WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary men's basketball team continues its season-long three-game homestand, welcoming preseason Colonial Athletic Association favorite Northeastern to Kaplan Arena on Saturday afternoon. The game, which is slated for a 4 p.m. tip, will be broadcast on Cox YurView Virginia.

Saturday will be both Scout Day and Williamsburg-James City County School Night. Scouts in uniform will receive discounted $8 mezzanine tickets and an exclusive item, while supplies last. Students and families from WJCC will also receive discounted $8 mezzanine tickets.

The contest will be broadcast on Cox Communications in Virginia with Jay Colley and Charlie Woollum on the call. The game will be available throughout Hampton Roads on YurView Virginia, Cox's channel 1011, while additional outlets include Fairfax County (1074), Fredericksburg (1077) and Roanoke (1009). The game will be available in other Cox markets, checking your local listings for details. It will also be available online at Tribe Athletics TV and CAA.TV.

Tribe fans can catch the men's basketball action over the Tribe Radio Network with Andrew Phillips and Julie Leach on the call. The Tide 92.3 FM and 107.9 Bach FM are the flagship stations of the Tribe Radio Network and the audio is also available over the Web at TribeAthletics.com.

Catch up with the Tribe through social media. Fans can keep up with W&M men's basketball by following the program on social media as well. Be sure to check out the Tribe on Twitter (@WMTribeMBB), Facebook (WMTribeMBB), Instagram (WMTribeMBB) and Snapchat (TribeMensHoops).
 

W&M News and Notes
- Saturday's match-up pits the two longest-tenured head coaches in the Colonial Athletic Association. W&M head coach Tony Shaver is the dean of CAA coaches at 16 years followed by Northeastern's Bill Coen at 13. Both rank among the top five in career CAA wins and have combined for 268 league wins (Coen 137/Shaver 131).
 
- The Tribe has come on strong defensively with the start of CAA play. Over the first five league games, W&M ranks second in defensive efficiency (97.5), allowing opponents less than a point per possession. In CAA play, the Green and Gold is holding foes to 40.5 percent shooting and 29.6 percent from 3-point range, both of which leads the league. The Tribe ranks third holding foes to just 70.4 points per game in league action.
 
- In three-straight games, W&M held Delaware to 58 points, Towson to 61 and Drexel to 66. It marked the first time in three years that the Tribe limited three-consecutive opponents to 66 or fewer points. The 58 points allowed at Delaware on Jan. 3 was the lowest total for a CAA opponent in nearly two years, while Towson shot only 14.3 percent (2-of-14) from 3 on Dec. 30, which was the lowest for a CAA opponent since 2015.
 
- With the start of CAA play, the Tribe's 3-point production has increased. After shooting just 31.7 percent from 3 and hitting 7.9 triples per game through the non-conference season, the Tribe's numbers have jumped to 37.9 percent and a CAA-best 10 3-pointers per contest in league action. W&M is also scoring 39.5 percent of its points in CAA play on 3-pointers compared to just 32 percent in the non-conference.
 
- Junior Matt Milon has scored in double figures in all five CAA teams and ranks 10th in the league at 16 points per game. In CAA play, he is averaging a league-best 4.2 treys per game and is shooting 43.8 percent from 3. Milon ranks 57th nationally in 3-pointers per game (2.9) and 76th in 3-point percentage (.405).
 
- Twice this season, freshman Chase Audige was named the CAA Rookie of the Week. He garnered the honor on Nov. 26 and Dec. 31. Audige is one of four CAA players to earn the league's top rookie honor on two occasions this season and the first W&M player since Omar Prewitt in 2013-14 to win multiple honors. Audige ranks third among CAA rookies and 28th overall in scoring at 9.4 points per game and ninth in the league in steals (1.2). 
 
- The Tribe dished out 20 or more assists in four of its first five CAA games and is averaging 21 per game in league play. In total, W&M has dished out 20 or more assists on seven occasions this season and is 5-2 in those contests. Over the last nine seasons, the Green and Gold is 42-4 when dishing out 20 or more assists in a game.
 
- Junior Justin Pierce ranks among the national leaders in both double-doubles and rebounding. He is third in the CAA and 22nd nationally in double-doubles (7). Pierce ranks 28th nationally at 9.6 rebounds per game and 15th in defensive rebounding (7.7). He is one of only seven players in the country averaging 15 points, nine rebounds and three assists per game (as of Jan. 9).
 
- Knight tallied his fourth career 30-point, 10-rebound double-double vs. Hofstra (31 points/10 rebounds). It was just the second 30-10 double-double in the CAA this season and the only one in a league game. He ranks third in the league with nine 20-point games and two 30-point contests. Earlier this season, he became the 40th player in school history to score 1,000 career points. He ranks 54th nationally at 19.4 points per game.
 
- Knight and Pierce lead the CAA with five 20-point, 10-rebound double-doubles apiece this season. The pair is also the only two players among the top 10 in the CAA in points, rebounds and assists. Knight is third in scoring (19.4), ninth in rebounding (7.3) and 10th in assists (3.2), while Piece is ninth in scoring (16.1), third in rebounding (9.6) and eighth in assists (3.6).
 
- Paul Rowley was named one of 30 candidates for the 2018-19 Senior CLASS Award®. The award recognized DI seniors with notable achievements in four categories (community, classroom, character and competition). W&M is one of three schools (out of 353 in DI) to have both a men's and women's player recognized as Bianca Boggs was also honored. Rowley, a second-year law student who graduated magna cum lade in just three years with a double major in finance and computer science, is the third Tribe player to be named a candidate, joining Quinn McDowell '12 and Omar Prewitt '17. The CAA led all conferences with four players on the men's 30-player list. The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award will be named in February.
 
- W&M, which has led the CAA five of the last six years, once again tops the league in assists at 17.4 per game in 2018-19. That number also ranks 18th nationally. The Tribe is seventh in the country according to KenPom.com in assists percentage, recording an assist on 64.3 percent of its made field goals. W&M has ranked among the top 50 in the category in 10 of head coach Tony Shaver's 16 seasons, including each of the last four.
 
- Knight was named one of 21 players nationally to the Watch List for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The 6-10 center was selected to the CollegeInsider.com Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List and was an NBC Sports Preseason Mid-Major All-America Second Team in September.
 
- The Green and Gold leads the CAA in blocked shots at 4.5 per game, which also ranks 61st nationally. W&M has ranked among the top three in the league each of the previous four years, including leading the CAA in 2016-17 (4.9). Each of the last four seasons has ranked among the top 10 in W&M history as the Tribe has averaged 136.5 per season. Individually, junior Nathan Knight leads the CAA at 1.8 blocked shots per game.