- Drexel leads the all-time series at 26-19, but W&M has won 17 of the last 30 meetings dating back to the 2007 season. Last season, the teams split a pair of games in Philadelphia. The Tribe won the last of those two tilts rallying behind a 17-3 closing run to down the Dragons, 69-64.
- W&M head coach
Dane Fischer (2002) and Drexel head coach Zach Spiker (2000) know each other from their days at Ithaca College. Fischer credits Spiker as being instrumental in helping him get into coaching.
- Sophomore
Ben Wight has been the Tribe's most improved player in 2021-22. He produced his second double-double of the season with a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds at Delaware. He ranks 26th in the CAA in scoring (11.2), while coming in 10th in the league in rebounding (5.7).
- In scoring his career-high against the Blue Hens, Wight was 9-of-13 from the floor, including hitting both of his 3-point attempts. On the year, he ranks fourth in the CAA in field goal % at 61.9 and has been even better in league play at 70.6%, which is second in the conference.
- During the league portion of the schedule, sophomore
Yuri Covington leads the Green and Gold in scoring at 12.4 points per game, which also ranks 19th in the league. Over the five games, he is shooting 44.4% from 3-point range and 81.8% from the free throw line. Both numbers rank 10th in the CAA. He erupted for a career-high 29 points against JMU, marking the most points for a Tribe reserve since Daniel Dixon had 36 off the bench at ODU in 2016.
- In two of the first three weeks of the CAA season, a Tribe freshman has been named the league's rookie of the week. Most recently,
Langdon Hatton was named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Jan. 17 after producing his first career double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds against JMU.
Julian Lewis garnered the honor on Jan. 3 after averaging 12.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in Tribe victories over Hofstra and Northeastern.
- Offensively, W&M has started to find its rhythm in CAA play. The Tribe has increased its production in scoring (73.6 points per game), field goal % (44.2) and 3-point % (35.5). W&M ranks fourth in CAA play in scoring. Those numbers are an improvement from the team's nonconference numbers of 61.4 points per game(+12.2), 39.9 field goal % (+4.3) and 28.7 3-point % (+6.8).
- After knocking down nine or more 3-pointers in just two games during the non-conference portion of the schedule, W&M has reach nine triples in four of its five league games, including two contest of double-digit 3-pointers. W&M knocked down 12 triples against JMU and most recently hit 10 at Delaware. In CAA play, W&M's 3-pointers per game average is 8.6 over its five CAA games up from 6.5 made 3-pointers during the non-conference portion of the year.
- For the second-straight season, W&M ranks as one of the youngest teams in the country according to KenPom.com. After being the 34th youngest team in 2020-21, the Tribe is the 12th youngest team this season, averaging just 0.97 years of experience. W&M has started four freshmen and sophomores in each contest in 2021-22, including all five starters on seven occasions. The two classes have accounted for 78.1% of the team's minutes (2834-of-3625) and 79.8% of its scoring (930-of-1166).
- The Tribe's trio of freshmen -
Langdon Hatton,
Tyler Rice and
Julian Lewis - ranks among the top CAA rookies (players without previous college experience) in scoring, rebounding and assists. Lewis is among the league's top six freshmen in all three categories at No. 4 in scoring (6.8) and second in both rebounding (4.3) and assists (2.3). Rice leads all rookies in assists (3.6) and is fifth in scoring (6.7), while Hatton is third in rebounding (4.2) and fifth in scoring (6.7).
- Sophomore
Connor Kochera, who is reigning CAA Rookie of the Year, ranks 24th in the league at 11.3 points per game. He scored a season-high 19 points vs. Fairfield and recorded his second career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Old Dominion. A preseason All-CAA Second Team pick, Kochera is 12th in the CAA in steals (1.4) and ninth in minutes played (32.2).
- Four former W&M players are either playing or coaching in the NBA. Nathan Knight '20, who signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the offseason, recently started his first career game on Dec. 27 vs. the Celtics and posted a 20 points and 11 rebounds. In 2020-21, he saw action in 33 games, averaging 3.8 points and 2.2 rebounds per game for the Eastern Conference Finalist Atlanta Hawks. Jim Moran '01 is an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons. Sean Sheldon '16 is the San Antonio Spurs head video coordinator, and Daniel Dixon '17 is the Charlotte Hornets' assistant video coordinator.
