- W&M and Elon meet for the second time in the last 13 days. The Tribe is 12-8 against the Phoenix since the school joined the CAA in 2014-15, including a 6-2 mark in Williamsburg. Elon won the earlier meeting this season and the teams split the series with each winning on its home court last season.
- Junior forward
Ben Wight has scored in double figures in four-straight games, including back-to-back 20-points performances against Towson and at Stony Brook. Over the last three games, he is averaging 18.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 58.8% from the floor. Wight led the Tribe to an upset win over Towson on Feb. 13, scoring 12 of his 20 points in the second half. He scored a game-high 21 points and just missed a double-double with nine rebounds at Stony Brook. His tip-in with 12 seconds left sent the game to overtime.
- With injuries to regular starters
Gabe Dorsey and
Noah Collier, sophomores
Matteus Case and
Tyler Rice and freshman
Jack Karasinski have provided W&M with the lift in bigger roles. In starting the last three games, Case is averaging 8.7 points, five rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, while shooting 6-of-10 from 3. He had a career-high 11 in the win over Towson. Rice is averaging 8.4 points per game over the last five games, including a team-high 13 points at Elon. Karasinski has started the last four contests and is averaging 6.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, while shooting 40% from 3 during that stretch.
- The Tribe turned the ball over a season-low eight times at Elon (2/11), one of three-straight performances with 10 or fewer. Overall, W&M is averaging just 12.2 turnovers per game in 2022-23, which is a significant improvement from a season ago. The Green and Gold averaged 16.2 turnovers per game in 2021-22, the sixth-worst mark in the country. After not having a single game of 10 or fewer turnovers last season, W&M has 12 such games this season.
- W&M ranks second in the CAA and 55th nationally in 3-point % (36.7). The Tribe is averaging 7.4 3's made per game, which ranks sixth in the league. The Tribe's numbers this year are a substantial improvement from the last two seasons, when W&M shot just 30.1% from distance and made 6.4 per game.
- Graduate guard
Anders Nelson has scored 20-plus points on four occasions this season and leads the Tribe in scoring at 11.6 points per contest, which ranks 22nd in the league. He scored a season-high 27 points vs. Stony Brook on Jan. 26 and more impressively was 8-of-8 from the field and 4-of-4 from 3. It marks the most made field goals without a miss for a Tribe player since 2004.
- In short order, sophomore
Gabe Dorsey has established himself as one of the top shooters in the country. He ranks seventh nationally in 3-point % (44.4), 19th in 3's per game (3.04) and 27th in effective FG% (64.2). He leads the CAA in both 3-point % and triples per game. Dorsey's 76 3-pointers this season rank eighth in Tribe history, while his 3.04 per game is third.
- The Tribe averages 20.7 points per game off the bench this season and is outscoring its opponents in bench production (20.7-19.4). The bench scoring average, which ranks fourth in the CAA, is W&M's highest since it averaged 24.5 points per game in 2016-17. The Tribe is also outscoring its opponents in bench points for the first time since 2019-20.
- Junior forward
Noah Collier ranks third in the CAA and 75th nationally with seven double-doubles. He posted career-highs with 22 points and 16 rebounds vs. N.C. A&T on Jan. 21. Collier also ranks fourth in the CAA and 74th nationally at 8.2 rebounds per game. He has pulled down 10 or more rebounds in nine games this season.
- Nelson has been a catalyst for W&M's offense. He ranks fourth in the CAA in assists (4.3) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8). His assists per game number is 99th nationally. Nelson is 41st in the country in assist rate (32.5), according to KenPom.com. Assist rate divides the number of assists by the field goals made by the player's teammates while he is on the court.
- Four former Tribe standouts are in the NBA as either a player or a coach. 2020 graduate Nathan Knight, who was the National Mid-Major Player of the Year in 2020, signed a two-year deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the offseason. He spent last season with the Timberwolves after playing his rookie season with the Atlanta Hawks. Jim Moran '01 is in his second season as an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons, while Sean Sheldon '16 joined the Utah Jazz as an assistant coach this offseason. Daniel Dixon '17 is an assistant coach with the Oklahoma City Blue, the NBA G-League program of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Another nine former Tribe players are currently playing professionally in Europe.
