TOWSON, Md. – It's Saturday and lately that's been great news for John Davis and trouble for opponents. The junior forward is looking to keep shining on Saturday's and help the Towson University men's basketball team return to the win column when it hosts William & Mary in a colossal Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest.
 
In his past three Saturday games against Northeastern, Delaware and Elon, Davis has been electric, averaging 17.6 points per game. He scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a road win over Northeastern on Jan. 23. A week later, Davis sank a career-best five 3-pointers and scored a season best 21 points in a thrilling overtime victory over Delaware. Last Saturday in a tense road win at Elon, Davis scored all 12 of his points after intermission.
 
Davis appears to be playing his best hoops of the season as the games become more meaningful. He was a bright spot with 18 points and 10 rebounds in Towson's 47-44 setback to Northeastern Thursday night. Davis made 7-of-13 shots in 37 entertaining minutes.
 

When	Saturday, February 13, 2016
Where	Towson, Maryland (SECU Arena)
Time	4 p.m.
Team Records	William & Mary (17-7 overall, 9-4 CAA); Towson (17-9, 8-5)
National Radio	Comcast Sportsnet (Brent Harris and Glenn Consor)
Radio	TowsonTigers.com
Series	William & Mary leads, 17-14
Last Meeting	Towson 76, William & Mary 69 (December 31, 2015)

 
Today's Game
Towson concludes its season series against William & Mary, looking for its first sweep of the Tribe since 2014. This will be the 32nd all-time meeting between William & Mary and Towson. William & Mary leads the all-time series, 17-14. Towson won the first matchup 76-69 in Williamsburg on Dec. 31. The Tigers placed three players in double figures highlighted by 18 points each from William Adala Moto and Mike Morsell. Byron Hawkins added 13 points.
 
On the Air
Today's game can be heard live on CBS Sports Radio 1300.  Spiro Morekas will provide the play-by-play.  The game is also being televised on Comcast Sportsnet with Brent Harris and Glenn Cosnor on the call.
 
Skerry on the Radio
Head Coach Pat Skerry can be heard on 10.5.7 the Fan every Tuesday at 12:25 during the 2015-16 season.  Skerry will talk with Vinny and Rob and everything Towson basketball.
 
Best Things In Life Are Free
Towson is fourth in the country in free throw attempts (702) and eighth in free throws made (479).
 
Leaders of the CAA
Towson leads the CAA in rebounding margin (+7.6), offensive rebounds (14.2), blocked shots (4.8) and offensive rebounding percentage (.381). The Tigers are second in rebounding (39.8), scoring defense (65.5) and field goal percentage defense (40.5).
 
Nationally-Speaking
Towson is ranked among the top 50 nationally in several categories through Feb. 12 In addition to their free-throw shooting, the Tigers are ninth in total rebounds (1035), 12th in offensive rebounding (14.2), 23rd in rebounding margin (+7.6), 28th in total blocks (126), 41st in rebounds per game (39.8), 43rd in blocked shots per game (4.8), 42nd in scoring defense (65.5) and 43rd in blocked shots per game (4.8)
 
Comeback Tigers
Towson rallied from a 12-point first-half deficit to defeat William & Mary, 76-69 on 12-31-15. Even though it lost 40-37, Towson rallied from a 10-point 2nd half deficit to tie Charleston in the final seconds. The Tigers also rallied from a 10-point first half deficit to beat Drexel, 77-70 on 1-28-16. Towson shaved an 11-point second-half deficit against Northeastern to one point before coming up short.
 
Locking Down Defensively
Towson has some great stretches of defense this season. It held George Mason scoreless for 5:27 of the first half, Loyola scoreless for 4:04 of the second half and William & Mary without a point for 6:11 of the second half. The Tigers also held UMBC without a basket for 9:10 of the first half. Towson held Drexel to 12 first half points, Charleston to 18 first half points and Northeastern to 19 first half points. In home losses, Towson held Charleston to eight points over the final 13 minutes and Northeastern to seven points over the last 11 minutes.
 
600 Reasons
Towson has three players with at least 600 career points: Timajh Parker-Rivera (694), John Davis (723) and William Adala-Moto (755).
 
In Great Company
The CAA is one of only six Division I conferences to have at least five teams with 17 or more overall wins through games of Feb. 11. The others are the ACC (8), Big Ten (6), Big 12 (5), Big East (5) and Pac 12 (5). Towson, UNCW, James Madison, Hofstra and William & Mary all have at least 17 wins.
 
Scouting William & Mary
The Tribe are fourth in the CAA in scoring (77.2 per contest). Over the last eight games, W&M is averaging 83.4 points per game and has scored 90 or more points on three occasions. With 405 assists, W&M has handed out at least 400 assists the fourth straight campaign and the eighth time in the last nine years. The Tribe ranks 20th in the country in assists per game (17.0). Junior Omar Prewitt earned his first career CAA Player of the Week award on Feb. 8 after leading the Tribe to a pair victories. Prewitt has been on fire for W&M. During Thursday's 86-80 loss to Hofstra, Prewitt led W&M with his third-straight 20-plus point game, tallying 25 on 10-of-18 shooting to go with three rebounds, three assists and two steals. Sophomore David Cohn was the only other Tribe player in double figures with 13 points and added five assists with three steals. Terry Tarpey leads the Tribe in steals, rebounds and blocked shots. He's also among the CAA leaders in each category.
 
Up Next
The Tigers travel to Hofstra Thursday night to meet the Pride in a contest starting at 7 p.m.