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- W&M and Charleston meet for the 23rd time in program history on Wednesday afternoon, but it is the first time the two teams will meet in the CAA Tournament. The Tribe holds a 13-9 advantage in the all-time series, but the Cougars won both regular-season games this season. CofC picked up a 66-54 victory in Kaplan Arena on Jan. 13, before winning a thriller in double-overtime 79-77 at TD Arena in Charleston on Feb. 8.
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- The Tribe is the seventh seed in the CAA for the 10th time in program history, which is the team's most frequent seed. W&M is 2-9 all-time as a seven seed, and it is the second time the Tribe has been the seven seed under
Ed Swanson (0-1).
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- Senior
Bianca Boggs and freshman
Eva Hodgson were honored by the CAA with postseason awards the league announced on Tuesday afternoon. For the second straight year, Boggs was named to the league's first-team and the all-defensive team. She led the Tribe with 16.9 points per game, 6.9 rebounds, and 4.1 assists. Hodgson was the fourth W&M player in school history to be named the CAA Rookie of the Year after scoring 10.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game.
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- The Tribe's senior class –
Bianca Boggs,
Misha Jones, and
Chandler Smith – are one win away from tying the school record for the winningest class. The trio has helped the Tribe to 65 wins over their four-year careers.
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- First-Team All-CAA selection
Bianca Boggs has been in double-figures in 25 of 29 games this season and has accomplished that feat in 50 of her last 59 contests. The senior captain leads the team with 16.9 points per night and has added 6.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists per night. The senior has turned in 16 20-point career games, which ranks her tied for sixth all-time in school history. She notched her second career 30-point game with a season-high 32 points at Drexel on March 1. Boggs became the first player in school history to record at least 1000 points, 500 rebounds, and 300 career assists at Delaware on March 3. The Waldorf, Md. native also earned CAA All-Defensive Team honors for the second straight years after recording 70 steals and 28 blocks.
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- CAA Rookie of the Year
Eva Hodgson has started every game this season and the returns on the freshman point guard have been good. The freshman has been in double-figures in 16 games. For the season, Hodgson is averaging 10.1 points per game (most among CAA freshman), with 2.9 rebounds, and 3.1 helpers per contest. Hodgson scored a career-high 24 points at UNCW on Feb. 10. Her 83.8-percent from the free throw line ranks her third in the CAA, while her 1.2 assists/turnover ratio is good for eighth.
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- The Green and Gold is limiting its opponents to 28.7-percent (145-of-505) from 3-point range this season. W&M limited Drexel to a season-low 7-percent (2-for-28) from 3-point range in the win on March 1. The Tribe ranks third in the league in the category, but that is also good enough for 44th nationally.
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- W&M has moved its free throw percentage back to first in the CAA shooting 75.5-percent from the stripe and ranks 29th 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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- 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 26 of its 29 games. W&M ranks first in the CAA hitting 7.5 3-pointers per game. That mark is two more than the next best average in the six-years under Swanson. As a team, the Tribe is hitting 35.6-percent from range, which is second in the CAA, and 44th in the NCAA. Furthermore, W&M has hit more than 10 3-pointers in seven games this season.
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- Senior
Misha Jones has put together a career year in her final season with her senior day game going down as her most memorable game to date. The senior finished the game with a career-high 20 points on 5-of-8 from the field and 4-of-7 from 3-point range against Hofstra on March 11. Jones has had a breakout season for the Tribe scoring a career-high 125 points, grabbing 56 rebounds, and handing out 33 assists. After suffering two major injuries that cost her, her sophomore season, the Manassas Park, Va. native has seen action in 84 career games with four starts.
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- Junior
Victoria Reynolds wrapped up the regular season second on the team in scoring, averaging 10.7 points per game for the Tribe. Reynolds has added 5.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.3 steals per game during her junior season. The junior ranks sixth all-time in school history in free throw percentage (.779) and 10th in field goal percentage (.466).
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- For the first time this season, W&M put five players in double-figures in the win against Hofstra on March 11.
Misha Jones (20),
Eva Hodgson (17),
Victoria Reynolds (15),
Bianca Boggs (11), and
Gabby Rogers (10) were all in double-figures. It was the first time since Jan. 26, 2018 that the Tribe accomplished that feat. Furthermore, W&M is 5-3 in games when at least four players score in double-figures.
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- W&M set a school record for field-goal-percentage in the setback against Northeastern on March 9. The Tribe shot a red-hot 64.3-percent (27-for-42) from the floor in the contest. The game has been part of a strong shooting stretch that has seen the Tribe connected on 50-percent or better in four of the last six games. W&M ranks second in the CAA with 41.8-percent from the field this year.
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- Freshman
Eva Hodgson tied a school record with her four CAA Rookie of the Week Awards this season. The freshman joins Kyra Kaylor and Dominique Lewis as the only Tribe players to win the award four times since its inception in the 2002-03 season. W&M won six weekly awards this season with senior
Bianca Boggs being named CAA Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 31 and freshman
Emma Krause earning rookie of the week honors for the week of Dec. 24.
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- W&M played its second overtime game of the season at Drexel on March 1. Both overtime games have required more than one extra session, as the Tribe is 1-1 in overtime this year. W&M played its first triple-overtime game since Nov. 27, 1999, and has handed Drexel it is only two more than one-overtime losses in its program history.
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- The Green and Gold has eight players -
Bianca Boggs,
Victoria Reynolds,
Eva Hodgson,
Harper Birdsong,
Gabby Rogers,
Nyla Pollard,
Emma Krause, and
Misha Jones - have all eclipsed the 100-point mark on the season this year. In the previous five seasons under head coach
Ed Swanson, only seven players have accomplished this feat in a single-season.
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