WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William & Mary women's basketball team looks to get back in the win column as it travels to defending Colonial Athletic Association Champion Towson for the finale of a three-game road trip and the CAA opening weekend on Jan. 5. Tip time between the Tribe and the Tigers is set for 2 p.m.
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 - W&M and Towson meet for the 34th time in series history on Sunday afternoon. The Tribe holds a 19-14 advantage in the series, but the two teams split last year's series, winning on the other's home floor. The Green and Gold also holds 10-6 advantage at Towson, including winning three of the last four contests at SECU Arena.
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- For the first time since Feb. 4, 2018, the Tribe had two players score at least 20 points in the same game as senior
Victoria Reynolds and
Eva Hodgson each had 20 at James Madison on Friday night. The last time it happened Jenna Green '18 finished with 22 and
Bianca Boggs '19 chipped in 21 in a win at Towson. Â
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- W&M freshman
Bre Bellamy was named the CAA's Rookie of the Week for the third time after scoring five points, grabbing six rebounds, handing out four assists, two steals in a block in the comeback win at George Washington. The freshman is now just one behind the school record for rookie of the week awards set by current sophomore
Eva Hodgson, the school's all-time leading scorer Kyra Kaylor and Dominique Lewis, who each have four.
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- The Tribe has also been honored by the CAA with four weekly awards and an honorable mention citation so far this season. Aside from Bellamy's three weekly honors, senior
Victoria Reynolds was named the CAA Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 9, while sophomore
Eva Hodgson earned honorable mention player of the week honors for the week of Nov. 25.
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- W&M's nine non-conference wins this season are tied for the second-most in program history. Only the 2016-17 team, which won 10 non-conference games, has more, while the nine is tied with 2017-18 squad. The best three non-conference seasons in school history have all come under head coach
Ed Swanson.
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-For the eighth time in under head coach
Ed Swanson, W&M shot better than 55% in a contest, including setting the school record of 64.3% last March against Northeastern. The Tribe's 58.3% field goal percentage at VCU, the season-high, ranks tied for seventh under Swanson and is the seventh-best in school history. For the season, the Tribe is shooting 44.3%, which is tops in the CAA and ranks 51st nationally.
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- Because of its strong field goal percentage, W&M has also been scoring the ball at a high clip. The Tribe has scored, at least, 70 points in seven of its 12 contests this year, and only less than 60 once. The Green and Gold is averaging 70.1 points per game this season, which is second in the CAA.
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- Following her CAA Rookie of the Year honor last season, sophomore
Eva Hodgson has picked up where she left off and has been the Tribe's leading scorer in all but one game. 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. She is averaging 18.8 points per game, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.4 assists. Hodgson's 18.8 points per game is good for third in the CAA and 32nd nationally, while she is leading the conference and ranked 53rd in the NCAA in field goal percentage at 54.1%. The sophomore has been in double-figures in 13 straight games, dating back to last year, and has four 20-point performances, including back-to-back games.
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- Starting with her third career double-double at ECU, senior
Victoria Reynolds has been in double-figures in eight of the last 10 games. During the last five games, Reynolds is averaging 17.2 points and 7.2 rebounds a game. A Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention selection, Reynolds is second on the team averaging 14.3 points per game and leads the team with 5.8 rebounds a night. She has been in double-figures in 47 career games and needs 40 more points to become the 21st player in school history with 1,000 career points.
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- Freshman
Bre Bellamy, who has won three CAA Rookie of the Weeks and is the reigning 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, who has gone on to start every game this season, has been in double-figures four times and is averaging 5.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.
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- 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 nine rebounds at George Washington. Also against ODU, Eichner tied or set career-highs with three assists, three steals, and four blocks. 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 3.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game.
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- W&M head coach
Ed Swanson became the 69th head coach in Division I history to win his 500th career game against Hartford on Nov. 23. Now at 504 wins, Swanson ranks as the 33rd active head coach in the country in terms of wins. He is closing in on becoming just the third coach in W&M history to win 100 career games as he sits at 98 victories with the Tribe.
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