WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's basketball team returns home and opens a two game home stand as they welcome College of Charleston to Kaplan Arena on Friday, Jan. 29. Tipoff for the game is scheduled for 7 p.m.
OPENING TIP The William & Mary women's basketball team looks to get back into the win column following a 67-63 setback at Delaware on Tuesday night when they welcome the College of Charleston to Williamsburg on Friday, Jan. 29. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Tribe enters Friday's contest with a 3-4 league record, which is good for sixth place. The Cougars own a 1-5 league recorded, which places them ninth. The Tribe and College of Charleston will meet for the 15th time in program history on Friday night. It is the first of two meetings as the Tribe makes the return trip to Charleston on Feb. 21. W&M holds a 10-4 advantage all-time in the series and a 3-1 record in the series since Charleston joined the CAA. The Tribe swept the Cougars in the two meetings last season, and have won the last three in the series.
LAST TIME OUTThe William & Mary women's basketball team's furious fourth quarter comeback fell just short as they dropped a 67-63 road decision at Delaware on Tuesday night. Freshman
Bianca Boggs scored a career-high 18 points to lead three Tribe players in double-figures. Boggs added five rebounds and three assists in 34 minutes of play to go with her career-high in points. Junior
Alexandra Masaquel finished with 14 points and nine rebounds, while classmate
Marlena Tremba scored 10 points and added seven assists. Tremba also became the 17th player in school history to reach the 1,000th career point mark, doing so on a triple in the fourth quarter. She becomes the fifth-fastest player in school history to record her 1,000th point - in 78 career games.
SCOUTING THE COUGARSCollege of Charleston enters Friday's contest looking to snap a one-game losing streak after falling to Elon the last time out. The Cougars, which haven't played since that contest, own a 6-11, 1-5 CAA record this season. Charleston enters the game averaging 56.6 points per game. Reigning CAA Defensive Player of the Year Breanna Bolden leads the attack averaging 14.2 points per game. Jackie Luna-Castro is also in double-figures averaging 10.6 points per game, while Kelsey Booth is just off the pace at 8.3 points per game. The Cougars are averaging 36.6 rebounds per game. Bolden leads the team with 6.8 rebounds per game, and has been extremely good in conference play, averaging 8.3 boards a game. Booth is second on the team at 5.7 rebounds a night. Candice M. Jackson is in her second season as the head coach at Charleston. She owns a 11-31 record overall in her two seasons.
SERIES HISTORY The Tribe and College of Charleston met for the 15th time in program history on Friday night. It is the first of two meetings as the Tribe makes the return trip to Charleston on Feb. 21. W&M holds a 10-4 advantage all-time in the series and a 3-1 record in the series since Charleston joined the CAA. The Tribe swept the Cougars in the two meetings last season, and have won the last three in the series. Last season, junior
Marlena Tremba led the Tribe in the series by averaging 16.0 points per game, including a 17-point performance in W&M Hall. Classmate
Latrice Hunter also averaged 8.0 points in the two games.
THE ROAD AHEADW&M closes out the month of January with a home game versus Northeastern on Sunday, Jan. 31. The game is set for a 2 p.m. tipoff. Following the two game home stand, W&M hits the road for two straight as the head to North Carolina for a pair of contests. The Tribe heads to Elon on Friday, Feb. 6, before returning a game to UNCW on Sunday, Feb. 8.
A GRAND OCCASIONWith her fourth quarter right-wing triple in the game against Delaware junior
Marlena Tremba became the 17th player in W&M school history to record her 1,000th career-point. In 78 games she is the fifth fastest player to reach the mark.
BLOCK PARTYW&M set the school record for blocked shots against UNCW with 16 on Jan. 22. Sophomore
Abby Rendle led the way with a school record 10 blocks, while junior
Alexandra Masaquel also swatted a career-best four shots. For the season, W&M leads the CAA with 5.3, and also ranks 24th in the country.
SETTING SCHOOL RECORDSSince taking over the reigns of the William & Mary women's basketball program three years ago,
Ed Swanson and his team have begun to rewrite the record book. During his tenure, W&M has set 10 different school records as both a team or individual performances. This year, the Tribe has set the school individual game record for blocks (16) and individual blocked shots (
Abby Rendle, 10).
BREAKING BIANCAFreshman
Bianca Boggs has made her presence known in just 17 games of her rookie season. She has started 13 games, including the last 12.
The rookie won the game at Loyola with a free throw, before hitting a clutch free throw to send the game to overtime at Northeastern. She was tabbed CAA Rookie of the Week for the weeks of Dec. 21 and Jan. 25.
Over the last two games she has reset her career-high in points. Against Delaware she scored 18 points, after having a 16-point effort against UNCW.
For the season the Waldorf, Md. native is averaging 7.8 points per game, 2.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists per game, and 2.2 steals per game.
SCORING IN THE SEVENTIESSo far this season getting over the 70-point clip has been a great sign for the Green and Gold. The six times the Tribe has reached that plateau they have won. W&M is 11-2 this season when they score 60, or more, points.
SHARING IS CARINGA key to success this season for W&M has been they have shared the rock. W&M ranks 19th in the country in assists per game with 17.2. Furthermore, the Tribe has averaged 18.4 assists per game in its 12 wins this season. In its six losses, the Green and Gold has averaged just 13.8 assists.
FORCING TURNOVERS For the season, W&M is averaging 18.6 turnovers per game, which is first in the CAA. W&M has forced five opponents into 20, or more turnovers this season.
