WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's basketball team's furious comeback came up just short as it fell to Delaware 61-52 on Senior Night at Kaplan Arena. With the decision, the Tribe falls to 16-11, 7-9 in Colonial Athletic Association play, while the Blue Hens improve to 17-9, 10-5 in league play.
 
Trailing by as many as 18 points in the second half, W&M used a 12-1 run to cut it to six with 1:13 left in the third quarter. Senior Jenna Green started the spurt with five straight points, including a traditional 3-point play, before a sophomore Nari Garner 3-pointer cut the lead to single digit. Junior Bianca Boggs added four from the line to make it 50-44 near the end of the stanza.
 
W&M cut the lead to six four times in the third and fourth quarters, but could get no closer as the Blue Hens scored five of the final seven points to secure the win. Rebecca Lawrence hit a long jumper, before Samone DeFreese added free throw and Abby Gonzalez connected on a long 2-point field goal to make it 61-50 with 2:13 left.
 
Leading by nine, Delaware scored the final six points of the first half to take its largest lead of the first half into the locker room. Nicole Enabosi connected on back-to-back 3-point plays to make it 39-24 at the break.
 
W&M Starters - #2 Boggs, #11 Pollard, #12 Green, #24 Rendle, #30 Reynolds
 
Delaware Starters – #2 Gonzales #22 DeFresse, #23 Kargo, #25 Lawrence, #33 Enabosi,
 
Individual Highlights
Seniors Abby Rendle and Jenna Green led the Tribe with 12 points apiece on senior night. Rendle had eight rebounds, four blocks, and a steal, while Green added four assists, three rebounds, and three steals. Sophomore Nari Garner was in double figures the fifth time in the last six games has she had 11 points, four rebounds, and a block. Junior Bianca Boggs rebound out the Tribe double-figure scorers with 10 points, six rebounds, one assist, and one steal.
 
Nicole Enabosi paced Delaware with 24 points and 14 rebounds for a double-double. She added one block and three steals to lead two Blue Hens in double-digits. Samone DeFreese added 13 points and seven rebounds, while both Bailey Kargo (nine points) and Abby Gonzales (eight points) just missed double-figures.
 
Inside the Numbers
- W&M shot just 32.1-percent (17-of-53) from the floor in the contest. Fourteen of the Tribe's 16 wins have come when they shoot better than 40-percent.
 
- W&M's bench outscored Delaware's 16-3.
 
- The Tribe had only 10 assists, against 14 turnovers. W&M averages 18.4 assists in wins, but less than 13 in losses.
 
Notes
Senior Jenna Green was in double-figures for the 18th time this season, and the 30th time in her career … Green now has 519 career assists, eight assists shy of the single-season school record …  Earning her 112th career start tonight, Green is now just three starts away from setting the school record … Classmate Abby Rendle added her 55th double-digit game, it was the 19th time this season she has been in double-digits … She added four blocks to give her 344 for her career and 123 for the season, both of which are school and league records …. Sophomore Nari Garner was in double-digits for the fifth time in six games and for the 11th time this year … Junior Bianca Boggs added her 24th double-digit contest this season to give her 41 for her career … 24 times in double-figures is tied for seventh in school history, just three away from tying the school record … Boggs was a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe in the game … Prior to the game, W&M honored its three seniors – Green, Rendle, and Jeanne Gaumont – who are the winningest class in school history.
 
What's Ahead
W&M will have its second bye day of the CAA season on Sunday, before hitting the road for a pair of games next week to wrap up the regular season. The Tribe heads to Elon on Thursday, March 1, before heading to James Madison on Saturday, March 3. Tip-offs are set for 7 p.m. and 2 p.m., respectively.
 
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