MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR: Kris Sears | PHONE: (757) 221-3368 | CELL: (765) 860-1205 | EMAIL: [email protected] TRIBE BY THE NUMBERS WILLIAM & MARY [1-1, 0-0 CAA] at HAMPTON [1-2, 0-0 BIG SOUTH] According to KenPom.com, the Tribe Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 | 6 PM | HU Convocation Center (7,200) | Hampton, Va. | ESPN+/WSKY TV-4 ranks 18th nationally in effective field TRIBE PIRATES goal % at 57.6 after one game. W&M has Head Coach: Dane Fischer Head Coach: Edward “Buck’ Joyner, Jr. 57.6 ranked among the top 31 in the category Record at W&M: 22-12/2nd Year Record at HU: 188-178 / 12th Year each of the previous eight seasons. Career Record: Same Career Record: Same Tribe freshman accounted for 41.3% of the MATCHUP SERIES HISTORY: W&M leads 14-8 | Last Meeting - W&M won 78-65 (11/15/19) at Kaplan Arena total minutes played in this season. W&M HISTORY AT HU: Tied at 5-5 | Last Meeting - W&M won 76-71 (12/8/18) at Convocation Center rookies have played 165 out of 400 minutes 41.3 led by Yuri Covington, who is averaging 34 TRIBE NEWS & NOTES minutes per game, which ranks 7th in the CAA. - W&M and Hampton meet for the 23rd time in the last 26 seasons with the Tribe holding an 14-8 advantage in the series. The Green and Gold has won three in a row, including a 78-65 win in Williamsburg last season. The Senior Luke Loewe dished out a career-high series is even at five apiece in Hampton with the Tribe winning the most recent tilt, 76-71, in 2018. 10 assists in the Tribe’s opener at ODU. It marks the program’s 34th game of 10 or more - Hampton is the first of two Big South opponents for W&M this week. The Tribe is 26-17 all-time against the 34th assists and Loewe is only the 16th player to league, including an 13-4 mark over the last seven years. W&M hosts High Point on Saturday. accompish the feat in school history. - The Tribe erased a 19-point first-half deficit in winning 85-84 at George Washington in overtime. It marked the largest road comeback in school history and the third biggest overall. The double-digit rally was the second Wednesday’s meeting marks the 23rd under head coach Dane Fischer as the Tribe also overcame at 16-point deficit at American in 2019. Senior Luke meeting between the Tribe and Pirates over Loewe (24 points) and freshman Yuri Covington (16 points) combined for 31 of W&M’s final 44 points in the the last 26 season. The teams have met each comeback win at GW. The Tribe shot 59.3% in the second half, while limiting GW to 38.7% and 11 turnovers 23rd of the last six seasons and W&M has won three in the period. straight in the series. - Through the opening two games of the season, the Tribe offense has clicked at a league-leading level. W&M leads the CAA in scoring (81.5), free throw % (79.4) and field goal % (50.8), while ranking second in assists The Tribe rallied from a 19-point first- (15.0) and third in 3-point % (38.1). Nationally, the Tribe is 19th in free throw %, 33rd in field goal % and 55th in half deficit in picking up a comeback win 3-point %. According to KenPom.com, the Tribe ranks 18th nationally in effective field goal % (57.6). W&M has at George Washington. It marked the ranked among the top 31 nationally in effective field goal % each of the previous eight seasons. 19 largest road comeback in school history. - Senior Luke Loewe was one of the most improved players in the country, and as the Tribe’s lone scholarship senior, he stepped into a starring role this season. Loewe scored 17 of his game-high 24 points at George Over the last two seasons, the Tribe has Washington over the final 25 minutes, including the game-winning lay-up with 12.3 seconds remaining. He played or is scheduled to play 12 of its 17 ranks third in the CAA and ranks 46th nationally in scoring at 20 points per game. Loewe leads the league in nonconference games on the road. This assists (5.5) and ranks fourth in assist-to-turnover, 10th in steals, 15th in free throw % and field goal %. season, W&M plays seven of its first 10 12 - After playing two years behind Nathan Knight, who signed a two-way NBA deal with the Atlanta Hawks, junior games away from Williamsburg Mehkel Harvey has been impressive to start this season. The 6-9 forward leads the country in blocked shots at four per game, including a career-high five rejections at George Washington. Harvey, who is averaging eight Junior Mehkel Harvey leads the country points and five rebounds per game, also leads the CAA in field goal % (88.9), hitting eight of his first nine shots in blocked shots a 4.0 per game. He in 2020-21. tallied a career-high five rejections in the 4 - Freshman Connor Kochera, who missed Monday’s win over George Washington due to a non-COVID related win at George Washington. illness, earned CAA Rookie of the Week honors on Nov. 30 after enjoying an exceptional debut in a Tribe uniform. He led the team with 19 points which marked the most points for a Tribe freshman in an opener since Nathan Knight ‘20 became the third Tribe player Edwin Ofori Attah (22) in 2004. Kochera was 6-of-7 from 3, including a perfect 5-of-5 in the second half. His six in the last four years to sign an NBA contract 3-pointers tied a W&M school record for treys in the first game of the year. when he inked a two-way deal with the Atlanta - The Tribe started three freshmen (Yuri Covington, Kochera and Ben Wight) in its season opener at ODU. It 3 Hawk. Knight played six minutes and had three marked the ninth time in the last 914 games (since the 1989-90) that W&M started a trio of rookies. The Tribe rebounds in the Hawks’ first preseason game. started three freshmen on seven occasions in 1989-90 and one time in 2018-19. Last season, W&M’s starting lineup featured two seniors, two graduate students and a junior. For the 16th consecutive year, William & - W&M will play seven of its first 10 games on the road in 2020-21, including three of its four nonconference Mary Atheltics led all public schools in contests. Last season, the Tribe played 12 of its first 16 games on the road. Over head coach Dane Fischer’s 1st the Federal Graduation Rate (86%), the first two seasons, the Green and Gold has played or is scheduled to play 12 of its 17 nonconference games on NCAA release in its annual reports. the road. Last season, the Tribe tied a school record with 10 road wins. - As a team, the Tribe was picked 10th in the preseason standings. Hofstra, who won the CAA regular season WHEN REFERENCING WILLIAM & MARY AND TRIBE: and tournament titles in 2020, was the preseason pick to win the league. Last season, W&M was picked William & Mary: preferred in all but formal treatments seventh in the preseason and finished second with a 13-5 league mark. In 2019-20, the Tribe won the fourth- W&M: most informal, use as second reference or on most games in school history (21) and posted program records in conference wins (13) and road wins (10). scorebug - 2020 graduate Nathan Knight, who was the Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Year last season, College of William & Mary: preferred formal treatment signed a two-way NBA contract with the Atlanta Hawks on Nov. 24. He became the third W&M player, joining Do not use: WM, William and Mary, College of William Marcus Thornton (Cleveland Cavaliers 10-day contract in 2018) and Daniel Dixon (Boston Celtics preseason and Mary, The College of William and Mary, The Exhibit 10 deal in 2017) to sign an NBA deal in the last four years. 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 The William & Mary Athletics official nickname is State, CAA and NABC District 10 honors. He was also a finalist for a pair of National Coach of the Year awards, the Tribe. While the Griffin is the official mascot of including the Hugh Durham Award Mid-Major Coach of the Year and the Joe B. Hall Award, which is presented William & Mary Tribe Athletics, do not reference annually to first-year D1 head coach. His 21 wins in 2019-20 were the second-most for a rookie head coach in teams or the school as the Griffins. the country last season. @WMTRIBEMBB | #OURSTATEOURTRIBE | TRIBEATHLETICS.COM GAME 3 | at HAMPTON | 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 PPD The game between the Tribe and Wolfpack was postponed due to W&M pausing Video: ACC Network basketball activities due to a positive COVID-19 case in the program’s tier 1 group.