12th to post double-digit league wins in the Tribe's 80 years being affiliated with a conference.