- W&M and Hampton meet for the 28th time in the last 29 seasons with the Tribe holding a 17-10 advantage. The Tribe has won six of the last eight meetings and eight of the last nine inside Kaplan Arena. The Pirates joined the CAA last season and W&M has won two of the three meetings over that stretch.
- Prior to tip-off with the Pirates, W&M will honor its graduating class of manager Wilson Johnson and guards
Sean Houpt and
Jake Milkereit. Milkereit has appeared in 61 games over his Tribe career, while Johnson is in his third year as a Tribe manager. Houpt joined W&M this season as a graduate transfer.
- With his six 3-pointers at Elon, junior
Gabe Dorsey moved into second on the Tribe's single-season 3-pointers made list with 99. That number also ranks fifth nationally. He is just three 3-pointers shy of the school record of 102 held by Marcus Thornton (2014-15). Dorsey ranks ninth on the Tribe's career 3-pointers made list with 175 over his two seasons.
- Seven of the Tribe's 12 scholarship players have missed at least five games this season due to injury. In total, those seven players have combined to miss 109 games in 2023-24. Five of the seven have started this season. Since Dec. 1, the Tribe has played eight games with just seven available scholarship players.
- Sophomore
Chase Lowe is one of five players in the CAA to rank among the top 25 in the league in scoring, rebounding and assists. His numbers have been even better in CAA play at 12.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game. Lowe is one of 41 players nationally, as of March 1, to average 12 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. He has four doubles-doubles on the year and two in league play.
- Following its 13 3-pointers at Elon on Thursday night, the Tribe has connected on double-digit 3-pointers in 11 games this season. The Green and Gold ranks 20th nationally in 3-pointers attempted (27.3) and 58th in 3-pointers made per game (8.7). In total, 47.2% of the Tribe's field goal attempts come from 3-point range and 37.4% of its scoring comes on 3-point field goals. Those numbers rank 18th and 31st nationally, according to KenPom.com.
- Over the last nine games, W&M has made an impact on the offensive glass, averaging 12.1 offensive rebounds per contest with an offensive rebounding % of 32.3. The Tribe turned in its top two offensive rebounding totals of the season in February with 19 at Monmouth (Feb. 8) and 17 against Towson (Feb. 15). The 19 offensive rebounds at Monmouth are the most in a CAA game this season and the most for the Tribe against a DI opponent since the 2010 regular-season finale when it had 21 vs. Towson.
- Lowe is one of the best in the country at getting to the free throw line. According to KenPom.com, he is 35th nationally in free throw rate (67.1) and 58th in the country in drawing fouls at 6.1 per 40 minutes. Lowe has made 113 free throws on the season, which ranks sixth in the CAA and 106th nationally.
- The Tribe turned in one of its best defensive performances of the year against the CAA's top offense in Charleston on Feb. 19. The Cougars entered the game as the league's top scoring team (83 ppg in CAA play) and most efficient offense (1.20 points per possession). W&M held CofC to 0.94 points per possession and a league low of 65 points. The Cougars also shot their lowest field goal % of 37.2% in league action.
- Sophomore
Trey Moss has led the Tribe in scoring in five of the last seven games and has a team-leading five 20-point games this season. Moss has scored in double figures in 23 of the Tribe's 30 games and ranks 14th in the CAA at 13.2 points per game. Earlier this season, he had a career-high 22 points against Drexel on Jan. 6.
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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 March 1. Dorsey is shooting 36.8% from distance this season, which ranks fourth in the CAA and 62nd nationally.
- Nathan Knight, who was the 2020 National Mid-Major Player of the Year, signed an NBA 2-way deal with the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics this 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.
