- The Tribe wraps up the regular season with its first match-up against Monmouth. One of four new members in the CAA this season, W&M hosted each of the other three teams (Stony Brook, Hampton and N.C. A&T), posting a 2-1 mark in Kaplan Arena.
- Entering the final game of the regular season, the Tribe sits in a four-way tie for eighth place in the CAA standings. The top 11 seeds receive a first-round bye in the CAA Tournament and play Saturday, while the top 4 seeds receive a double bye to the quarterfinals and play Sunday.
- Over the last seven games, the Tribe is allowing just 66.3 points per game. During that stretch, W&M's points per possession number is 1.04, an improvement over its season average. In the win over Elon on Thursday, the Green and Gold held the Phoenix to just 0.89 points per possession, its best defensive performance in CAA play this season.
- Junior forward
Ben Wight has scored in double figures in five-straight games, including back-to-back 20-point performances. Over the last four games, he is averaging 18.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, while shooting 58.7% 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 tallied a game-high 21 points and just missed a double-double with nine rebounds at Stony Brook.
- Senior
Miguel Ayesa knocked down five 3-pointers and scored 15 points, a career-high against a Division I opponent, in the Tribe's win over Elon. Over the last five games, he is averaging 7.2 points per game and hitting 2.4 3-pointers per contest. Ayesa, who has 98 career triples, has made three or more 3-pointers in four of the Tribe's last nine contests. Overall, he ranks third on the team in made 3-pointers (33) and is 22nd in the CAA at 1.6 triples per contest.
- With the Tribe down a pair of starters due to injury, sophomore
Matteus Case has moved into the first five over the last four games. During that stretch, he is averaging nine points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, while shooting 53.8% from 3 (7-of-13). Case has scored in double figures in three of the last four games, including a career-high 11 in the win over Towson. He is coming off 10 points and a career-high eight rebounds against Elon.
- W&M is averaging 12.2 turnovers per game in 2022-23, which is a significant improvement from a season ago. The Tribe 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 62nd nationally in 3-point % (36.6). The Tribe is averaging 7.5 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. He also ranks fourth in the CAA in assists (4.4) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8). Nelson is 40th in the country in assist rate (32.3), 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.
- 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) and 22nd in 3's per game (3.04). He leads the CAA in both categories. 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 (20.7-19.1). 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.
- 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.
