FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The William & Mary women's basketball team scored seven unanswered points in the final 68 seconds to grind out a 60-54 victory at Fairfield on Sunday afternoon. The Tribe (4-3) had three players reach double-figures for its second road win of the season against the Stags (2-5).
 
Trailing by four points, W&M ignited an 8-0 run to grab a 22-18 lead halfway into the second quarter. Redshirt sophomore Harper Birdsong did majority of the damage after scoring five points during the stretch. With nine seconds remaining, rookie Eva Hodgson fed sophomore Gabby Rogers down low for a 30-25 margin. However, the Stags cut it to a three-point game, 30-27, following a Casey Foley layup just before the halftime buzzer.
 
The Tribe led by as many as eight points in the second half, before Fairfield overcame the deficit in the fourth quarter. Fairfield used a 7-0 spurt to take a 51-49 edge with 5:33 left in the contest. Regardless, W&M went on a critical run in the waning moments to edge the Stags.
 
Boggs splashed a key 3-pointer at the 1:08 mark in reclaiming the advantage, 56-54. She then made a pair of free throws with only 33 seconds remaining to make it a two-possession game. With Fairfield in a must foul situation, junior Victoria Reynolds netted both shots at the stripe to ice the game.
 
W&M Starters - #2 Boggs, #10 Hodgson, #11 Pollard, #25 Rogers, #30 Reynolds
 
Fairfield Starters - #2 Kramer, #13 Diouf, #14 Foley, #15 Armstrong, #30 Lewis
 
Individual Highlights
Boggs led all players with 22 points, adding five rebounds and three steals. Reynolds also scored in double-digits with 12 points, while Birdsong chipped in 11 more off the bench. Rogers finished the afternoon with eight points, five rebounds and a steal.
 
Khadidiatou Diouf paced the Stags with 17 points and seven rebounds. Casey Foley and Katie Armstrong notched 11 points each. Foley also grabbed seven rebounds.
 
Inside the Numbers
- The Tribe defense forced Fairfield into 24 turnovers.
- W&M made 26 trips to the charity stripe, while the Stags attempted only seven free throws.
- The Stags received only four points from their bench, compared to 13 from the W&M subs.
- Fairfield won the rebounding battle, 34-28.

Notes
Bianca Boggs advanced to 18^th in program history with 1,041 career points ... Boggs has scored in double-figures in six of seven games … Harper Birdsong drained three 3-pointers on the second occasion … W&M went to the free throw line a season-high 26 times … The Green and Gold won its first ever game in Connecticut … With the victory, the Tribe advances to 2-0 in all-time series history against Fairfield … It's the third time W&M has forced an opponent to commit at least 20 turnovers.
 
What's Ahead
The Tribe will be back in Kaplan Arena for a Commonwealth clash against Richmond on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 7 pm.