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Women's Basketball Closes Regular Season by Welcoming James Madison For Senior Day Saturday

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William & Mary women's basketball team closes the regular season as it welcomes in-state rival James Madison to Kaplan Arena on Saturday, March 7. Tip time between the Tribe and the Dukes is set for 2 p.m.

Promotions
Senior Day:
Help the Tribe honor the winningest class in school history! The Green and Gold will recognize graduate student manager Jacob Kanno and seniors Ashley Taylor and Victoria Reynolds prior to tomorrow's game.


Game Day Information | Game 29 vs. James Madison
When Saturday, March 7 | 2 PM
Where Williamsburg, Va.
Venue Kaplan Arena
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- W&M and James Madison meet for the 91st time in series history on Saturday afternoon. The Dukes lead the all-time series between original CAA members 73-17, including an 84-70 win in the conference opener for both teams. Both Victoria Reynolds and Eva Hodgson scored 20 points to lead the Tribe in the game. Five Dukes scored in double-figures led by a game-high 24 points from Kamiah Smalls, who added seven rebounds.

 

- Before today's game, W&M will honor seniors Victoria Reynolds and Ashley Taylor (right) as well as graduate student manager Jacob Kanno. Reynolds and Taylor are the winningest class in school history with 71 career victories. The duo has been leaders on this year's squad that has already won the most games in school history in overall wins and CAA wins.

 

- The Tribe has already claimed the No. 3 seed for the 2020 CAA Championship that will be held at Elon University's Schar Center on March 11-14. The Tribe will square off with a to be determined opponent in the final quarterfinal of the day on Thursday, March 12 at approximately 7:30 PM. Stay tuned to TribeAthletics.com/MarchOnTribe for all CAA Tournament details.

 

- For the second time this season, sophomore Eva Hodgson was named the CAA Player of the Week for the week of March 2. Hodgson scored 27 points and added five rebounds, two assists, three blocks, and two steals. She was previously named the CAA Player of the Week of Feb. 10 and earned two honorable mention player of the weeks for the week of Nov. 25 and Feb. 3. Including those four awards, W&M has been honored with eight CAA weekly awards as freshman Bre Bellamy has won three CAA Rookie of the Week awards and senior Victoria Reynolds was the player of the week for the week of Dec. 9. 

 

- The Green and Gold's 21 wins are most wins in single-season school history. Furthermore, the Tribe's 12 CAA wins are also the most in a single-season. 

 

- For the first time this season, five players scored in double-figures in the Tribe's win over Delaware on Feb. 23. W&M has posted a 16-1 mark when at least three players reach the double-figure plateau, including the last win at Delaware. The lone loss came at first-place Drexel in overtime. 

 

- W&M has hit the 80-point mark in five games this season, including in the win against Northeastern on Feb. 14. In its wins over Elon and Charleston, the Tribe scored 80 in back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 2 and Dec. 5, 2017. The Green and Gold is now 21-2 when reaching the mark under head coach Ed Swanson.

 

- Hodgson's breakout sophomore season as seen her set the single-season school record and scored in double-figures in 27 of 28 games. She became just the ninth player in school history with multiple 30-point performances in the same season and is just the second player in school history with back-to-back 30-point games. Hodgson joins Taysha Pye as the only other woman in W&M lore to score two 30-point games in her first two years. Her 15 20-point games are the most in single-season history. 

 

- Furthermore, Hodgson has been the Tribe's leading scorer in all but four games. After scoring the most points in the Division I era in a season opener (27), Hodgson then scored the most points in W&M's DI era when she scored career-high 34 points at Elon. She is averaging 20.7 points per game, 3.8 rebounds, and 3.7 assists. She leads the conference with 20.7 points per game (eighth in the NCAA), 54.4% from the field (35th in the NCAA), 43.1% from 3-point range (22nd nationally) and 91.3% (fourth in the NCAA). She is the only player in the NCAA shooting better than 50% from the field, 40% from three, 90% from the line. 

 

- W&M is 7-0 this season when the Tribe shoots better than 50-percent from the floor, which it did last time out against Delaware. Earlier this season, W&M shot better than 55% percent at 58% against Charleston. The Green and Gold shot a season-high 58.3% from the field in the win against VCU, which was the seventh-best in school history. For the season, the Tribe is shooting 45.5% from this field this season, which is best in the CAA and 16th in the country. 

 

 - Senior Victoria Reynolds is in the midst of a career year for the Tribe. She has been in double-figures in the last 11 games and is averaging 17 points per game during that stretch and has two double-doubles as well. A Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention selection, Reynolds is second on the team averaging 15.8 points per game (fifth in the CAA) and leads the team with 6.2 rebounds a night. She has been in double-figures in 62 career games and has scored 1,230 career points. 

 

- Junior Bailey Eichner has enjoyed her enhanced role during her junior campaign and earned four straight starts from Jan. 24 to Feb. 7. Earlier this season, she scored a career-high 11 points in the win at East Carolina, before adding a career-high nine rebounds at George Washington. The Cudahy, Wisc. is averaging 3.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game.

 

 - Usually tasked with guarding the opponent's best offensive threat, junior Nyla Pollard has had a breakout year on the offensive end of the floor. On Feb. 14, the junior tied a career-high with 14 points in the win over Northeastern and is averaging 6.7 points per game in CAA play. For the year, she is averaging a career-high 6.2 points., 2.4 rebounds., and 3.9 assists per game. 

 

- 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, before becoming just the third W&M coach to win 100 career games with the Tribe against Charleston last month. To continue a milestone-driven season for Swanson, he was announced as an inductee to the Northeast Conference Hall of Fame in late January. Now at 516 wins, Swanson ranks tied as the 31st active head coach in the country in terms of wins, and with 110 wins as head coach of the Tribe, he is third all-time and is 37 away from all-time wins leader Debbie Taylor. This is Swanson's second 20-win season at W&M and the ninth in his career. 

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Players Mentioned

Bailey  Eichner

#21 Bailey Eichner

G/F
6' 1"
Junior
Eva  Hodgson

#10 Eva Hodgson

G
5' 9"
Sophomore
Nyla Pollard

#11 Nyla Pollard

G
5' 9"
Junior
Victoria Reynolds

#30 Victoria Reynolds

F
5' 10"
Senior
Ashley Taylor

#3 Ashley Taylor

G
6' 0"
Senior
Bre Bellamy

#20 Bre Bellamy

G/F
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Bailey  Eichner

#21 Bailey Eichner

6' 1"
Junior
G/F
Eva  Hodgson

#10 Eva Hodgson

5' 9"
Sophomore
G
Nyla Pollard

#11 Nyla Pollard

5' 9"
Junior
G
Victoria Reynolds

#30 Victoria Reynolds

5' 10"
Senior
F
Ashley Taylor

#3 Ashley Taylor

6' 0"
Senior
G
Bre Bellamy

#20 Bre Bellamy

6' 0"
Freshman
G/F