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MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR: Andrew Phillips / PHONE: (757) 221-3344 / CELL: (804) 840-4439 / EMAIL: [email protected] TRIBE BY THE NUMBERS GAME WILLIAM & MARY (7-2) VS. NORFOLK STATE (6-5) Head coach Ed Swanson is just four wins away from becoming Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 | 12 PM | Williamsburg, Va. | Kaplan Arena just the third coach in W&M’s 100 Video: FloHoops.com | Live Stats: TribeAthletics.com 4 year history to win 100 games as a 10 head coach. SERIES HISTORY ALL-TIME W&M leads 15-8 Last: W&M, 55-44 (Echols Hall) (12/21/18) The Tribe is tops in the league with a 16.8 assists per game, while that AT KAPLAN W&M leads 7-4 Last: NSU, 80-74 (ot) (Kaplan Arena) (12/21/17) number is good for 36th in the W&M NEWS & NOTES 16.8 country. • Following a 12-day layoff for final exams, the William & Mary women’s basketball team returns to action for its final non-conference home as it hosts in-state rival Norfolk State on Friday, Dec. 20. Tip time is set for noon. W&M seniors Victoria Reynolds • The Tribe and the Spartans meet for the 24th time in series history on Friday afternoon. and Ashley Taylor have 58 career W&M leads the all-time series by a 15-8 margin. The Tribe picked up a 55-44 win on Dec. 21, wins, which are just eight shy 2018 in a trip to Norfolk State last year, but the Spartans won 80-74 in overtime the last time 58 of tying the school record for these two teams met at Kaplan Arena. winningest class with 66. • W&M has had players honored by the CAA with weekly awards each of the last three weeks the team has played. Most recently, senior Victoria Reynolds was named the CAA Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 9 as she averaged 19.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in a 1-1 week. Previously, freshman Bre Bellamy won back-to-back rookie of the week awards The Tribe shot a season-best for the weeks of Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, and sophomore Eva Hodgson was honorable mention 58.3% (21-for-36) from the field in player of the week for the week of Nov. 25. the win at VCU the last time out. • For the eighth time in under head coach Ed Swanson, W&M shot better than 55% in a 58.3% contest, including setting the school record of 64.3% last March against Northeastern. The Tribe’s 58.3% field goal percentage at VCU ranks tied for seventh all-time and is the seventh best in school history. It rose the season percentage to 45.4%, which ranks best in the CAA 70 seems to be a magic number and 34th nationally. under Swanson. W&M has • Because of its strong field goal percentage, W&M has also been scoring the ball at a high clip. The Tribe has scored, at least, 70 points in six of its nine contests this year. The Green and reached that mark 55 times under Gold are averaging 71.4 points per game this season, which leads the CAA. Swanson, and has posted a 45-10 70 • Following her CAA Rookie of the Year honor last season, sophomore Eva Hodgson has when accomplishing that feat. picked up where she left off and has been the Tribe’s leading scorer in all but one game. After scoring the most points in the Division I era in a season opener (27), Hodgson reset her career-high with 29 points at Richmond. She is averaging 18.1 points per game, 4.8 W&M leads the nation shooting rebounds, and 3.7 assists. 84.1% from the free line this • Furthermore, Hodgson leads the country in free throw percentage as she is shooting 97.6% season. the Tribe has hit 111-of- (41-for-42) from the free throw line this season. After hitting her first 38 this season and 48 straight dating back to March 1 of last season, she ended the VCU game by hitting her last 84.1% 132 from the line this year. three after her only miss this season. • Starting with her third career double-double at ECU, senior Victoria Reynolds has been in double-figures in six of the last seven games. In the game against the Pirates, she recorded Senior Victoria Reynolds is just 88 17 points, a season-high 12 rebounds, and six steals. Prior to the exam break, Reynolds points away from becoming the was named the CAA Player of the Week after averaging 19.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in the last two games. A Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention selection, Reynolds is 21st player in school history to averaging 13.7 points per game and 5.2 rebounds a night. She has been in double-figures in 88 score her 1,000 career point. 45 career games and needs 88 more points to become the 21st player in school history with 1,000 career points. • Freshman Bre Bellamy, who has won a pair of CAA Rookie of the Weeks, became the third straight true freshman to earn an opening night start at Army in the opener. During coach Since the start of CAA play last Swanson’s tenure with the Tribe, he has started at least one true freshman in five of the seven season, sophomore Eva Hodgson seasons he has been the coach. The rookie, who has gone on to start every game this season, has connected on 88-of-94 from the has been in double-figures four times and is averaging 7.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks per game. 93.6% free throw line for 93.6%. • Junior Bailey Eichner has enjoyed her enhanced role during her junior campaign and is off to a career start. Eichner first scored a career-high 11 points in the win at East Carolina, before adding a career-high eight rebounds at Richmond and against Old Dominion. Also against the Monarchs, Eichner tied or set career-highs with three assists, three steals, and four blocks. WHEN REFERENCINGThe Tribe WILLIAM set a school & MARY record AND TRIBE:with 218 The Cudahy, Wisc. native has been the first Tribe post player off of the bench in each contest, blocks last season, which led the CAA William & Mary: and in her new role is averaging 3.9 points, and a team-high 5.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.9 and preferred ranked in allfourth but formal in the treatments NCAA. steals, and 1.0 blocks per game. 218W&M: most informal, use as second reference or on scorebug Do not use: WM, William and Mary, College of William and • A constant in the Tribe lineup since starting her career, junior Nyla Pollard ranks 17th in the country and leads the CAA with a 2.7 assist-to-turnover ratio. Pollard is leading the team with Mary, The College of William and Mary, The College 35 assists, while only having 13 miscues this season. Pollard, who will make her 54th career The William & Mary Athletics official nickname is start today, is averaging 5.6 points per game and had a season-high 11 points at VCU last the Tribe. While the Griffin is the official mascot of time out. William & Mary Tribe Athletics, do not reference • W&M head coach Ed Swanson became the 69th head coach in Division I history to win his teams or the school as the Griffins. 500th career game on Tuesday night against Hartford. Now at 502 wins, Swanson ranks as the 33rd active head coach in the country in terms of wins. He is closing in on becoming just the third coach in W&M history to win 100 career games as he sits at 96. TRIBEATHLETICS.COM SCHEDULE/RESULTS Game 10 vs. Norfolk State | Dec. 20, 2019 | 2 Game 10 vs. Norfolk State | Dec. 20, 2019 | 3 Nov. 5 at Army W, 77-65 W&M improved to 4-3 in season openers under Ed Swanson as sophomore Eva Hodgson set a school record in the opener in the modern era with a career-high 27 points. NOV. 9 MARYLAND ES W, 78-50 Again, three players scored in double-figures as Eva Hodgson scored a team-high 15 points. The Tribe used a 20-2 first quarter run to build a big lead and never looked back. Nov. 12 at East Carolina W, 78-68 Four players scored in double-figures, including a double-double from senior Victoria Reynolds as the Tribe improved to 3-0 for the first time under head coach Ed Swanson. Nov. 20 at Richmond L, 73-76 Sophomore Eva Hodgson scored a career-high 29 points, but the Tribe couldn't overcome a hot-shooting Richmond offense in its first loss of the season. NOV. 23 UMBC W, 76-48 In a total team effort, W&M cruised by UMBC with a 28-point win. Eva Hodgson led the team with 16 points, while Victoria Reynolds and Bre Bellamy had 12 points each. NOV. 26 HARTFORD W, 61-44 Bre Bellamy, Eva Hodgson, and Nyla Pollard all score 10 points as Ed Swanson picks up his 500th career win in a 61-44 triumph over Hartford. Nov. 30 at Delaware State W, 73-52 Junior Gabby Rogers and sophomore Eva Hodgson finished with a team-high 16 points, as the Tribe used a late 7-2 run to win its third straight.