Men's Basketball Weekly Honors - Jan. 11
Rob Washburn
CAA MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY REPORT - JAN. 11 (PDF format)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Terry Tarpey • William & Mary
Sr., G/F, 6-5, 210 - Stamford, Conn./Fairfield Prep
Tarpey averaged 16.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 2.5 assists to help William & Mary become the only team to go 2-0 in CAA play last week. The senior wing poured in a season-high 21 points and tied a career-high with six steals in a 72-63 road victory at Drexel and then followed with his second double-double of the season with 11 points and a team-best 11 rebounds as the Tribe handed Northeastern its first league loss, 78-60. Tarpey shot 56.5% (13-23) from the floor over the two games, and defensively helped limit NU’s Quincy Ford to two second-half points.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK:
Tyler Seibring • Elon
Fr., F, 6-8, 225 - Towanda, Ill./Normal Community
Seibring averaged 13.5 points and 7.5 rebounds as Elon split a pair of games last week. The freshman forward contributed 11 points and nine rebounds as the Phoenix posted a 79-73 road victory at James Madison and had a season-best 16 points, six rebounds and three assists in an 80-76 setback against Hofstra. For the week, Seibring shot 50% from the floor, including 6-of-14 from 3-point range. He’s scored double figures in six of his past eight contests.
CONFERENCE NOTES:
TIGHT RACE ATOP CAA STANDINGS: The race for the CAA regular-season title is off to an exciting start with the top eight teams separated by only one game.
Hofstra, Northeastern and
William & Mary are locked in a three-way tie for first at 3-1, and
College of Charleston, Elon, James Madison, UNCW and
Towson are right behind at 2-2. Last week, W&M was the only team to go 2-0 in league play, while eight squads went 1-1.
The CAA is the only conference in the nation to have its top eight teams bunched within one game of each other as of Jan. 11.
ROAD TEAMS ARE 10-10 IN CAA ACTION: Road teams have a 10-10 record thus far in CAA play and eight of the league’s 10 squads already have at least one road win. Visitors having success in CAA action continues a trend from last year when home teams were just 47-43.
PILING UP THE WINS: The CAA is one of only six Division I conferences to have at least eight teams with 10 or more wins through games of Jan. 10. The others are the ACC (14), Pac 12 (10), Big Ten (9), Atlantic 10 (8) and Big East (8).
FOUR CAA TEAMS AMONG TOP 73 IN LATEST RPI: Four CAA teams are ranked among the top 73 in the latest RPI report released by
Collegiate Basketball News (rpiratings.com) on Jan. 11.
William & Mary leads all CAA squads at #60, followed by
College of Charleston at #67,
Hofstra at #71 and
Northeastern at #73. The CAA is ranked #9 among the nation’s 32 Division I conferences,
which is its highest ranking ever at this point in the season, and is one of only eight conferences with four teams among the top 73 of the RPI along with the A-10, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12 and SEC.
CAA EXCELS IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY: The CAA turned in one of the strongest non-conference performances in conference history with the 10 squads putting together a 75-44 overall record. Making the numbers more impressive is the fact that less than half of those games were at home. CAA teams were dominant (47-8) at home and had 21 victories in true road contests, which is the 3rd-most among all conferences.
THREE-POINT SUCCESS: Several CAA teams are among the nation’s best at scoring from the 3-point line and defending it.
Elon (10.7 pg/6th),
James Madison (9.4 pg/25th),
Hofstra (9.1 pg/33rd) and
Northeastern (8.8 pg/44th) are among Division I leaders in 3’s per game while Hofstra (38.3%/42nd) is ranked in 3-point FG%. Defensively,
William & Mary is 6th in 3-point FG percentage defense (26.7%), JMU is 23rd (30.3%) and
College of Charleston is 25th (30.3%). Individually, Elon’s
Tanner Samson (3.35 pg/14th), Hofstra’s
Brian Bernardi (3.06 pg/31st) and W&M’s
Daniel Dixon (3.0/33rd) are among Division I leaders in treys per game, while Bernardi (48%/11th), Samson (44.2%/35th) and Northeastern’s
David Walker (43.1%/50th) are ranked in 3-point FG%.
CLEANING THE GLASS: Nine of the CAA’s 10 teams are out-rebounding their opponents for the season as of Jan. 11. Towson has a league-best +7.2 rebound margin, followed by James Madison (+4.6 rpg) and Delaware (+3.8 rpg).
UNCW RANKS SECOND IN TURNOVER MARGIN: UNCW ranks second nationally in turnover margin (+6.4 tpg) through games of Jan. 10. The Seahawks are forcing 17.5 turnovers per game, which ranks 9th in Division I, while committing 11.1. UNCW is also 12th nationally with 9.1 steals per game.
W&M’S TARPEY AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS IN STEALS: W&M senior
Terry Tarpey ranks 4th nationally in steals (2.86 spg) through games of Jan. 10. In scoring, CofC’s
Canyon Barry ranks 36th (19.7 ppg). Hofstra’s
Juan’ya Green (6.5 apg) is 14th in assists and Elon’s
Luke Eddy is 37th (5.5 apg). Delaware’s
Marvin King-Davis is 27th in double-doubles (7). Hofstra’s
Rokas Gustys is 37th in double-doubles (6) and ranks 36th in rebounding (9.5 rpg).
GREEN AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS IN CAREER POINTS, ASSISTS: Hofstra senior guard
Juan’ya Green ranks third among all active Division I players in career points (1,978), second in career assists (634) and fifth in career steals (201) through games of Jan. 10. He trails only Evansville’s D.J. Balentine (2,119) and High Point’s John Brown (1,983) in points and Texas A&M’s Anthony Collins (643) in assists.
College of Charleston
• Defeated Hofstra 72-61 at home, but lost 61-54 at Drexel last week.
• Marquise Pointer scored a team-high 19 points and tied a career high with 6 assists vs. HU and added 7 points at DU. He’s averaging 14.1 ppg over his last seven games.
• Jarrell Brantley chipped in 10 points vs. Hofstra and 9 points at Drexel. He’s averaging 16.0 ppg over his last four games while shooting 74.4% (29-of-39) from the floor.
• Payton Hulsey tallied 12 points and 5 rebounds vs. HU and netted a team-high 11 points at Drexel. It was his first back-to-back games in double figures this season.
• Leading scorer Canyon Barry missed both games last week with a shoulder injury. He’s tallied double digits in 11 of 13 contests and has seven 20+-point efforts.
• Cameron Johnson scored 12 points vs. Hofstra, which was his 10th double-digit effort of the season.
• CofC held both foes to 61 points last week.
Delaware
• Suffered setbacks to Northeastern (88-56) and UNCW (85-67) last week. Have dropped seven in a row.
• Marvin King-Davis scored a season-high 29 points and grabbed 9 rebounds vs. UNCW. He leads the CAA with 7 double-doubles and ranks 2nd in rebounding (8.7 rpg).
• Kory Holden averaged 13.5 ppg and 5.0 apg last week and has reached double figures in 10 of his last 11 games. He’s 7th in the CAA in scoring and 4th in assists.
• Anthony Mosley poured in 15 points against UNCW and 13 points at NU. He’s tallied double digits in five straight games and is averaging 15.4 ppg over that stretch.
• Cazmon Hayes scored 12 points at NU but saw his 8-game double-figure scoring streak end vs. UNCW (4 pts.).
• Reserve forward Skye Johnson (skull fracture) is out indefinitely.
• The Blue Hens made a season-high 30-of-39 from the free throw line against UNCW.
Drexel
• Lost 72-63 to William & Mary before beating CofC 61-54 to end a four-game slide.
• Rodney Williams scored a career-high 19 points vs. CofC and had 13 points, 7 boards, 3 blocks and 3 steals vs. W&M. He’s averaging 16.5 ppg and 8.0 rpg over the past four games.
• Tavon Allen chipped in 11 points off the bench in both games last week. He’s tallied double digits in 13 of 15 contests.
• Freshman Terrell Allen contributed 11 points and 6 rebounds in the CofC win. He ranks second in the CAA in steals and is 3rd among CAA freshmen in scoring (10.3 ppg).
• Sammy Mojica poured in 13 points vs. W&M and has seven double-digit efforts in the past 12 games.
• The Dragons went 28-of-35 (80%) from the free throw line in the CofC victory.
• Drexel improved to 3-0 this season when holding opponents under 60 points.
• Drexel shot 54.2% from the floor vs. W&M.
Elon
• Picked up a 79-73 victory at JMU, but fell 80-76 to Hofstra last week.
• Tanner Samson hit 7-of-9 treys and scored a team-high 23 points vs. HU. He’s tallied double figures in 11 of his last 12 games. Samson is Elon’s career 3-point leader with 299 and tops the CAA with 57 this season.
• Christian Hairston posted his 3rd double-double (19 pts/13 reb) vs. Hofstra and averaged 14.5 ppg and 11.0 rpg for the week.
• Freshman Steven Santa Ana recorded career-highs of 19 points and 10 rebounds at JMU and has five double-digit scoring efforts in the past seven games.
• Luke Eddy scored 13 of his 15 points in the 2nd half at JMU and also had 5 assists. He ranks 2nd in the CAA with 5.5 apg
• Freshman Tyler Seibring scored a season-high 16 points vs. Hofstra and averaged 13.5 ppg and 7.5 rpg for the week.
• Elon knocked down 24 treys last week and has hit 10+ treys in 11 of 17 games.
Hofstra
• Split a pair of road games last week, losing 72-61 at CofC before topping Elon, 80-76. Have won five of their last six overall.
• Rokas Gustys posted double-doubles at CofC (16 pts/10 reb) and Elon (19 pts/12 reb). He tops the CAA in rebounds (9.5 rpg), ranks 2nd in FG% (60.2%), has grabbed 10+ boards 10 times and has 6 double-doubles.
• Juan’ya Green averaged 14.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg and 6.0 apg last week. He’s scored double figures in 15 of 16 games and leads the CAA in assists (6.5 apg).
• Ameen Tanksley averaged 16.5 ppg last week and has reached double digits in 15 of 16 contests. He’s 6th in the CAA in scoring with 16.4 ppg.
• Brian Bernardi hit 3-of-4 treys and added 13 points at Elon. He has made a team-high 49 threes on 48% shooting this season.
• Denton Koon added 13 points at CofC and had 9 points and 8 boards at Elon. He’s scored double figures 11 times this season.
James Madison
• Went 1-1 at home last week, beating Towson 73-59 after a 79-73 setback to Elon. Have won 10 of their last 12 overall.
• Ron Curry posted team-highs of 23 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists vs. Elon and added 12 points vs. Towson. He’s reached double digits in nine straight games and has 20+ points in five of them.
• Dimitrije Cabarkapa tallied 18 points vs. Elon and 11 against Towson. He’s hit at least one 3-pointer in 24 of the last 25 games and has reached double figures in 5 of the last 6.
• Junior Shakir Brown scored a team-high 14 points vs. Towson, which was his 10th double-digit effort of the season.
• Devontae Morgan recorded the first double-figure effort of his JMU career with 11 points and 3 steals in 9 minutes vs. Elon.
• Winston Grays scored 8 points in both games last week and is averaging 9.7 ppg over his last three contests.
• JMU is 10-0 when leading at the half.
UNCW
• Fell 76-60 at Towson, but bounced back for an 85-67 win at Delaware last week.
• Chris Flemmings averaged 13.0 ppg last week, including 16 points at UD. He’s scored double figures in 12 of the past 13 games and is averaging a team-high 14.6 ppg.
• Freshman Mark Matthews hit 4-of-5 threes and scored a career-high 18 points in 24 minutes off the bench at Delaware.
• Craig Ponder poured in 16 points at UD and is 41 points shy of 1,000 for his career.
• Denzel Ingram made 4-of-8 threes and scored a career-high 18 points at TU. He’s tallied double digits in 6 of the last 7 games.
• Freshman C.J. Bryce is averaging 12.5 ppg over his last eight games.
• Center C.J. Gettys had a career-high 15 points on 6-of-7 FG shooting at UD. He also added 6 rebounds and 2 blocks .
• UNCW is ranked among the nation’s best in TO margin, TO’s forced and steals.
Northeastern
• Rolled past Delaware 88-56 in their CAA home opener but lost 78-60 at W&M.
• Quincy Ford scored a team-high 18 points at W&M and had 15 points and 7 rebounds vs. UD. He’s averaging 19.8 ppg and 8.3 rpg over his last 6 contests. He’s scored double figures in all 17 games and is among the CAA’s top five in scoring and rebounding.
• Freshman Jeremy Miller posted his first double-double with 15 points and a career-high 11 rebounds vs. UD and is averaging 13.0 ppg and 9.0 rpg in his last three games.
• David Walker ranks 3rd in the CAA in scoring (17.6 ppg), but has failed to reach double figures in the past three games after having a streak of 12 in a row with 10+ points.
• NU made 14 threes vs. UD and has hit 60 treys in the past six games. The Huskies had 8 different players make a 3 vs. UD.
• NU committed a season-low 6 turnovers vs. Delaware and only had 8 at W&M.
Towson
• Went 1-1 last week, beating UNCW, 76-60, but losing at JMU, 73-59.
• William Adala Moto tallied a team-high 20 points with 8 rebounds vs. UNCW and posted his 3rd double-double (17 pts/13 reb) at JMU. He’s scored double digits in 12 consecutive contests.
• Mike Morsell had 17 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists vs. UNCW and chipped in 12 points at JMU. He’s reached double figures in 6 straight games and is averaging 14.8 ppg over that stretch.
• Byron Hawkins poured in 16 points vs. UNCW and has reached double digits in 11 of his last 14 games.
• Walter Foster has scored double figures in five of his past nine games.
• The Tigers out-rebounded UNCW and JMU and are a CAA-best +7.2 in rebound margin.
• Towson held UNCW to a season-low 60 points and has limited 8 of its last 10 foes to less than 70 points.
William & Mary
• On a 3-game win streak after defeating Drexel (72-63) and Northeastern (78-60).
• Terry Tarpey had a season-high 21 points and a career-high 6 steals at DU and posted his 2nd double-double (11 pts/11 reb) vs. NU. He ranks 3rd in the CAA in rebounding and 1st in steals and blocks.
• Daniel Dixon scored 19 points at DU and 15 vs. NU, which was his 8th straight game in double figures. He made six threes last week and leads W&M with 45 treys.
• Omar Prewitt poured in a team-high 23 points on 10-of-13 FG shooting vs. NU. He’s scored double digits in 16 of his last 17 games and is 2nd in the CAA with 17.7 ppg.
• David Cohn averaged 9.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 5.0 apg last week. He’s second in the CAA in assist/TO ratio.
• Greg Malinowski scored 8 points off the bench in both games last week and is averaging 8.7 ppg over his past seven contests.
• W&M shot a season-best 57.9% from the floor against NU.