WILLIAMSBURG, Va.— The William & Mary women's basketball team will close out the regular season with a road trip to North Carolina, taking on first-place N.C. A&T on Thursday evening. Tip is set for 7 p.m. in Greensboro with the game broadcast on FloCollege.
Tribe Sports Network
For the second consecutive year, the Tribe Sports Network will be providing free audio broadcasts of all W&M women's basketball away contests.
Jack Angelucci will be on the call with a pregame show beginning at 6:30 p.m. featuring a pregame interview with
Erin Dickerson Davis. Fans can listen at
tribeathletics.com/listenlive.
TRIBE NOTES
• The Matchup
William & Mary will travel to Greensboro N.C. in search of an upset of first-place N.C. A&T on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. The Tribe will look to avenge a 67-44 loss to the Aggies on Feb. 21 in Williamsburg.
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The Opponent
N.C. A&T has been atop the CAA standings from the start, carrying a 17-10 overall record with a 13-3 mark in conference play. The Aggies are the CAA's best defensive team, while also leading the league in rebound margin and field goal percentage. A&T's league losses have came to Monmouth, Campbell and Elon.
• Last Time Out
After leading a defensive battle, 8-7, after the first quarter of play, long scoring droughts did the Tribe in against Hofstra, falling 54-34 on Sunday at Kaplan Arena. The Pride were able to spoil W&M's senior day festivities by outscoring the hosts 34-16 combined in the middle quarters.
Anahi-Lee Cauley's nine points led the Tribe.
• Top of the Class
Bella Nascimento has asserted herself as one of the best players in the CAA, currently leading the league in scoring during conference play at 18.5 per game and ranking fourth in overall scoring at 16.2 per game. Nascimento's 20 on Friday vs. Northeastern marked her 10th game of 20-plus in CAA action, also a league best. She has scored in double figures in all but five games this year.
• Historically Consistent
With a win on Thursday the Tribe will clinch a season of .500-or-better in CAA play. Doing so would mark the first time in program history the Tribe has gone .500 or better in three straight years in conference action after going 12-6 each of the last two years.
• Balanced is Better
For just the second time this season the Tribe put four in double-figures in the same game on Friday vs. Northeastern.
Bella Nascimento's 20 led the way with
Cassidy Geddes (17),
Natalie Fox (11) and Anahi Cauley (10) rounding out the quartet. The other occasion was in the overtime win at Hampton, where Fox originally set her career-high of 11.
• Friday's Fun Facts
The Tribe controlled the lead from start to finish on Friday against the Huskies, with the 20-point win being the Tribe's second largest against a DI opponent this season. On top of that the 25 points in the first quarter was W&M's highest-scoring quarter of the year, replacing their 23 in the fourth in the first matchup with Northeastern. The Tribe also enjoyed an advantage on the glass thanks to gang-rebounding. 10 different W&M players grabbed multiple rebounds Friday.
• Monet's Day
The first time the Tribe and the Aggies met,
Monet Dance had a career day for the W&M. The sophomore point guard put up a career-high 11points and her first career double-digit game. All three of Dance's field goals came from deep, also setting a career-best for triples made in a game.
• Nice Work, Nat
Making her third career start, freshman
Natalie Fox had a stat-stuffing performance Friday with 11 points, five rebounds and three assists. The 11 points and three assists both tied a career-high for the rookie, who earlier this season grabbed 12 rebounds against Long Beach State, the most by a W&M freshman in over a decade.
• Everybody Assists
Four different Tribe players led the way with three assists vs. Northeastern as 18 of W&M's 27 made field goals. This season 10 different players have led the Tribe in assists with eight of those players doing so on multiple occasions.
• Taking Care of the Rock
The Tribe has won the turnover battle in 11 of the last 14 games, including a one-turnover performance in the second half vs. Charleston who ranks second in the nation in turnover margin. Over that span W&M has turned the ball over under 10 times twice, while also turning the opponent over 15-plus times on nine occasions.
• Injury Bug
After a year in which injuries were few and far between for the Tribe, the injury bug has caught up with them through 27 games in 2024-25. The Tribe has had five different players miss time with injury this year for a total of 32 games.
Kayla Beckwith (11),
Natalie Fox (8),
Alexa Mikeska (8),
Rebekah Frisby-Smith (2), Anahi Cauley (2),
Marley Long (1) is the group who makes up those absences.
• Sharing the Rock
61.5% of the Tribe's baskets this year has been assisted, the second highest rate in the CAA and 46th in the nation. Drexel is the only CAA team with a higher percentage of assists at 71.8%, which is the best in the nation.
• Consistent From the Stripe
The Tribe knocked down 14-of-15 from the free throw line last Sunday, making it the second time this season the Tribe has only had one miss from the line in a game. W&M is currently the third best free throw shooting team in the CAA at 71.1% on the season and is on pace for their fourth straight year shooting better than 70% from the line.
• Newfound Height
The Tribe adds six new players to the roster in 2024-25, four freshmen and two transfers. Five of the six newcomers are over 6-feet tall. The average height of the six new players is slightly over 6'1, while the average height of the eight returners is 5'9.
• Coach E Extended
W&M Director of Athletics,
Brian Mann, announced in late August that head coach
Erin Dickerson Davis had agreed to a contract extension through 2029. Through two seasons Davis became the fastest coach to 20 CAA wins in program history and fastest to 30 career wins in 95 years.
• 60 is the Magic Number
60 points is a key number for W&M. The Tribe is 24-8 under
Erin Dickerson Davis when holding teams below 60. While team's have had a mixed bag of success scoring in the 60s vs. W&M, opponents are 35-5 against them when scoring 70+ since 2020-21. Offensively, the Tribe is 40-15 when scoring over 60 and 4-27 when held below 60 under Davis.
