WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary men's basketball team hits the road to square off with Charleston for the first time this season on Thursday night. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m., from TD  Arena in Charleston. The match-up pits not only the top two teams in the CAA standings, but the top scoring team in the league against the conference's top scoring defense.

The game will be streamed online via CAA.TV and Stretch Internet. Tribe fans can catch the men's basketball action over the Tribe Radio Network with Jay Colley 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.

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W&M News and Notes
• Charleston and W&M currently sit first and second in the CAA standings heading into Thursday night's match-up. The Tribe is a CAA-best 5-1 on the road in league play, while the Cougars are a league-best 11-0 at home this season. The game pits the league's top scoring offense in W&M at 85.3 points per game against Charleston's CAA-leading scoring defense of 66.4 points per game.

• The Tribe leads the CAA and ranks 12th nationally with seven road wins. The seven road wins rank sixth in W&M history, and it marks the 11th time the Tribe has won seven or more road games in a season. Four of those seasons have come under head coach Tony Shaver, including three of the last five years.

• Over the last five years, the Tribe is the winningest program in the CAA in terms of league wins (51) and overall winning percentage (61.3). W&M's 92 wins over the last five years are just one behind Towson's league-leading 93. The Tigers have played nine more games than the Tribe during that stretch.  

• The Tribe is the best shooting team in the country, as the only program in the country to rank among the top 10 at all three levels. W&M leads the country in 3-point percentage (44.6), while ranking third in free throw shooting (79.5) and eighth in field goal percentage (50.8). No team in NCAA history has shot 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and 80 percent from the free throw line in the same season, and only three have shot 50-40-75.

• Since 1994, the Tribe's 44.6 percent from 3-point range is the second-best shooting rate nationally, trailing only UC Davis' 44.7 percent in 2014-15. W&M's current 3-point rate is the highest in NCAA history for a team making at least 10.5 3-pointers per game.

• Over the last four games, sophomore Justin Pierce is averaging 23.8 points and 11 rebounds per game. He erupted for a career-high 30 points to go with 12 rebounds vs. Elon on Feb. 1 after hitting for 27 points with 14 rebounds at Towson on Jan. 25. Pierce ranks among the CAA leaders in 10 different categories. He is third in the league and 47th nationally in rebounding at 9.0 per contest.

• For the sixth-straight season and 10th time in the last 11 years, the Tribe topped the 400-assist mark. W&M currently has 411 assists in 2017-18 and is looking for its third-straight campaign with over 500 helpers. The Tribe ranks 10th nationally at 17.9 assists per game, which would top last year's school record mark of 17.5.

• W&M connected on double-digit 3-pointers in each of the last five games and is 10-3 this season when accomplishing the feat. W&M has hit 15 or more 3-pointers in games on eight occasions in 2017-18. Prior to 2017-18, the Tribe hit the mark nine times and 15 of W&M's 17 occasions have come under head coach Tony Shaver. The Tribe ranks seventh nationally at 11.3 3-pointers per game.
 
• Sophomore Nathan Knight was named to the Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch list, which annually recognizes the nation's top Division I mid-major player. He ranks sixth in the CAA and 97th nationally at 18.2 points per game to go along with 7.4 rebounds. Knight, who is a two-time CAA Player of the Week, ranks 72nd nationally with seven double-doubles, including three of the 30-point, 10-rebound variety and four in CAA play. He is 42nd in the country shooting 56.3 percent from the floor.

• According to advanced statistical website KenPom.com, the Tribe ranks fifth nationally in effective field goal percentage (59.0) and 39th in adjusted offensive efficiency  (114.7). W&M has been in the top 60 in adjusted offensive efficiency each of the previous four seasons with a high of No. 31 in 2015. W&M has ranked among the top 25 in effective field goal percentage each of the last six seasons, including as high as No. 6 in both 2013-14 and 2014-15.

• With his nine assists at UNCW, senior David Cohn became W&M's all-time leader in career assists, surpassing the previous mark of 409 held by Scott Coval (1983-86). Cohn ranks 24th among active Division I players in career assists with 460 after playing his freshman season at Colorado State. Cohn leads the CAA and ranks 13th nationally at 6.4 assists per game. His 2017-18 assists total of 148 is third on the Tribe's singles-season list and only 20 off Coval's school-record mark of 168 set in 1985.

• Senior Connor Burchfield is the top 3-point shooter in country both this season and over his career. He currently leads the nation at 52.6 percent from long range, while ranking 29th in 3-pointers made (3.1). Burchfield is the active NCAA Division I career leader at 50.8 percent from 3-point range. His 161 career 3-pointers rank ninth in Tribe history, while his 71 triples this season are 10th in program lore.

• Three times in CAA play senior David Cohn tallied a carer-high 26 points, including the Tribe's last outing against Drexel. After averaging 10.5 points per game in the non-conference, Cohn has upped his production to 17.5 per contest in CAA play, which ranks 10th in the league.