WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William & Mary women's basketball team looks to make it two in a row as it welcomes Hartford to Kaplan Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Tipoff between the Tribe and the Hawks is set for 5 p.m., and the Tribe men's team will square off with Morehead State at approximately 7:30 p.m. as well.
Tribe Athletics will be collecting donations for the William & Mary Campus Food Pantry, which provides students and staff who are food insecure and their dependent family members access to nonperishable food and household products.
The list of pantry offerings includes non-perishable food products (canned soup, fruit and vegetables), personal hygiene (soap and deodorant) and supplies (tissues and toilet paper). Fans who donate a nonperishable food item are able to purchase a ticket to both games of the Tribe basketball doubleheader for only $10. Donations will be accepted once gates open for women's game until 10 minutes after men's contest tips off.
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- The Tribe meets Hartford just the second time in series history, and for the first time in Williamsburg or Kaplan Arena. The previous meeting came just a season ago when the Hawks picked up a 50-45 victory in the Tribe's first-ever game in Connecticut.
- W&M is 4-1 for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The Tribe improved to 3-0 for the first time under
Ed Swanson and since the 1987-88 season, and have the chance to be 5-1 in for the fourth time in five years as well.
-Swanson can become the 69th coach in Division I history to record his 500th career victory with a win in tonight's game. He is currently 32nd among active head coaches with 499 career wins.
- Freshman
Bre Bellamy earned the Tribe's first weekly award honor as she was named the CAA Rookie of the Week for the week of Nov. 25 averaging 8.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. Sophomore
Eva Hodgson was also honored by the league as the honorable mention player of the week after averaging a league-best 22.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists.
- Hodgson continues her hot start to the season as she has been the Tribe's leading scorer in all five games. After scoring the most points in the Division I era in a season opener (27), Hodgson reset her career-high with 29 points at Richmond Wednesday night. She is averaging 21.0 points per game, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.8 assists.
- Furthermore, Hodgson is one of nine players national (as of Nov. 25) to be perfect from the free-throw line this season, as she has connected on her first 23 from the free throw. Dating to back to March 1 of last season, Hodgson has hit 33 consecutive from the free-throw line.
- After recording her third career double-double at ECU, senior
Victoria Reynolds has been in double-figures in every game since. In the game against the Pirates, she recorded season-highs with 17 points, 12 rebounds, and six steals. A Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention selection, Reynolds is averaging 12.6 points per game and leads the team with 5.4 rebounds a night. She has been in double-figures in 42 career games and needs 148 more points to become the 21st player in school history with 1,000 career points.
- Bellamy, who is the reigning CAA Rookie of the Week, became the third straight true freshman to earn an opening night start at Army in the opener. During coach Swanson's tenure with the Tribe, he has started at least one true freshman in five of the seven seasons he has been the coach. The rookie has been in double-figures twice and is averaging 8.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game.
- Junior
Bailey Eichner has enjoyed her enhanced role during her junior campaign and is off to a career start. Eichner first scored a career-high 11 points in the win at East Carolina, before adding a career-high eight rebounds at Richmond. The Cudahy, Wisc. native has been the first Tribe post player off of the bench in each contest, and in her new role is averaging 4.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 0.6 steals per game.
- Redshirt sophomore, transfer
Sydney Wagner hasn't missed a beat after having to sit out last year due to NCAA transfer rules. Coming off the bench, she is averaging 10.4 points per game and 2.2 3-pointers per contest.
- A constant in the Tribe lineup since starting her Tribe career, junior
Nyla Pollard ranks ninth in the country and leads the CAA with a 4.75 assist-to-turnover ratio. Pollard is tied for a team-best 19 assists, while only having four miscues this season. Pollard, who will make her 50th career start tonight, is averaging 4.6 points per game.
- W&M has shot better than 40-percent in all but one game this season and are shooting 45.8-percent from the field this season, which leads the CAA and ranks 38th in the NCAA. The Tribe shot a season-best 53.8-percent from the field in the win at East Carolina.
