WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary men's basketball hits the road for the Colonial Athletic Association Southern road swing, beginning with a trip of Charleston on Thursday night. Two of the three teams tied atop of the league standings at 8-3 meet in TD Arena. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. and the contest will be broadcast on FloHoops.
The Tribe's remaining seven CAA games will be streamed on FloHoops. A
FloHoops subscription is $12.50 per month or $95.88 per year ($7.99 per month) and provides access to 130 CAA men's basketball games, as well as special features.
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 is the flagship stations of the William & Mary Sports Network and the audio is also
available over the Web via the Tune-In app.
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W&M News and Notes
- The Tribe won its 16th game on Jan. 30 vs. Northeastern, marking the 20th time in school history it reached the total. The 16 wins rank 14th in program history. W&M has won 17 games on 13 occasions and the total ranks 11th.
- W&M sits atop the CAA standings at 8-3. The Tribe opened CAA play with six-straight wins for just the second time in school history. The Tribe completed the 1982-83 season at 9-0 in the ECAC South, which was the precursor to the CAA. It marked just the second time in the last 87 years and fourth overall that the Tribe had a 6-0 league start.
- The Tribe appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 for the fifth-straight week on Monday, coming in at No. 25. The Tribe was one of two CAA teams in the rankings along with No. 24 Hofstra.
- Senior
Nathan Knight added to his list of accolades on Wednesday being named one of 10 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, which recognizes excellence in community, classroom, character and competition. He is only the second Tribe player and first since Quinn McDowell '12 to be named a finalist for the prestigious honor.
- W&M held Northeastern to 58 points in its victory. The Tribe has led six CAA foes in its 11 league games to less than 70 points, all wins. This season, the Tribe is 11-0 when holding teams to less than 70 points and 9-0 when teams fail to shoot 40% from the field.
- The 16 wins for head coach
Dane Fischer and the Tribe are tied for the second-most among programs with coaches in their first seasons. He is one of seven first-year coaches with 16 or more wins this season. Jeff Goodman of Stadium rated Fischer seventh in his power rankings for national coach of the year in early January.
- Offensively, W&M ranks 30th nationally in 2-point field goal % (53.6), 31st in effective field goal % (53.7), 46th in free throw % (75.3), 49th in field goal % (46.4) and 94th in 3-point % (35.1).
- Knight's length of the court game-winning lay-up with 1.5 seconds left to top Northeastern on Jan. 30 was his second game-winner in the final two seconds this season. His lay-up in traffic with 1.1 seconds left in Boston against the Huskies led W&M to a 66-64 win. Knight has three such buckets in his Tribe career. This season, W&M is 5-1 in games decided by five or less points, including three CAA wins by one or two points.
- The Tribe's bench has picked up its scoring production in CAA play, outscoring the opposition in eight of 11 league games. During the conference ledger, W&M holds a 15.5 to 10.7 points per game advantage off the bench. By contrast, the Tribe was outscored off the bench in 10 of its 13 nonconference games and the opposition held a 14.3-13.3 advantage in bench scoring.
- Freshman
Miguel Ayesa was a perfect 4-of-4 from 3 in the win at Delaware on Jan. 16. It tied a school record, which Ayesa equaled at Wofford as well. He is one of only two players in W&M history, along with Daniel Dixon '17, to have multiple games of four made 3's without a miss. In CAA play, he ranks third in the CAA at 45.5% (15-of-33) from long range. His overall 3-point % of 39.0 ranks 14th in the league.
- Knight, who was listed among the top 25 players in the country by ESPN.com on Jan. 15, owns double-doubles in eight of his last 10 games and leads the country with 18 on the year. He is one of two players nationally averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds per game. Knight is 12th in the country in rebounding (10.6) and 18th in scoring (20.3). He ranks seventh, among players with a 28% or higher usage rate, in offensive rating according to KenPom.com (115.5). Knight is one of just three current D1 players with 1,900 career points and 800 career rebounds.
- Knight and
Andy Van Vliet have been double trouble for Tribe opponents. They are one of only two pairs of teammates in the country averaging 13 points and eight rebounds per game. Knight and Van Vliet are also one of only two pairs of teammates in the country with at least eight double-doubles apiece. Van Vliet is 49th nationally at eight double-doubles. They both tallied a double-double in the same game six times.
- Junior
Luke Loewe is enjoying a breakout season. He ranks second in the CAA in 3-point % (45.1) and seventh in field goal % (53.5). According to KenPom.com, he is 16th nationally in 3-point % in DI games (47.1), 29th in effective field goal % (64.1) and 36th in true shooting % (65.0). Loewe has nearly tripled his scoring from last season to 10.8.
- W&M ranks second in the country with eight road wins. The Tribe became the first program in CAA history to start 3-0 with all three wins on the road. It marked the sixth time in program history that W&M picked up eight road wins, which ranks second in program history. The Tribe tied a school record with three-straight road wins to open the year.
- In 16 of its 24 games, the Tribe has outrebounded its opponent and W&M is 13-3 in those contests. The Tribe ranks second in the CAA and 80th nationally in rebounding margin (+3.8). W&M leads the CAA in defensive rebounding % (76.3) and ranks second in defensive rebounds per game (27.8), which rank 31st and 42nd in the country.
- The university unveiled plans on Feb. 1 for a reimagined W&M Athletics Complex. The $57-million project includes a revitalize Kaplan Arena and a 36,000-square-foot Sports Performance Center, featuring a strength and conditioning area, a sports medicine space and practice facility. The majority of $41 million already committed was provided by leadership gifts from Katie Garrett Boehly '95 and Todd Boehly '96, as well as Jennifer Tepper Mackesy '91 and D. Scott Mackesy '91. Construction is expected to begin in fall 2020 and conclude in fall 2022.
- Knight is a well-known name nationally. He was named to the mid-season watch lists for CollegeInsider.com's Lute Olsen National Player of the Year and Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year awards on Jan. 7. He was also selected to the Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List by the USBWA on Dec. 6. For the second-straight year, Knight was one of 20 players named to the preseason watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year award after being one of five finalists in 2019. Knight is also a CAA-best three-time league player of the week in 2019-20 and was a preseason All-CAA First Team pick.