- W&M and Monmouth meet for the first and only time during the regular season on Thursday. It marks the Tribe's first visit to Monmouth and just the second all-time meeting following the Tribe's 74-62 in the regular-season finale last season in Williamsburg. It will be W&M's first trip to the state of New Jersey since a 72-62 win at Rutgers in 2013.
- Sophomore
Chase Lowe has been a stat-stuffer for this season and tallied his third double-double with game-highs of 21 points and 11 rebounds vs. Charleston (Feb. 3). He is one of 52 players nationally, as of Feb. 6, to average 12 points, six rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Lowe has been even better in CAA play, averaging 14 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. Overall, he is one of just four players in the CAA to rank among the top 20 in scoring, rebounding and assists.
- With his three treys against Charleston,
Gabe Dorsey moved into seventh place on the Tribe's single-season 3-pointers made list with 77. That number also ranks sixth nationally this season. His 153 3-pointers over the last two years rank 12th on the Tribe's career list.
- Junior
Matteus Case moved into the starting lineup for the first time at Northeastern on Jan. 27 and has scored a career-high 15 points in two of the last three games. He provided W&M in a big lift in a 72-68 victory with 15 points on 6-of-11 from the field. Case tallied 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting against Charleston on Saturday. Since returning from injury, Case has scored in double figures in six of 12 games, including a third 15-point game at Pepperdine on Dec. 21.
- In five of the last seven games, the Tribe has connected on double-digit 3-pointers. In total, the Tribe has 10 games of 10 or more 3-pointers this season. The Green and Gold ranks 22nd nationally in 3-pointers attempted (27.3) and 43rd in 3-pointers made per game (9.0). In total, 47.6% of the Tribe's field goal attempts come from 3-point range and 37.3% of its scoring comes on 3-point field goals. Those numbers rank 15th and 32nd nationally, according to KenPom.com.
- Lowe is one of the best in the country at getting to the free throw line. According to KenPom.com, he is sixth nationally in free throw rate (84.8) and 23rd in the country in drawing fouls at 6.9 per 40 minutes. Lowe has made 101 free throws on the season, which ranks fourth in the CAA and 57th nationally.
- Sophomore
Trey Moss has scored in double figures in 17 of the Tribe's 23 games and ranks 16th in the CAA at 12.8 points per game. He has four 20-point games, including a career-high 22 points against CAA-leader Drexel on Jan. 6.
- Junior
Caleb Dorsey ranks eighth in the CAA with four double-doubles on the year. He owns two in CAA play, finishing with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds at Hampton (Jan. 11) and adding 14 points and 12 rebounds vs. Stony Brook (Jan. 13). The junior forward ranks 16th in the CAA in rebounding (5.9).
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Gabe Dorsey continues to be one of the top shooters in the country. After ranking fourth in the country in 3-point % last season, he is currently eighth in 3-pointers per game (3.3), as of Feb. 6. Dorsey is shooting 39.4% from distance this season, which ranks second in the CAA and 49th nationally.
Over the last five games, freshman
Tai Hamilton is averaging nearly five rebounds, 1.8 blocked shots and a steal per game off the bench. Hamilton has three games with multiple rejections during the stretch. He blocked a career-high three shots at N.C. A&T (Jan. 20) and pulled down a career-high eight rebounds vs. Delaware (Feb. 1). He leads the Tribe and ranks 17th in the CAA in blocked shots.
- 2020 graduate Nathan Knight, who was the National Mid-Major Player of the Year in 2020, signed an NBA 2-way deal with the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics prior to the start of the season and is currently with the Motor City Cruise in the NBA G-League. He has played three years in the NBA with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Atlanta Hawks. Knight is the third W&M player, joining Marcus Thornton (Cleveland Cavaliers 10-day contract in 2018) and Daniel Dixon (Boston Celtics preseason Exhibit 10 deal in 2017) to sign an NBA deal since 2017.
- Along with Knight in the NBA G-League, seven other former Tribe standouts are playing professionally in overseas -
Anders Nelson (Starwings in Switzerland), Andy Van Vliet (Trefl Sopot in Poland), Justin Pierce (Veertien Mie in Japan), David Cohn (VfL SparkassenStars Bochum in Germany), Omar Prewitt (Tofas Bursa in Turkey), Marcus Thornton (Lavrio in Greece), and Terry Tarpey (AS Monaco in France).
- A trio of former W&M players are currently on coaching staffs in the NBA and NBA G-League. Jim Moran '01 is the head coach of the Rip City Remix, which is the G-League affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers. Sean Sheldon '16 is in his second season as an assistant coach with the Utah Jazz. Daniel Dixon '17 is an assistant coach with the Oklahoma City Blue, the NBA G-League program of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
