WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William & Mary women's basketball team returns to Williamsburg for its home opener at Kaplan Arena on Saturday, Nov. 9 as it welcomes Maryland Eastern Shore. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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Game Day Information - Game 2 | vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
When	Saturday, Nov. 9 | 6 PM
Where	Williamsburg, Va.
Venue	Kaplan Arena
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- W&M will look to start the season 2-0 for the fifth time in its Division I era. The Tribe picked up a 77-65 victory at Army West Point in its opener and looks to move to 2-0 for the first time since the 2017-18 season.
 
- Under head coach Ed Swanson is 3-3 in home openers at Kaplan Arena. Since the building opened the Tribe owns a 30-19 record in the first game of the season at Kaplan Arena.
 
- W&M and Maryland Eastern Shore meet for the fourth time in series history tonight at Kaplan Arena. It is the first meeting between the two schools since Jan. 20, 1993, a 78-57 Tribe victory at Kaplan Arena.
 
- Sophomore Eva Hodgson set a modern-era school record as she scored 27 points, which was the most in a season-opener and her career-high, against the Black Knights on Tuesday. All-time, the most points in a season opener was 30 by Mar-C Million in 1963.
 
- Freshman Bre Bellamy became the third straight true freshman to earn an opening night start on Tuesday night at Army. 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.
 
- Redshirt sophomore, transfer Sydney Wagner made a splash in her first game in the Green and Gold. Wagner connected on her first four shots, before finishing with 15 points on 5-of-9 from the field and 4-of-8 from the field.
 
- Swanson needs just four more career victories to claim the 500th of his career. He is currently 32nd among active head coaches with 496 wins and will become 69th Division I head coach to reach that mark.
 
- Despite losing two-time All-CAA First-Team selection Bianca Boggs to graduation, W&M still returns four starters from last year's roster, including double-figure scorers senior Victoria Reynolds and sophomore Eva Hodgson. Furthermore, the Tribe returns 67-percent of its points, 57-percent of rebounds, and 57.5-percent of its assists from last season.
 
- W&M was selected to finish seventh in the CAA Preseason Poll by a vote of the league's head coaches. Last year's regular-season champions James Madison was picked as the preseason favorite, while Drexel was picked second, and 2019 CAA Champions Towson was picked third.
 
- Senior Victoria Reynolds garnered a Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention citation the league announced during the league's digital media day. Reynolds has averaged double-figures the last two seasons. She appeared in 31 games with 27 starts last season scoring 338 points (10.9 ppg.), 164 rebounds (5.3 rpg), 71 assists, 21 blocks, and 40 steals. For her career, she has appeared in 89 games with 57 starts, 789 points (8.9), 654 rebounds (5.2 reb.), and 152 assists. Reynolds has been in double-figures in 39 career games, including 20 a season ago.
 
- W&M has won at least 15 games in each of the last five seasons, which is the longest such streak in school history. The Tribe posted back-to-back winning seasons in 2016-17 and 2017-18, which included tying a school record with 20 wins in the 16-17 campaign.
 
- The CAA announced the next four future sites for the CAA Championship and for the first time-ever W&M will host the event in 2024. The league also announced that James Madison will host the 2021 tournament, Towson will host and 2022 and Drexel will host in 2023.