WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's basketball team closed non-conference play with an 80-74 overtime setback to Hampton Roads rival Norfolk State on Thursday afternoon in Kaplan Arena. With the loss, the Tribe ends a seven game winning streak and falls to 9-2, while the Spartans win their fourth straight and improve to 6-5.
 
Norfolk State scored the first five points of overtime and didn't relinquish the lead. Kayla Roberts hit a long three as the shot clock was expiring, before adding a jumper to make it 73-68 with 3:52 left in the extra session. Senior Jenna Green answered with four straight points to cut it to one, but Norfolk State hit 7-of-8 from the stripe to secure the 80-74 victory.
 
Trailing by six at the end of the third quarter, W&M used 12-4 run to regain the lead for the first time in the second half with 6:41 left in the quarter. Sophomore Victoria Reynolds opened the rally with a lay-up, before senior Abby Rendle converted a traditional 3-point play. After a NSU basket, Green canned a jumper, but the Spartans answered it. Junior Bianca Boggs tied the score with a traditional 3-point play, before Rendle closed the run with a lay-up making it 57-55. The game went back and forth for the remainder of regulation, before Boggs hit a lay-up with 21 seconds left to tie the score and the Tribe held the Spartans scoreless on the final possession of regulation to force overtime.
 
Leading by three, the Spartans used an 8-3 run to build its largest lead of the game in the third quarter. Roberts started the rally with a free throw, before Khadedra Croker added a free throw and a jumper. After Boggs 3-pointer, Roberts added four points in a row to make it 44-36 midway through the period.
 
The Tribe used a 6-0 run in the first quarter to build its largest lead of the game. Boggs opened the spurt with a jumper, before Rendle and Pollard connected on baskets to make it 14-6 with 5:39 left in the first quarter.
 
W&M Starters - #2 Boggs, #11 Pollard, #12 Green, #24 Rendle, #30 Reynolds
 
Norfolk State Starters - #1 Russell, #11 Franklin, #13 Long #21 Roberts, #44 Croker
 
Individual Leaders
Junior Bianca Boggs led all scores and four Tribe players in double-figures with 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting. She added five rebounds, four assists, one block, and one steal. Senior Jenna Green tied a career-high with 16 points and added nine helpers, while classmate Abby Rendle had 15 points, nine rebounds, five assists, and two blocks and steals. Sophomore Victoria Reynolds rounded out the double-figure scorers with 13 points eight rebounds, a block, and three steals.
 
Kayla Roberts scored a team-high 21 points for Norfolk State adding seven rebounds, three assists, and three steals. Khadedra Crocker scored 19 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and had three assists and blocks. Yazmen Hannah added 12 points off of the bench, while Raven Russell had 10 points and seven boards.
 
Inside the Numbers
- W&M shot less the 45-percent for the first time in the last three games. The Tribe finished the game 29-of-65 from the floor (44.6-percent).
- Norfolk State controlled the rebounding battle, 44-34. It was the first time this season the Tribe has lost when losing the rebounding.
- Once again, the Green and Gold had, at least, 20 assists with 20. Senior Jenna Green led the team with nine dimes.
 
Notes
Junior Bianca Boggs recorded her third 20-point game of the season and ninth double-digit performance of the season with her game-high 22 … It was also the 26th time in her career she had a double-digit effort … Senior Abby Rendle added 15 points for her ninth double-figure performance this year and 45th in her career … Rendle now has 887 career points and needs 123 more to become the 19th player in school history to score her 1,000th career point … Senior Jenna Green had her ninth double-digit game of the season and 21st of her career … Green added nine assists, which gives her 426 for her career and now needs just three more to move into third place all-time school history … Sophomore Victoria Reynolds rounded out the double-figure scorers with 13 and it was her seventh double-digit effort of the campaign and 11th of her career … The setback was the Tribe's first December loss since Dec. 21, 2015 … It also snapped the Tribe's season-long seven game winning streak … W&M's nine non-conference wins are good for second most in school history since the CAA began.
 
What's Ahead
W&M opens Colonial Athletic Association play with a two-game road swing next weekend. The Tribe starts with the league's Southern swing beginning with College of Charleston on Friday, Dec. 29. Tipoff between the Tribe and Cougars is set for 6:30 p.m.