- William & Mary basketball will host in-state rival George Mason Friday night in Kaplan Arena. Last season the Tribe defeated Mason 48-43 in Fairfax behind a game-high 27 points from
Sydney Wagner.
- On Tuesday evening, senior
Sydney Wagner hit her 100th three pointer in a Tribe uniform. Wagner ranks 11th in school history in baskets made from downtown. The senior tallied 13 points in the game, marking her first time in double-digits this season after scoring at least 10 points in every game last year.
- Junior
Bre Bellamy has scored in double figures in each game this season and leads the Tribe averaging 12.0 points per contest. Bellamy tops the CAA shooting 78.9% from the field, ranking ninth nationally. She was named William & Mary Student-Athlete of the Week following the Tribe's first two games of the year.
- Graduate student
Riley Casey has scored 13 points in each of the last two outings and knocked down a pair of threes in each of the Tribe's three games this season. Casey's 2.0 threes per contest rank tied for fifth in the CAA.
- The Green and Gold's fourth, fifth, and sixth leading scorers all come from an exciting freshman class.
Dani McTeer has been outstanding recording 8.0 points per game, while
Ava Stevenson has tallied 6.5 points per game and
Ruthie Montella has contributed 5.7 per contest.
- Wagner led the Tribe and was in the top-10 nationally, playing 38.3 minutes per game last season. Over two seasons in Williamsburg, the guard has amassed 1,122 minutes played. Bellamy has also reached the 1,000 mark in her career, playing 1,016 minutes in the Green and Gold.
- Casey spent her first three collegiate seasons playing for Columbia, before joining the Tribe for graduate school. During her time in New York, Casey played 1750 minutes and scored 644 points. The Tennessee native averaged over 10.5 points per game over 61 contests.
- In its most recent game, the Tribe lost to Navy, 66-54. The Green and Gold had 19 assists and 28 rebounds. Casey and Wagner each posted a team-high of 13 points , while freshmen
Ruthie Montella led the Tribe with five assists.
- Graduate student Kate Sramac stuffed the stat sheet over three seasons with Cornell before coming to Williamsburg. While in Ithaca, Sramac recorded 747 minutes and scored 176 points. Sramac added 98 rebounds, 67 assists, and 48 steals with the Big Red.
- Last year, William & Mary ranks second in the CAA in scoring defense (61.3 ppg), while leading the conference in three-point field goal percentage defense (23.1%).
- W&M head coach Ed Swanson enjoyed a noteworthy 2019-20 season individually. He was named the CAA Co-Coach of the Year following the Tribe's historic season. Swanson won his 500th career game on Nov. 26, became just the third coach in W&M history to win 100 games with the Tribe on Jan. 12, and was inducted into the Northeast Conference Hall of Fame in January.
