WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's basketball team closes a brief two-game home stand when they welcome Northeastern to Kaplan Arena on Sunday, Jan. 31. Tipoff for the game is set for 2 p.m. The game will also serve as the Tribe's annual Alzheimer's Awareness game, and all fans in attendance are encouraged to wear purple.
 

Game Day Information - Game 20 - Northeastern
When	Sunday, Jan. 31 - 2 p.m.
Where	Williamsburg, Va.
Venue	Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall
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Highlights	College of Charleston | at Delaware
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OPENING TIP
The William & Mary women's basketball team looks to get back into the win column following a pair of four-point setbacks the last two times out as they welcome Northeastern to Williamsburg on Sunday, Jan. 31. Tipoff between the Tribe and the Huskies is set for 2 p.m. W&M looks to snap a two-game losing streak after suffering consecutive four-point losses to Delaware (63-67) and College of Charleston (51-55). The Tribe and Northeastern meet for the 16th time in series history on Friday night in Boston. It is the second of two meetings as the Green and Gold will look to avenge a 68-69 loss in overtime earlier this season. Northeastern holds a slight 9-7 advantage in the series. The Huskies ended a three-game losing streak to the Tribe in the teams last meeting in Boston 16-days ago.
 
LAST TIME OUT
A College of Charleston 3-pointer from the top of the key with less than 10 seconds remaining sunk the William & Mary women's basketball team, 55-51, on Friday night at Kaplan Arena. Kelsey Booth hit the game-winner, beating the shot clock after a nice defensive sequence from the Tribe and near steal along the sideline. Freshman Bianca Boggs recorded her first career double-double with 14 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. She added two assists, two blocked shots and two steals, while shooting 3-of-5 from 3-point range. Junior Marlena Tremba led W&M with 15 points, while classmate Alexandra Masaquel finished with 10 points, six rebounds, six steals and three blocked shots. Junior Kasey Curtis rejected seven shots, which is the fourth-best single-game total in W&M history, and sophomore Jenna Green dished out a game-high seven assists.
 
SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
Northeastern looks to pick up its first win since handing W&M a 69-68 overtime in Boston on Jan. 15. The Huskies are 7-12 overall with a 2-6 CAA record and are looking to snap a four game losing skid. NU is averaging just 59.6 points per game entering Sunday's game. Samantha DeFreese is the lone Huskie in double-figures with 12.9 points per game. Claudia Oritz, who hasn't played in the last three games, is second on the team with 9.0 points per game, and rookie Gabby Giacone is third on the squad with 8.8 points per game.
The Huskies are tracking down 38.8 rebounds a game. DeFreese is also the team's best player on the glass brining down 7.6 rebounds a night. Francesca Sally is second on the team with 5.7 rebounds a night. Kelly Cole is in her second season with Northeastern. She owns an 11-37 record during her two seasons.
 
SERIES HISTORY   
The Tribe and Northeastern meet for the 16th time in series history on Friday night in Boston. It is the second of two meetings as the Green and Gold will look to avenge a 68-69 loss in overtime earlier this season. Northeastern holds a slight 9-7 advantage in the series. The Huskies ended a three-game losing streak to the Tribe in the teams last meeting in Boston 16-days ago. The William & Mary women's basketball team lost a heartbreaking 69-68 overtime thriller at Northeastern on Friday night in Boston. Junior Abby Rendle led the Tribe with her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Rendle added two assists and one block in a career-high 39 minutes of action. Junior Alexandra Masaquel finished with 15 points, seven rebounds, three assists, a block, and three steals. Classmate Marlena Tremba was the final Tribe player in double-figures with 11 points, three rebounds, five assists, and two steals.
 
THE ROAD AHEAD
Next weekend, 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. The Tribe returns home for another two-game home stand. The College welcomes Hofstra on Friday, Feb. 12, before hosting Delaware on Sunday, Feb. 14.
 
KASEY IN THE PAINT
Junior Kasey Curtis has made the most of her return to the starting lineup in the last two games. She has averaged 7.0 points and 4.0 rebounds during the last two games, which is way up from her season averages of 1.9 ppg. and 2.3 rpg. Against College of Charleston, Curtis recorded the fourth-best blocked shot performance in school history with seven rejections. The College welcomes Hofstra on Friday, Feb. 12, before hosting Delaware on Sunday, Feb. 14.
 
BLOCK PARTY
W&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. The Tribe put together the second-most blocks in school history agianst Charleston with 13 rejections. Junior Kasey Curtis led the charge with seven blocked shots. For the season, W&M leads the CAA with 5.7, and also ranks 24th in the country.

A GRAND OCCASION
With 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.
 
SETTING SCHOOL RECORDS
Since 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 record for blocks (16) and individual blocked shots (Abby Rendle, 10).
 
FORCING TURNOVERS
For the season, W&M is averaging 18.4 turnovers per game, which is first in the CAA. W&M has forced five opponents into 20, or more turnovers this season.

BREAKING BIANCA
Freshman Bianca Boggs has made her presence known in just 19 games of her rookie season. She has started 14 games this season for W&M, including the last 13. 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 three games she has reset at least one career-high.Against Delaware she scored 18 points, after having a 16-point effort against UNCW. She followed that up with her first career double-double on 14 points and 10 rebounds against College of Charleston. For the season the Waldorf, Md. native is averaging 8.2 points per game, 3.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists per game, and 2.2 steals per game.
 
SCORING IN THE SEVENTIES
So 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 CARING
A key to success this season for W&M has been they have shared the rock. W&M ranks 24th in the country in assists per game with 16.9. Furthermore, the Tribe has averaged 18.4 assists per game in its 12 wins this season. In its seven losses, the Green and Gold has averaged just 14.4 assists. 
 
DOUBLE DIGIT DEFICITS
W&M has only trailed by double-figures on seven separate occasions this season. However, the Green and Gold has rallied to win three of those six games. W&M overcame double-digit deficits against Clemson, Old Dominion, and James Madison.
 
MAKES YOU WANNA STAY
The Green and Gold played its second overtime on Friday night in Boston, falling to Northeastern 69-68. The Tribe is now 1-1 in overtime games this season. W&M played four overtime games a season ago, going 2-2. The loss against Northeastern in overtime also snapped a three-game winning streak in games that go to overtime.
 
TAKING CARE OF THE ROCK
One of the Tribe's greatest strengths this season has been taking care of the basketball. Through 19 games, W&M has only turned the ball over 282 times (14.8 tpg.), which ranks them 32nd in the country. The Green and Gold has had just one game this season where they have committed 20, or more turnovers. In terms of assist to turnover ratio, the Tribe is second in the CAA with a 1.1 assist to turnover ratio, which is 32nd-best in the NCAA.
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
Junior Marlena Tremba became the Tribe's first player to earn a weekly award when she was tabbed the CAA's first player of the week on the week of Nov. 16. The junior poured in a career-high 26 points in the season opener against Mount St. Mary's on her way to the award. Freshman Bianca Boggs was the second Tribe player to earn a weekly award when she was named CAA Rookie of the Week for the week of Dec. 21. She scored nine points, adding a rebound, two assists, two blocks, and two steals in a win against Norfolk State. Junior Alexandra Masaquel won her first CAA weekly award with the player of the week nod for the week of Jan. 4. She averaged a double-double in two victories over ODU and JMU. For the first time since 2009, W&M swept the CAA weekly awards for the week of Jan. 25. Sophomore Abby Rendle was named CAA Player of the week following the first triple-double in school history, while freshman Bianca Boggs earned rookie of the week honors for scoring 16 points on 5-of-5 shoot.