WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary men's basketball travels to the City of Brotherly Love to take on Atlantic 10 opponent Saint Joseph's on Thursday night. It marks the 11th-straight season that the Tribe has squared off with an A-10 foe. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and is slated for a 7 p.m. tip.

Tribe fans can catch the men's basketball action over the William & Mary Sports Network with Jay Colley and Charlie Woollum on the call. The Tide 92.3 FM and 107.9 Bach FM are the flagship stations and the audio is also available over the Web for FREE via the Tune-In app.

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W&M News and Notes
- The Tribe faces an Atlantic 10 Conference opponent for the 11th-straight season and 17th in the last 19 campaigns. Last season, W&M played a trio of A-10 foes, including an 87-85 win over Saint Joseph's in Williamsburg. The Tribe rallied from a 20-point second-half deficit to win on a Nathan Knight hook shot with 1.7 seconds remaining.
 
- W&M head coach Dane Fischer was recently recognized by both ESPN and NCAA.com for the Tribe's success in the nonconference. NCAA.com writer Mike Lopresti ranked Fischer No. 8 on the list of first-year head coaches. ESPN's Jeff Borzello listed the Tribe head man among three coaches in his Mid-Major surprises as part of his first-year coaching scorecard.
 
- The Tribe has ratcheted up the defense recently. In two of the last three games, W&M held its opponent to less than 30% shooting. After holding ODU to 28.6%, the program's best mark since 2014, W&M limited Goucher to 22.4%, the best since 1996. The Tribe has held each of its last three opponent to less than 60 points and foes are averaging just 44.7 points per game during that stretch. It marks the first time W&M limited three-straight foes to less than 60 points since 2010. The last time the Tribe held four consecutive foes to less than 60 was before the advent of the shot clock in 1984. The Tribe's 30-point defensive effort vs. Goucher was the program's best since 1981. 
 
- Senior Nathan Knight earned his second-straight CAA Player of the Week honor on Dec. 9. Knight averaged 17.5 points and 10 rebounds per game in wins over Old Dominion and at Fairfield. The previous week, he averaged 29 points and 11 rebounds per game to earn the honor, including 30 points at Buffalo. Knight ranks second in W&M history with five weekly honors, trailing only Marcus Thornton's six. Following his fifth-straight double-double vs. Goucher, Knight was named to the CAA's honor roll list on Monday.
 
- With its victory at Fairfield, the Tribe picked its nation-leading fourth road win. It marks the sixth time in program history that W&M won four road games during the non-conference slate. It is just the fourth time since joining the CAA that it accomplished the feat. They tied a school record with three-straight road wins to open the season, including snapping Wofford's 17-game home win streak, the fourth-longest in the country, on Nov. 12.
 
- As of Dec. 17, the Tribe has the sixth-best improvement nationally in the Ken Pomeroy rating since the start of the 2019-20 season. After beginning the year at No. 251, W&M improved to No. 167. The improvement trails only Stephen F. Austin (125 spots to No. 174), Northern Colorado (93 to No. 151), Delaware (90 to No. 166), Charlotte (90 to No. 173) and Bryant (89 to No. 238).
 
- Knight added another notable accolade to his resume, being selected to the Oscar Robertson Trophy by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, on Dec. 6. Earlier this season, he was named to the watch lists for both the Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award and the Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year Award, presented by CollegeInsider.com. For the second-straight year, Knight was one of 20 players nationally named to the preseason watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year award after being one of five finalists in 2019.
 
- Junior Luke Loewe is enjoying a breakout season, ranking among the national leaders in shooting. He leads the CAA in 3-point % (56.0) and ranks second field goal % (56.8). According to KenPom.com, the 6-4 guard is fourth nationally in 3-point % (against DI competition), 20th in true shooting % (71.3) and 25th in effective field goal % (69.6). Loewe doubled his previous career-high with 26 points in the win over Morehead State. He ranks 18th in the CAA at 11/7 points per game and is one of only three players, along with Northeastern's Jordan Roland and Delaware's Nate Darling, to rank among the top 15 in 3-point %, field goal % and free throw % (14th at 77.5%).
 
- Knight owns five-straight double-doubles and leads the nation with nine on the year. His 31 career double-doubles rank fourth among active D1 players and are W&M's most in the last 43 years. Knight ranks second in the CAA and 24th nationally in rebounding (10.3), while coming in fourth in the league and 38th in the country in scoring (19.9).
 
- Senior Andy Van Vliet, along with Knight, provide the Tribe with one of top front courts in the country. Van Vliet owns back-to-back double-doubles and ranks 22nd nationally in double-doubles with five. He is third in the CAA in rebounding (9.5) and 11th in scoring (14.4).  Knight and Van Vliet are one of just two pairs of teammates nationally averaging 14 points and 9 rebounds per game.  Van Vliet, who earned CAA Player of the Week honors on Nov. 18, scored 22 points to go with 12 rebounds vs. Hampton and added 16 points and 13 rebounds at Oklahoma. 
 
- Knight is one of five current D1 players with 1,600 career points and 700 career rebounds. This season, the 6-10 center moved into the program's top 10 in both scoring (8th at 1697 points) and rebounding (7th at 740). He is one of only two players in program history, along with Jeff Cohen (1958-61), to rank among the top 10 in both categories. Knight ranks 14th among active D1 players in rebounding, 15th in scoring and fifth in blocked shots.
 
- The Green and Gold has proven to be a dangerous offensive team in 2019-20. According to KenPom.com, W&M ranks 28th nationally in effective field goal % (55.0). The Tribe, which has shot 50% or better from the floor in four games this season, ranks 70th nationally in field goal % (46.7) and 74th in 3-point % (36.3).
 
- Graduate student Bryce Barnes has emerged for the Tribe. He posted a career-high five steals with seven rebounds in the win over ODU. His driving lay-up with 3.8 seconds left gave W&M an 80-79 win at Wofford on Nov. 12. He followed by scoring 17 of his career-high 21 points in the first half of the win over Hampton. On three occasions this season, Barnes has posted a career-high tying seven assists. He ranks fourth in the CAA in both assists (4.5) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.7). He is 89th nationally in assists per game.
 
- Dane Fischer became just the third W&M head coach to start his career 4-0 and the first since Rube McCray in 1943-44. He is the first to win his first three road games.