MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR: Kris Sears | PHONE: (757) 221-3368 | CELL: (765) 860-1205 | EMAIL: [email protected] TRIBE BY THE NUMBERS WILLIAM & MARY [4-1, 0-0 CAA] at STANFORD [5-0, 0-0 PAC 12] Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 | 10 PM ET | Maples Pavilion (7,392) | Stanford, Calif. The Tribe will play just its fifth game against the Pac-12 Conference and TRIBE CARDINAL its first since traveling to Arizona Head Coach: Dane Fischer Head Coach: Jerod Haase 1996 State in 1996. Record at W&M: 4-1/1st Year Record at Stanford: 53-49 / 4th Year Career Record: Same Career Record: 133-102 / 8th Year Senior Nathan Knight ranks 17th among MATCHUP SERIES HISTORY: Stanford leads 1-0 | Last Meeting - Stanford won 87-64 at Stanford (12/4/87) active NCAA D1 players in career points HISTORY AT STANFORD: Stanford leads 1-0 | Last Meeting - Stanford won 87-64 (12/4/87) with 1,582. He is only 596 points shy of 1582 the Tribe’s career record and moved TRIBE NEWS & NOTES into ninth on the list at High Point. - The trip to Stanford marks W&M’s fourth trip to California, and its third to Stanford. The Tribe competed in the Apple Invitational at Stanford in 1987 and in the Stanford Invitational in 1998. The program’s first trip to Knight owns 180 career blocked shots, the Golden State came in 1976 as the Tribe played road games at UCSB and UCLA. which ranks fourth among active NCAA D1 players. He is second in W&M history - Thursday is the Tribe’s fifth game against the Pac-12 and its first in 23 years. W&M last faced a Pac-12 team 180 when it traveled to Arizona State in 1996 for their Invitational. The Sun Devils down the Tribe, 74-57. The and only 68 shy of the career mark. Green and Gold has faced UCLA on two occasions and Stanford once during its 1987 trip to California. - On Monday, senior Andy Van Vliet was named the CAA Player of the Week after averaging 21.5 points and Junior Luke Loewe ranks third in the CAA nine rebounds per game in two wins last week. He tallied 21 points on 5-of-9 from 3 in the one-point win at in 3-point shooting at 58.3% (7-of-12). He Wofford, before netting a career-high 22 points to go with 12 rebounds vs. Hampton. Van Vliet notched his third knocked down a pair of 3-pointers against double-double in the last four games with 16 points and 13 rebounds at Oklahoma. He ranks fifth nationally in 58.3 both American and Wofford. He also ranks double-doubles, while coming in seventh in the CAA in scoring (17.0) and third in rebounds (10.2). seventh in the league in field goal % (60.7). - One of five finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year in 2019, senior Nathan Knight dominated at Big 12 opponent Oklahoma on Monday. He scored a season-high 30 points, his ninth career Defensively, the Tribe is limiting its 30-point game, hitting 13-of-18 from the floor, including 2-of-5 from 3-point range. Knight added eight opponents to a 2-point field goal % of rebounds. He leads the country with four double-doubles and ranks second in the CAA in rebounding (11.0) just 42.4%, which ranks 51st nationally and blocked shots (1.6) and fourth in the league in scoring (20.8). He is 19th nationally in rebounding and 38th in scoring. His 26 career double-doubles are the sixth most among active DI players. 42.4 according to KenPom.com. - The Tribe outplayed Big 12 foe Oklahoma, who ranks just outside the top 25 in both the AP and coaches poll, for the majority of the teams meeting on Monday. W&M led the game for nearly 34 minutes, including The Tribe plays 12 of its first 16 by as much as 11 in the first half. The Tribe outshot OU (46.7% to 41.8%), hit more 3-pointers (10-3) and games away from Williamsburg. outrebounded the Sooners (40-35), but OU used a 10-2 run in the final three minutes to rally past W&M. Nine of W&M’s 13 nonconference - The Green and Gold started the season 4-0 for just the 10th time in the 115-year history of the program. 12 games will be either away or at a It marked the first time W&M began a year 4-0 since 1992-93 and just the second time in the last 60 years. neutral site. - The Tribe leads the country in road wins with three. W&M tied a school record with three-straight road wins Senior Andy Van Vliet, who sat to open the season. On Nov. 12, the Green and Gold snapped Wofford’s 17-game home court win streak, out last season as a transfer from which was the fourth-longest in the country. Wisconsin, is the only active 7-footer - Dane Fischer became just the third W&M head coach to start his career 4-0 and the first since Rube McCray 7’ in the CAA this season and W&M’s in 1943-44. He is the first to win his first three road games. first since Adam Duggins in 2002-03. - Defense has been the Tribe’s calling card in 2019-20. W&M is limiting opponents to 38.7% shooting from the floor. The Green and Gold is third in the CAA in defensive field goal and fourth in defensive 3-point % The Tribe won its first four games for (29.3). The Tribe ranks 51st nationally, according to KenPom.com, in effective field goal % defense (43.0) and the first time since 1992-93. Head coach 2-point field goal % defense (42.4). Dane Fischer became just the third W&M - In each of the last two wins, the Tribe shot better than 54% from the field, including 56.4% at Wofford and 4 head coach to start his career with a 4-0 54.5% vs. Hampton. On the year, W&M ranks third in the CAA in both field goal % (49.6) and fourth in 3-point record and first since 1944. shooting (38.4). The Tribe ranks 41st nationally in field goal shooting and 30th nationally in effective field goal % (57.2). The Tribe leads the country with - Graduate student Bryce Barnes has emerged on the offensive end for the Tribe. He turned down a ball three road victories. W&M matched screen, crossed over his defender and scored on a driving lay-up with 3.8 seconds left to give W&M its 80-79 a school record set in 1935-36 with win at Wofford on Nov. 12. He followed by scoring 17 of his career-high 21 points in the first half of the win 1st road victories in each of its first three over Hampton. Barnes has posted a career-high tying seven assists in each of the last two games. He ranks games. second in the CAA and 41st nationally in assists (5.8) and third in the CAA in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.42). WHEN REFERENCING WILLIAM & MARY AND TRIBE: - The Tribe’s 16-point comeback at American, on Nov. 8, equaled the program’s largest on the road in the last 30 years. Trailing 24-8, the Tribe held AU to 0.77 points per possession (44) over the final 31 minutes. The William & Mary: preferred in all but formal treatments Eagles shot just 31.4% shooting from the field (16-of-51) and only 4-of-17 from 3 (23.5%) over that stretch. W&M: most informal, use as second reference or on - In each of its first five games, the Tribe has outrebounded its opponent. W&M ranks second in the CAA in scorebug rebounding margin at +6.2. The Tribe is 36-16 over the last four seasons when outrebounding its opponent. College of William & Mary: preferred formal treatment - Knight’s list of preseason accolades continued to grow last week as he was named to the watch lists for Do not use: WM, William and Mary, College of William both the Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award and the Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year and Mary, The College of William and Mary, The Award, presented by CollegeInsider.com. A two-time Lou Henson All-American as a finalist for the award College, Wm & Mary, Wm and Mary. in both 2018 and 2019, Knight was one of only 40 players in the country to earn a spot on the Lute Olson Watch List. He was one of 50 players to earn a spot on the Lou Henson Award Watch List. The William & Mary Athletics official nickname is the Tribe. While the Griffin is the official mascot of - For the second-straight year, Knight was one of 20 players nationally named to the preseason watch list for William & Mary Tribe Athletics, do not reference the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year award presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Last season, the 6-10 bigman was selected as one of five finalists for the honor. teams or the school as the Griffins. @WMTRIBEMBB | #OURSTATEOURTRIBE | TRIBEATHLETICS.COM GAME 6 | AT STANFORD | 2 2019-20 SCHEDULE Nov. 5 at High Point W, 70-54 W&M limited High Point to 31.7 percent shooting and used a 14-2 run to start the second half to Video: ESPN+ put the game out of reach.