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- W&M is looking to even the season series with the Cougars after Charleston picked up a 66-54 at Kaplan Arena on Jan. 13. W&M leads the all-time series 13-8, but the series is even 3-3 in Charleston. W&M won the last meeting at TD Arena 68-54 on Dec. 29, 2017.
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- Senior
Bianca Boggs became the 10th player in school history to make her 100th career start in the Tribe's game against Drexel on Sunday afternoon. She is the third player –
Jenna Green and Marlena Tremba – to reach that plateau under head coach
Ed Swanson.
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- The Green and Gold is limiting its opponents to 26.4-percent (89-of-337) from 3-point range this season. The Tribe ranks second in the league in the category, but that is also good enough for 14th nationally.
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- The Tribe has moved its free throw percentage back to first in the CAA shooting 74.8-percent from the stripe. W&M's free throw percentage ranks 30th in the country. 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.
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- W&M has outscored its opponents 634-608 in the first half games this season, but has been outscored 651-637 in the second half of games. W&M is 11-0 when it leads at the break, but is 0-9 when it trails or is tied at the half.
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- 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 18 of its 20 games. W&M ranks second in the CAA hitting 7.3 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 34.9-percent from range, which is second in the CAA. Furthermore, W&M has hit more than 10 3-pointers in five games this season.
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- 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.
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- 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 10 games, and is averaging 9.0 points per game (most among CAA freshman), with 2.8 rebounds, and 3.2 helpers per contest. Hodgson scored a career-high 18 points in the CAA opener at Hofstra, and is fifth in the CAA with a 1.2 assist/turnover ratio. The rookie shooting 92-percent from the stripe since the start of CAA play and has hit her last 13 from the line.
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- Boggs has been in double-figures in 17 of 20 games this season, and has accomplished that feat in 42 of her last 50 contests. Boggs was selected to the Preseason All-CAA First-Team after a breakout junior season. The senior captain leads the team with 16.7 points per night, and has added 7.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per night. She is one of three players nationally to lead her team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks as of Feb. 6. The senior has turned in 14, 20-point career games, which ranks her 10th all-time in school history.