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Nyla Pollard

Women's Basketball

Women's Basketball Hosts Delaware Friday Night for Diversity Night

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William & Mary women's basketball team returns home for the first of two games this weekend as it welcomes Delaware to Kaplan Arena on Friday, Feb. 1. Tip time between the Tribe and the Blue Hens is set for 7 p.m.

Promotions:
Tribe Pride Diversity Night: Join the Tribe as we celebrate Diversity! The first 100 students will receive a free "Tribe Pride" t-shirt!
 
Game Day Information - Game 19 vs. Delaware
When Friday, Feb. 1 - 7 PM
Where Williamsburg, Va.
Venue Kaplan Arena
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Stats William & Mary | Delaware | CAA
Game Notes William & Mary | Delaware | CAA
Highlights at Towson | at James Madison | Elon
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- W&M and Delaware meet for the 33rd time in series history with the Blue Hens leading the series 24-8. The Blue Hens swept the regular season series last year, including a 61-52 triumph at Kaplan Arena on Feb. 23. W&M's last win in the series came in the 2017 CAA Quarterfinal.
 
- The Tribe has limited its last five opponents to 25-percent, or worse, from 3-point range, including a season-low 6-percent from 3-point range in the win over Elon. W&M has lowered its defensive 3-point percentage to 25-percent, which is second in the CAA, but fifth in the NCAA. 
 
- W&M has posted a perfect 7-0 record coming off of a loss this season with its most recent triumph coming in an 80-69 victory at Towson Sunday.
 
- The Tribe has moved its free throw percentage back to first in the CAA shooting 73.7-percent from the stripe. The Tribe shot a perfect 16-for-16 from the line at James Madison on Jan. 25, which was the first time the Tribe was perfect from the line (minimum 8 attempts) since 2016. In the last two games a Tribe player (Misha Jones and Eva Hodgson) has shot perfect from the line with a minimum of five attempts.
 
- The Green and Gold has outscored its opponents 574-537 in the first half games this season, but has been out scored 590-580 in the second half of games. W&M is 11-0 when it leads at the break, but is 0-7 when it trails or is tied at the half.
 
- Senior Misha Jones has heated up over the last five games as she is averaging 7.4 points per contest. More impressively, Jones has hit 9-of-her-last-18 3-point attempts, and is now shooting 42.1-percent from range this season. 
 
- Redshirt sophomore Harper Birdsong jumped back up to fourth in the CAA in 3-point shooting percentage this season as she is hitting 39.8-percent (35-for-88) from range. Birdsong is second on the team averaging 10.2 points per game this year, and has been in double-digits 11 times.
 
- The Green and Gold is hitting 3-pointers at the highest clip under Ed Swanson this season, and has had five, or more, 3-pointers in 16 of its 18 games. W&M leads the CAA hitting 7.4 3-pointers per game. That mark is two more than the next best average in the six-years under head coach Ed Swanson. As a team, the Tribe is hitting 35.3-percent from range, which is third in the CAA. Furthermore, W&M has hit more than 10 3-pointers in five games this season.
 
- W&M claimed its fourth CAA weekly award as freshman Eva Hodgson earned her second CAA Rookie of the Week award after averaging 17.0 points per game on 10-of-18 from the floor for the week of Jan. 7. Tribe senior Bianca Boggs was named the CAA Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 31, while freshman Emma Krause earned rookie of the week on Dec. 24.
 
- Boggs was announced as one of 30 national candidates for the Senior CLASS Award. The Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. Boggs was the lone player from CAA women's basketball honored, and along with men's basketball player Paul Rowely, W&M was one of three DI schools with a candidate for the both the men's and women's Senior CLASS Award.
 
- Hodgson has started every game this season and the early returns on the rookie point guard have been good. The freshman has been in double-figures in eight games, and is averaging 8.7 points per game (most among CAA freshman), with 2.7 rebounds, and 3.1 helpers per contest. Hodgson scored a career-high 18 points in the CAA opener at Hofstra, and is seventh in the CAA with a 1.1 assist/turnover ratio.
 
- Boggs has been in double-figures in 15 of 18 games this season, and has accomplished that feat in 40 of her last 48 contests. Boggs was selected to the Preseason All-CAA First-Team after a breakout junior season. Earlier this year, she was named one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award. The senior captain leads the team with 17.0 points per night, and has added 6.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists per night. She is one of four players nationally to lead her team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks as of Jan. 25. The senior has turned in 14, 20-point career games, which ranks her 10th all-time in school history.
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Players Mentioned

Harper Birdsong

#12 Harper Birdsong

G
5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
Bianca Boggs

#2 Bianca Boggs

G
5' 8"
Senior
Misha Jones

#5 Misha Jones

G/F
5' 9"
Senior
Eva  Hodgson

#10 Eva Hodgson

G
5' 9"
Freshman
Emma  Krause

#15 Emma Krause

F
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Harper Birdsong

#12 Harper Birdsong

5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
Bianca Boggs

#2 Bianca Boggs

5' 8"
Senior
G
Misha Jones

#5 Misha Jones

5' 9"
Senior
G/F
Eva  Hodgson

#10 Eva Hodgson

5' 9"
Freshman
G
Emma  Krause

#15 Emma Krause

6' 2"
Freshman
F