WILLIAMSBURG, Va.—William & Mary women's basketball was unable to find an answer for N.C. A&T's staunch defense on Friday evening, falling 67-44 at Kaplan Arena.
 
Monet Dance's career-high 11 points led the way for W&M (10-14, 7-6 CAA). Kayla Beckwith, seeing her first significant action after missing 12 games due to injury, posted 10 points and eight rebounds.
 
After the Tribe found themselves behind 7-0 four minutes into the first, Dance hit her first triple of the evening to get the hosts on the board.
 
W&M would cut it to a three-point game, 14-11, after a Cassidy Geddes 3-pointer with 1:23 on the clock. The deficit would remain three after the opening frame with Bella Nascimento beating the buzzer with a jumper, making the score 16-13 Aggies.
 
A&T began to flex their muscle in the second, scoring the first nine points of the stanza. Nascimento halted the visitors run with a triple at the 6:22 mark to make it 25-18, but that was as close as the Tribe would get.
 
When the halftime buzzer sounded the Aggies held a 35-20 lead, thanks to outscoring W&M 19-7 in the second.
 
A&T rolled their second quarter success over into the third frame, growing their lead to 55-30 by the quarter's end.
 
The two sides would trade buckets in the fourth, with Dance adding eight points and two 3-pointers for the Tribe. When the final buzzer sounded the first place Aggies had earned a 67-44 win.
 
N.C. A&T shot 47.1% from the floor to W&M's 24.6%. The Tribe finished the game 5-for-25 from deep while the visitors posted 3-of-14. The Aggies would narrowly edge W&M on the glass 39-37.
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action on Sunday, hosting Charleston at 1 p.m. The game is the program's Play4Kay game with the first 100 students receiving free pink W&M shirts. The same shirts will be available to fans for purchase with all proceeds going the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.