- W&M hits the road for the first time in 2025-26, facing a familiar foe in Norfolk State on Saturday afternoon. The teams meet for the fifth-straight year. Last season, the Tribe snapped a three-game NSU win streak in the series with an 84-73 win in Williamsburg.
- Saturday's match-up with Norfolk State is the Tribe's first of five contests against Commonwealth of Virginia opponents during the non-conference slate. W&M also travels to Richmond on Nov. 11, before hosting Regent (Nov. 21), Old Dominion (Nov. 30), and Radford (Dec. 18).
- In its season-opening win, the Tribe scored 110 points against Georgian Court. It marked the ninth-highest total in school history and the most for a W&M team since 2022. The Tribe made 42 field goals against the Lions, a total that ranks sixth in school history.
- The Green and Gold put six players in double figures in the season opener, including all five starters. Sophomore
Ryan Jackson, Jr. led the Tribe with 15 points off the bench, while graduate student
Cade Haskins added 14. Seniors
Chase Lowe (11) and
Kyle Pulliam (11) and juniors
Kilian Brockhoff (11) and
Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi (10) all scored in double digits vs. the Lions.
- The Tribe shot a sizzling 63.6% (42-of- 66) from the floor in its season-opening win. It marked the sixth-best single-game shooting performance in the country this season, as of Nov. 6. It was the best shooting % for the Tribe since it connected at a 65.2% clip vs. Milligan (43-of-66) in 2017.
- Last season, the Tribe was one of the best teams in the country in terms of sharing the basketball, ranking 10th nationally in assist rate assisting on 62% of its made field goals. In the opener vs. Georgian Court, W&M assisted on 64.3% of its field goals and tallied 27 assists. Over his final three seasons at Cornell,
Brian Earl coached teams ranked among the top 33 nationally in assist rate. Last season, the Tribe was 25th nationally at 16.5 assists per game.
- After ranking among the national leaders last season in 3-point shooting, the Tribe took advantage of the paints in the win over Georgian Court. W&M scored 68 of its points inside the point in the season-opener.
- The Tribe bench accounted for 53 of its 110 points (48.2%) in the opener vs. Georgian Court. Last season, W&M scored 41% of its points off the bench and ranked eighth nationally with 31.9 points per game from its reserves. In his final season at Cornell, head coach
Brian Earl's team led the country in bench scoring (36.0) after ranking fifth the prior season.
- W&M was picked fourth in the preseason CAA poll by vote of the league head coaches in early October. It marks the highest W&M has been selected in the preseason since it was also fourth in 2018-19. The 2025 CAA regular season champion Towson was the preseason favorite to win the league just ahead of reigning CAA Tournament Champion UNCW and Charleston.
- Lowe, a two-year starter, was one of five players named to the Preseason All-CAA Second Team, while Pulliam was one of seven selected to the honorable mention list. Lowe has started 53 of his 62 appearances over the last three seasons and owns career averages of 8.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game. Pulliam is the Tribe's top returning scorer at 9.9 points per game.
- The Tribe was one of the fastest paced teams in the country last season, ranking third nationally in fastest average length of possession on offense (14.9 seconds) and 18th nationally in adjusted tempo (71.5 possessions per 40 minutes). As a results, W&M was 16th in the country in fast-break points (14.4). The Tribe scored 32 fast-break points in the win over Georgian Court on Monday night.
- The Tribe added a veteran presence in the transfer portal during the off season in three graduate transfers (
Cade Haskins,
Jo'el Emanuel, and
Jhei-R Jones), two juniors (
Kilian Brockhoff and
Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi) and two junior college transfers (
Ethan Connery and
Reese Miller). In total, the group has played 347 games at NCAA schools with 162 starts and totaled 2,315 points, 1,103 rebounds, 463 assists, and 316 3-pointers before coming to W&M. Both junior college transfers were all-region selections last season.
- 2025 W&M alums
Gabe Dorsey (Slovakia),
Caleb Dorsey (Slovakia), and
Matteus Case (Portugal) signed professional contracts in Europe. In total, 10 former Tribe standouts are playing professionally overseas, including Miguel Ayesa (Spain), David Cohn (Germany), Nathan Knight (South Korea), Anders Nelson (Romania), Terry Tarpey (France), Marcus Thornton (Romania), and Andy Van Vliet (Germany).
- W&M alum Daniel Dixon '17 was named the head coach of the Oklahoma City Blue, the NBA G-League affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder in August. Dixon, who was an All-CAA First Team selection in 2017, won an NBA Championship as an assistant coach with the OKC Thunder last season. In 2024, he won an NBA G-League Championship as an assistant with the Blue.
