WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Four players scored in double-figures as the William & Mary women's basketball team cruised to a 63-53 victory against Colonial Athletic Association foe Hofstra on Sunday afternoon at Kaplan Arena. With the win, the Tribe improves to 14-6, 5-4 in CAA play, while the Pride drop to 10-11, 4-5 in league action.
 
Hofstra opened the game with a 6-0 to take the lead by the same score and build its largest lead of the game. Marianne Kalin opened the scoring with a transition lay-up, before Boogie Brozoski hit a jumper, and Mikiyah Croskey added a lay-up to end the run.
 
Trailing by three, W&M used a 10-0 run to take its first lead, which it didn't relinquish, midway through the second quarter. Junior Bianca Boggs started the rally with a lay-up, before sophomore Victoria Reynolds gave the Tribe the lead with one of her own. Senior Jenna Green continued the spurt with a jumper, before freshman Gabby Rogers added a lay-up, and Boggs ended the rally with a lay-up to make it 24-17 with 2:58 left in the half.
 
The Tribe opened the second half with a 6-0 run to build its first double-figure lead, but put the game away with a 9-6 mini run to extend to its largest lead of the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The teams traded baskets, but Boggs and sophomore Nari Garner knocked down a pair of 3-pointers on back-to-back offensive possessions to make it 56-43 with 5:27 left in regulation.
 
W&M Starters ­- #2 Boggs, #10 Garner, #12 Green, #24 Rendle, #30 Reynolds
 
Hofstra Starters - #1 Davis, #21 Croskey, #22 Askin #34 Brososki, #53 Kalin
 
Individual Highlights
Once again, junior Bianca Boggs paced the Tribe with 24 points to lead four players in double-figures. Boggs added eight rebounds, four blocks, three assists, and three steals. Senior Jenna Green chipped in 14 points, five rebounds, four assists, a block, and a steal, while sophomore Victoria Reynolds added 11, eight rebounds, seven steals, and two blocks. Classmate Nari Garner was the final Tribe player in double-figures with 10 points, a career-high seven rebounds, two assists, and a steal.
 
Boogie Brozoski led Hofstra in the game with 16 points, four rebounds, four assists, and three steals. E'Lexus Davis was the only other Pride player in double-figures with 11 points, five rebounds, two assists, and three steals.
 
Inside the Numbers
- W&M shot just 41.1-percent (23-for-56) from the floor the game. However, it limited the Pride to just 37.3-percent (19-of-51) in the contest.
 
- For the third straight game, the Tribe won the rebounding battle, 39-33. W&M is 5-2 when winning the battle of the glass.
 
- The Tribe forced the Pride into 21 miscues, and scored 22 points off of the Hofstra turnovers.
 
- W&M only had 10 assists in the victory, which are the fewest assists in a win this season.
 
Notes
For the 12th time this season, junior Bianca Boggs led the Tribe in scoring with 24 points … It was the 11th game in a row she's been in double-figures, and the 18th time this season, as well as the 35th time in her career she's been in double-figures … It was also the second straight she game scored 20 points, and she has accomplished that feat six times this season … Senior Jenna Green was in double-figures for the 15th time this season and 27th time in her career … She added four more assists to move her career total to 487 and needs just 17 more to set the school record for assists … Sophomore Victoria Reynolds was in double-figures for the fifth straight game, the 13th time this season, and the 17th time in her career … Reynolds added a career-high seven steals, which are tied for 11th best single-game effort … Sophomore Nari Garner, who made her second straight start, was in double-figures for the sixth time this year … The sophomore added a career-high seven rebounds in the game … Senior Abby Rendle added two blocks, which moved her into a tie with herself for single-season blocked shots at 101 … She moved her school and CAA record career blocked shots total to 323 … Freshman Gabby Rogers played a CAA-best 16 minutes and added four points, a career-high four rebounds, and a steal.
 
What's Ahead
W&M closes its third and final three-game homestand of the season with first-place James Madison on Friday, Feb. 2. The game will be W&M's annual pink game where all fans are encouraged to wear pink and the first 500 fans will receive free rally towels.