- The William & Mary women's basketball team closes the home portion of its schedule as it welcomes Delaware to Kaplan Arena on Friday, Feb. 23. Tip-off between the Tribe and the Blue Hens is set for 7 p.m.
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- Prior to Friday's game, W&M will honor its senior class -
Jeanne Gaumont,
Jenna Green, and
Abby Rendle - for its countless hours of commitment to the program. The trio is the winningest class in school history with 66 wins, and helped the Tribe to its first-ever Division I postseason berth as freshman.
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- Sophomore
Nari Garner has worked herself into the Tribe's top reserve this season. She has been in double-figures in 10 games, including six of the last eight games. The Tampa, Fla. native leads the team with 51 3-pointers made, and earned her first three career starts from Jan. 26-Feb. 2.
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-Â W&M has won 16 games, which is tied for the fourth most in school history. It also assures the Tribe of its second straight winning season. It is the first time since 2005-06 and 2006-07 that the Green and Gold has posted back-to-back winning seasons.
- Senior
Abby Rendle became the 19th player in school history to record her 1,000th career point with her second quarter lay-up at Delaware on Feb. 9. She becomes the third player in the last three years reach the clip, and is the second player (Marlena Tremba) in the last two years to reach the milestone at Delaware. Rendle is now in 18th place in school history with 1,022 points.
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- W&M has scored more than 70 points in 15 times this season, and has posted a 12-3 record during those contests.
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- This season, W&M is 9-1 when shooting better than 45-percent. For the year, the Green and Gold is second the CAA and ranks 83rd in the country at 42.7-percent.
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- After losing its top two scorers from last season, W&M has put, at least, three players in double-figures in 20 of 26 games this season. Junior
Bianca Boggs has been in double-figures in 23 of 26 contests to lead the squad. Seniors
Abby Rendle (18 times) and
Jenna Green (16 times), as well as sophomores
Victoria Reynolds (14 times) and
Nari Garner (10 times), and freshman
Nyla Pollard (twice) have also scored in double-figures, in at least one game, this season.
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- Not only is senior
Jenna Green scoring at a higher rate this season, but she is also finding her teammates at a higher clip. The Clifton, Virginia native has been in double-figures in 16 games and is averaging 10.7 points per game. She has added 161 assists,which are 20th in the NCAA, and her 6.2 assists per game rank her 19th. Green, who is the school record holder for assists, has 512 career dimes that rank her tied for 15th among active players in the country.
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- W&M's and the CAA's new all-time blocks leader senior
Abby Rendle broke the school record with her 256th career block in the game against Davidson, and then topped the league's record with her 274th career block versus ODU. She added another school and conference record as she had a single-game record of 11 blocks against Charleston on Jan. 26. Rendle is the nation's top shot blocker and is leading the country with 119 blocks and 4.7 bpg. Her 341 career blocks are also the third-most active blocks in the country, and her 3.3 blocks per game are the most active in the country. The senior has reset her W&M single-season and now holds the CAA single-season block record with 119 blocks this year and counting.
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- Junior
Bianca Boggs has become one of the top players in the CAA this season. She has been the team's leading scorer 15 times, and recorded the most points in a game by a CAA player this season when she scored a career-high 33 points at St. Francis. The junior is averaging 16.3 points per game, which is second in the CAA, to go along with 4.7 rebounds, and 3.0 assists, and 2.3 steals. The Waldorf, Md. native has scored 423 points needs just nine four points to move into 10th place on the single-season scoring chart.
- A big key to the Tribe's success this season has been well they share the basketball. W&M is averaging 18.4 assists per game in its victories, but just 12.7 in its losses.