WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's basketball team continues a stretch of three of four games on the road as they travel to South Carolina to take on the College of Charleston on Sunday, Feb. 21. Tipoff between the Tribe and Cougars is set for 2 p.m.
OPENING TIP The William & Mary women's basketball looks to get back into the win coulmn as they continue a stretch of three of four on the road to close out February as they travel to College of Charleston on Sunday, Feb. 21. Tipoff for the game is set for 2 p.m. W&M is looking to get back in the win column after suffering five straight losses. It is the Tribe's longest losing streak of the season and its longest since the middle of last season. The Tribe and College of Charleston met for the 16th time in program history on Sunday afternoon. It is the final meeting of the regular season. W&M holds a 10-5 advantage all-time in the series and a 3-2 record in the series since Charleston joined the CAA. The Cougars snapped a three-game losing streak to the Tribe with a last second 3-pointer on Jan. 29.
LAST TIME OUTThe William & Mary women's basketball team dropped an 83-63 road decision to Colonial Athletic Association leading James Madison on Friday night. Junior
Alexandra Masaquel led the Tribe with 17 points and five rebounds. Classmate
Marlena Tremba was also in double-figures with 10 points, two rebounds, and two assists, while junior
Latrice Hunter finished with nine points, four dimes, and one steal. Senior
Brooke Stewart and freshman
Misha Jones added six points off of the bench, while sophomore
Jenna Green chipped in five off of the bench. Freshman
Bianca Boggs had five of the Tribe's seven steals.
SCOUTING THE COUGARSCharleston enters Sunday's contest looking to snap a three-game losing streak of its own. The Cougars fell at home to Elon 54-38 on Friday afternoon. C of C averages 55.3 points per game this season. They are led offensively by Breanna Bolden, who is averaging 13.9 points per game, while Jackie Luna-Castro is just off of the pace with 10.5 points a night. Kelsey Booth is just off of the double-figure pace with 8.3 points a game. On the glass, the Cougars grab 37.2 rebounds a night. Bolden leads the way with 6.9 rebounds a night, while Booth adds 5.7 rebounds per game. Candice M. Jackson is in her second season at the helm of College of Charleston. She owns a 14-34 record all time.
SERIES HISTORY The Tribe and College of Charleston met for the 16th time in program history on Sunday afternoon. It is the final meeting of the regular season. W&M holds a 10-5 advantage all-time in the series and a 3-2 record in the series since Charleston joined the CAA. The Cougars snapped a three-game losing streak to the Tribe with a last second 3-pointer on Jan. 29. 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. Senior
Brooke Stewart's 3-point attempt to tie in the closing seconds went in and out, and the Cougars hit 1-of-2 from the free throw line to put the game away. 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.
THE ROAD AHEADNext weekend, W&M returns home for a game against Towson on Friday, Feb. 26. The game will also serve as the Green and Gold's Senior Day. The Tribe then closes out its three of the four games of the road as they travel to Drexel for a game on Sunday, Feb. 28. The final game of the regular season is set for Wednesday, March 2 as the Tribe will square off with Elon. Tip time from Kaplan Arena is set for 7 p.m.
MOVING ON UP Junior
Marlena Tremba has started her assent up the career-scoring list at the College. Against Delaware on Feb. 14 she entered the top 15 in school history with 1089 points. She is 24 points from moving into 14th place all-time.
HELPING HANDS With one assist today, sophomore
Jenna Green will move into a tie for 14th in single-season history with her 100th assist of the season. It will be the second straight season she clipped the century mark in helpers. Junior
Marlena Tremba is just off of the pace with 96 assists, which already a career-high for her.
FIRST POINTS OF THE GAMEJunior
Alexandra Masaquel has had a knack this season of scoring the Tribe's first points of the game. The Honolulu, Hawaii native has scored the first W&M bucket in 11 of the 22 games, including the six of the last seven games. Overall, the Green and Gold has scored the first basket of 14 of 25 games.
O' CANADASophomore
Jeanne Gaumont returned to the lineup after missing five games with an injury and has been a staple on the floor, including returning to the starting lineup against Delaware on Feb. 14. Over her last seven appearances she has really started to score the ball. She is averaging 5.4 points per game.
Gaumont has set her career-high twice during the stretch with 10 points, and also has played a career in minutes (31) twice.
THE CENTURY MARKSenior
Brooke Stewart will participate in her 100th career game as a member of the Tribe when she checked in the game against UNCW on Sunday, Feb. 7.
The lone senior on the team, she will become the fourth player in the last three years to eclipse the 100 game mark of their career joining Kaitlyn Mathieu '14,
Jazmen Boone '15, and
Kyla Kerstetter, '15.
BIG SHOT LATRICEJunior
Latrice Hunter enjoyed her best game since her freshman season against Northeastern on Jan. 31. She hit five 3-pointers to finish the game with a season-high 15 points. Hunter, who has started the past three games for the Green and Gold, is averaging 5.3 points per game to go with 1.7 assists in 17.1 minutes.
RAINING THREESW&M drained a season-high 10, 3-pointers against Northeastern on Jan. 31. The 10, 3-pointers is the most in a game since they hit 10 triples against Longwood on Nov. 29, 2014. That game was the only time during the 2014-15 season that the Tribe hit more than 10 triples.
FORCING TURNOVERS For the season, W&M is averaging 17.6 turnovers per game, which is first in the CAA. W&M has forced six opponents into 20, or more turnovers this season, including Hofstra on Feb. 12.
