WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William & Mary men's basketball team closes out the regular season when it travels to James Madison for a nationally-televised game on Saturday afternoon. The game is slated for a 2:30 p.m. tip-off and will be televised on the NBC Sports Network with Mike Corey and Ron Thompson on the call.

Tribe fans can also catch the men's basketball action over the Tribe Radio Network with Andrew Phillips and Charlie Woollum on the call. The Tide 92.3 FM and 107.9 Bach FM are the flagship stations of the Tribe Radio Network and the audio is also available over the Web at TribeAthletics.com.

Catch up with the Tribe through social media. Follow the Tribe on Twitter @TribeAthletics and for in-game updates @TribeGameDay. Check in with the Tribe on Facebook at WMTribeAthletics, and see what happening with the Green and Gold on Instagram @TribeAthletics. Finally, follow along with the catalog of video content on TribeAthletics.com or check out the Tribe YouTube page. Be social and share all the Tribe news and experiences, using the hashtag #RisingTribe. With March approaching, get prepared for the CAA Tournament in Baltimore by visiting TribeAthletics.com/MarchOnTribe.
 

News and Notes
- James Madison leads the all-time series with W&M at 48-42, but the Tribe is 19-11 vs. the Dukes under head coach Tony Shaver. The Green and Gold has won the last five meetings between the teams, including a come-from-behind 68-62 win in Williamsburg earlier this season. The Tribe came back from an 18-point deficit to down the Dukes.
 
- Saturday's match-up pits the top shooting team in the CAA against the league's top defense. W&M leads the conference at 48.4 percent from the field and 37.6 percent from 3-point range, while the Dukes boast the CAA's best field goal percentage defense (39.3) and 3-point defense (29.3).
 
- Over the last three seasons, W&M leads the CAA in both overall wins (59) and victories in CAA play (33). The Tribe owns double-digit league wins in each of the last three seasons.
 
- W&M improved to 8-4 this season when trailing at halftime with its 75-65 win at Elon. Three of those wins have come in CAA play, including a win over JMU when trailing by 12 at the break on Jan. 31.
 
- Senior Terry Tarpey moved into fifth place on the Tribe's career rebounding list with 790. He has the most rebounds for W&M player since 1967.
 
- Junior Omar Prewitt leads the CAA at 18 points per game. Over the last seven games, he is averaging 22.1 points per game. 
 
- Sophomore David Cohn has scored in double figures in each of the last five games, averaging 13.4 points per game during the stretch. He also ranks second in the CAA at 4.7 assists per game.
 
Scouting James Madison
James Madison enters the regular season finale at 20-10 overall and 10-7 in CAA play. The Dukes suffered a 69-67 setback at Towson in its most recent contest on Thursday.
 
JMU sports one of the CAA's top defenses. The Dukes are second in the league in adjusted defensive efficiency at 98.6. They limit teams to 68.4 points per game and shooting percentages of 39.3 from the floor and 29.3 from 3-point range. The defensive shooting percentages lead the CAA. JMU has been even better in league play, holding foes to just 37.8 percent shooting overall and 26.9 percent from 3-point range.  Offensively, JMU averages 75.7 points per game, while ranking third in the league in field goal percentage (45.1) and 3-point percentage (36.3). The Dukes average 8.7 3-pointers made per game and rank second in the CAA in rebounding margin (+3.5).
 
Senior Ron Curry leads JMU and ranks fifth in the CAA at 17 points per game. He is scoring a league-best 19.1 points per game in league play. Curry, who is hitting 2.8 3-pointers per game in CAA play, ranks sixth in the league at 38.1 percent from long range and seventh in assists (3.6). Junior Shakir Brown is second on the Dukes in scoring at 11.3 points per game. He is fifth in the CAA at 38.6 percent from 3-point range and 13th in rebounding at 5.9 per game. Junior Yohanny Dalembert is JMU's top low-post player, averaging 9.1 points, seven rebounds and 1.2 blocked shots per game.
 
JMU leads the all-time series with W&M at 48-42, but the Green and Gold is 19-11 against the Dukes under head coach Tony Shaver. The Tribe has won the last five meetings between the two teams. Earlier this season, W&M rallied from an 18-point first-half deficit to down JMU, 68-62, in Williamsburg. In the last meeting in Harrisonburg, the Green and Gold shot 60.4 percent from the floor in knocking off the Dukes, 84-65.
 
Omar Scoring
Junior Omar Prewitt has scored in double figures in 25 of the Tribe's 28 games this season, including each of the last 10 contests. He leads the CAA and 86th nationally at 18 points per game. Prewitt owns five 20-point games in the last seven contests, including a career-long four-game streak from Feb. 4-13. Prewitt started the stretch with 28 points on 12-of-18 shooting in a win at Northeastern. He followed that up with 21 points against Delaware, 25 vs. Hofstra and 20 at Towson on Feb. 13. He recorded a season-high 29 points on 11-of-16 shooting against Drexel. His 12 20-point games this season lead the CAA. W&M is 8-4 when Prewitt scores 20 points this season and 11-4 when he leads them in scoring. Over the last seven games, he is averaging 22.1 points per game, shooting 55.2 percent from the floor and 48.2 percent from 3. 
 
Rallying at the Half
Halftime deficits have not fazed the Tribe in 2015-16. The Green and Gold has trailed at the break this season on 12 occasions and is 8-4 in those games. W&M owns three wins in CAA play when trailing at the half. The Tribe rallied from a seven-point deficit at Elon in its most recent win on Feb. 25. The Green and Gold overcame a 12-point halftime deficit in a win over JMU on Jan. 31 and a six-point hole at the break on Feb. 4 at Northeastern. In the non-conference, W&M won its final three games over Mary Washington, High Point and Central Michigan when trailing at the half. It marked the first time since 2008 that the Tribe overcame halftime deficits in three straight games to pull out victories.
 
Winning on the Road
The Tribe has enjoyed success on the road in 2015-16, winning seven games away from the friendly confines of Kaplan Arena. The seven road wins are tied for 37th nationally, as of Feb. 26. The total ranks sixth in W&M history.  The school record of 10 road victories came under head coach Tony Shaver during the 2009-10 season, and only five W&M teams have won eight or more road games in a season. With its wins at N.C. State and Liberty in November, W&M notched back-to-back road wins to open a season for just the third time in school history and the first since the 1945-46 season. It also marks just the eighth time in program annals that the Green and Gold has won its first two road games of the season. The Tribe's 85-68 win at N.C. State marked the 10th time in school history that W&M won a road game to open the season and the first since 1992-93.
 
W&M Road Wins

1.	10	2009-10
2.	9	1949-50
3.	8	2013-14
	8	1982-83
	8	1929-30
6.	7	2015-16
	7	1997-98

Top Scoring Teams in School History
The 2015-16 version of the Tribe is among the top scoring teams in school history, ranking in the top 10 in both total points and points per game. The Tribe's 2,173 points this season are sixth in program lore and only two away from moving into the top five. W&M's 77.6 points per game average is the fourth in program history and the best since 1970 (78.4). The top three scoring teams in Tribe history in terms of total points have been Tony Shaver-coached teams. In fact, each of the last two years, the Green and Gold produced the top two scoring seasons in program history, including a school-record 2,414 last season.
 
Total Points

1.	2,414	2014-15
2.	2,340	2013-14
3.	2,213	2009-10
4.	2,193	1948-49
5.	2,175	1976-77
6.	2,173	2015-16

Scoring Average

1.	81.4	1954-55
2.	79.0	1952-53
3.	78.4	1969-70
4.	77.6	2015-16
5.	77.3	1959-60

In the National Rankings
The Tribe ranks among the top 100 nationally in a number of statistical categories. Here is a look at where W&M ranks nationally (as of Feb. 26):
 
8th in Assist-to-Turnover Ratio (1.54)
18th in Defensive Rebounds Per Game (28.7)
20th in Field Goal Percentage (.484)
23rd in Fewest Fouls Per Game (16.6)
25th in Fewest Turnovers Per Game (10.7)
26th in Assists Per Game (16.5)
48th in 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (.376)
58th in Blocked Shots Per Game (4.5)
71st in Winning Percentage (.679)
74th in Scoring Offense (77.6)
80th in Scoring Margin (+6.2)
82nd in 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Defense (.327)
91st in 3-Pointers Made Per Game (7.9)
95th in Rebounding Margin (+2.7)