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Some Notes from around the CAA this week, including...
PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Terry Tarpey • William & Mary
Terry averaged 16.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 2.5 assists to help the Tribe 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.
Congrats, Terry!
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. 11. The others are the ACC (14), Pac 12 (10), Big Ten (9), Atlantic 10 (8) and Big East (8).
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.
RPI Report: 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 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.
3 Pointers: Several CAA teams are among the nation’s best at scoring from the 3-point line and defending it.
Offensively, 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%.
TURNOVER MARGIN: UNCW ranks second nationally in turnover margin (+6.4 tpg) through games of Jan. 11. 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.
NATIONAL STAT LEADERS:
W&M senior Terry Tarpey ranks 4th nationally in steals (2.86 spg) through games of Jan. 11.
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).
W&M Notes:
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.
Notes on this week’s Opponents:
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.
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 .
Until next week...
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