MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR: Kris Sears | PHONE: (757) 221-3368 | CELL: (765) 860-1205 | EMAIL: [email protected] TRIBE BY THE NUMBERS WILLIAM & MARY [0-1, 0-0 CAA] at NC STATE [2-0, 0-0 ACC] The Tribe opened the 2015 season Monday, Nov. 30, 2020 | 7 PM | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) | Raleigh, N.C. | ACC Network with an 85-68 win over NC State. TRIBE WOLFPACK W&M shot 51.7% from the floor, Head Coach: Dane Fischer Head Coach: Kevin Keatts 2015 while limiting the Wolfpack to 38% Record at W&M: 21-12/2nd Year Record at NCSU: 47-24 / 3rd Year in the win. Career Record: Same Career Record: 119-52 / 6 Years Tribe freshman accounted for 92 of the MATCHUP SERIES HISTORY: NC State leads 23-6 | Last Meeting - W&M won 85-68 (11/13/15) at PNC Arena 200 total minutes played in the season HISTORY AT NC STATE: NC State leads 15-2 | Last Meeting - W&M won 85-68 (11/13/15) at PNC Arena opener at ODU. W&M rookies also 92 scored 44.9% (35-of-78) of the team’s TRIBE NEWS & NOTES points against the Monarchs. - The Tribe is 16-98 all-time against the ACC. W&M’s trip to NC State on Monday is the program’s first of two games against the ACC in 2020 as the Green and Gold heads to Virginia on Dec. 12. It marks Last season, the Tribe was 12-2 when the fourth time in the last six years that W&M has played two ACC teams in a season. The Tribe’s last holding teams to less than 70 points win against the ACC was an 85-68 upset of NC State to open the 2015-16 season. 70 and 10-1 when teams failed to shoot - W&M started three freshmen (Yuri Covington, Connor Kochera and Ben Wight) in its season opener 40% from the field. at ODU. It marked the ninth time in the last 914 games (since the 1989-90) that W&M started a trio of rookies. The Tribe started three freshmen on seven occasions in 1989-90 and one time in 2018-19. According to KenPom.com, the Tribe Last season, W&M’s starting lineup featured two seniors, two graduate students and a junior. ranks 13th nationally in effective field - In total, the Tribe’s freshman class played 92 of 200 total minutes in game one and scored 35 of the goal % at 63.2 after one game. W&M has Green and Gold’s 78. W&M graduated 63.3% of its scoring (1448-of-2288) and 54% of its minutes 63.2 ranked among the top 31 in the category played (3459-of-6400) from its 2019-20 roster. each of the previous eight seasons. - Kochera enjoyed an exceptional debut in a Tribe uniform, leading the team with 19 points. It marked Senior Luke Loewe dished out a career-high the most points for a Tribe freshman in an opener since Edwin Ofori Attah (22) in 2004. Kochera was 10 assists in the Tribe’s opener at ODU. It 6-of-7 from 3, including a perfect 5-of-5 in the second half. His six 3-pointers tied a W&M school record marks the program’s 34th game of 10 or more for treys in the first game of the year, equaling Thornton Scott (2019) and Marcus Thornton (2012). 34th assists and Loewe is only the 16th player to - The Tribe enjoyed a strong offensive game in its opener at Old Dominion. In the early going, the accompish the feat in school history. Green and Gold tops the CAA in field goal % (50.9), 3-point % (50.0), assists (18) and 3-point field goals made (12). According to KenPom.com, the Tribe ranks 13th nationally in effective field goal Freshman Connor Kochera’s team-high % (62.3) and seventh in 3-point % (50.0) after its opener. The Tribe has ranked among the top 31 19 points at Old Dominion marked the nationally in effective field goal % each of the previous eight seasons. most for a Tribe rookie in an opener since - Individually, Tribe players produced the best stat totals in the CAA’s opening weekend. Senior Luke 19 Edwin Ofori Attah scored 22 in 2004. Loewe produced one of just three double-doubles in the league so far this season with the first of his career thanks to 16 points and 10 assists, which were a career-high. Junior Mehkel Harvey blocked a Over the last two seasons, the Tribe has career-high three shots at ODU, which was the best single-game total in the CAA this season. Junior played or is scheduled to play 15 of its Quinn Blair’s 10 rebounds were a career-high and the third-best total in the league so far. 21 nonconference games on the road. - The Tribe will play eight of its first 10 games on the road in 2020-21, including six of its eight 15 This season, W&M plays eight of its first nonconference contests. Last season, the Tribe played 12 of its first 16 games on the road. Over 10 games away from Williamsburg head coach Dane Fischer’s first two seasons, the Tribe has played or is scheduled to play 15 of its 21 nonconference games on the road. Last season, the Tribe tied a school record with 10 road wins. Nathan Knight ‘20 became the third Tribe - Senior Luke Loewe garnered preseason All-CAA honorable mention honors. A three-year starter, player in the last three years ot sign a Loewe enjoyed a breakout junior season. He led the CAA in 3-point shooting at 43.9% and ranked NBA contract when he inked a two-way 24th in the league at 10.7 ppg. Loewe was a stalwart on the defensive end, consistently limiting the 3 deal with the Atlanta Hawk. league’s top perimeter scorers on his way to CAA All-Defensive Team honors. - As a team, the Tribe was picked 10th in the preseason standings. Hofstra, who won the CAA regular season and tournament championships in 2020, was the preseason pick to win the league. Last For the 16th consecutive year, William & season, W&M was picked seventh in the preseason and finished second with a 13-5 league mark. In Mary Atheltics led all public schools in 2019-20, the Tribe won the fourth-most games in school history (21) and posted program records in the Federal Graduation Rate (86%), the conference wins (13) and road wins (10). 1st NCAA release in its annual reports. - 2020 graduate Nathan Knight, who was the Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Year last season, signed a two-way NBA contract with the Atlanta Hawks on Nov. 24. He became the third WHEN REFERENCING WILLIAM & MARY AND TRIBE: W&M player, joining Marcus Thornton (Cleveland Cavaliers 10-day contract in 2018) and Daniel William & Mary: preferred in all but formal treatments Dixon (Boston Celtics preseason Exhibit 10 deal in 2017) to sign an NBA deal in the last four years. W&M: most informal, use as second reference or on - Loewe was one of the most improved players in the country last season. After shooting 44.4 % from scorebug the field as a sophomore and just 22.6% from 3, he upped his game to rank among the CAA and College of William & Mary: preferred formal treatment national leaders in 2019-20. He led the CAA in 3-point % (43.9) and ranked fourth in field goal % Do not use: WM, William and Mary, College of William (54.4). According to KenPom.com, Loewe was 10th nationally in effective field goal % (64.8) and 13th and Mary, The College of William and Mary, The in true shooting % (65.9). College, Wm & Mary, Wm and Mary. - In his first season as a head coach, Dane Fischer received multiple Coach of the Year award, including VaSID State, CAA and NABC District 10 honors. He was also a finalist for a pair of National Coach of The William & Mary Athletics official nickname is the Year awards, including the Hugh Durham Award Mid-Major Coach of the Year and the Joe B. the Tribe. While the Griffin is the official mascot of Hall Award, which is presented annually to first-year D1 head coach. His 21 wins in 2019-20 were the William & Mary Tribe Athletics, do not reference second-most for a rookie head coach in the country last season. teams or the school as the Griffins. @WMTRIBEMBB | #OURSTATEOURTRIBE | TRIBEATHLETICS.COM GAME 2 | at NC STATE | 2 2020-21 SCHEDULE Nov. 28 at Old Dominion L, 78-86 W&M closed a 15-point second half deficit to as few as five in the closing minute, but missed a 3-point Video: ODUSports.com attempt to draw closer. Connor Kochera led the Tribe with 19 points, including 6-of-7 from 3-point range. Nov. 30 at NC State 7 PM W&M travels to NC State for the first time since the 2015-16 season when the Tribe opened the Video: ACC Network year with an 85-68 win. The Wolfpack leads the all-time series at 23-6, including a 15-2 in Raleigh. Dec. 3 Hampton 7 PM The first meeting between the Tribe and Pirates will be part of George Washington’s MTE. W&M Video: FloHoops has won three straight against the Pirates, including a 78-65 win in Williamsburg last season.