Women’s Basketball<\/span> 12\/16\/2023 12:00:00 PM<\/time>
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0William & Mary women’s basketball returns after a week-plus hiatus\u00a0to host\u00a0Longwood at 1 p.m. on Sunday. The game is the Tribe’s final outing of the 2023 calendar year and will be broadcast on FloHoops.<\/p>\n

Fans can keep up with W&M women’s basketball by following the program on social media as well. Be sure to check out the Tribe on\u00a0Twitter (@WMTribeWBB)<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook (WMTribeWBB),<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram (WMTribeWBB)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clear\u00a0Bag\u00a0Policy\u00a0<\/strong>
William & Mary Athletics, in conjunction with the William & Mary Police Department, has implemented a\u00a0clear\u00a0bag\u00a0policy that regulates the size and type of\u00a0bag\u00a0that may be carried into W&M Athletics facilities during the 2023-24 year, including Busch Field, Kaplan Arena, Martin Family Stadium, Plumeri Park, and Zable Stadium. Information as well as approved and prohibited items is available at\u00a0TribeAtheltics.com<\/a>.
TRIBE NOTES<\/strong>
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\u00a0\u2022 The Matchup<\/b>
William & Mary meets the Lancers of Longwood on Sunday afternoon at Kaplan Arena at 2 p.m. The Tribe return after a week-plus hiatus due to final exams. The game will be broadcast on FloHoops.
\u2022 The Opponent<\/b>
Longwood enters Sunday’s meeting after falling at Duquesne on Thursday. The Lancers were competitive in the final three quarters of the game in Pittsburgh, but got behind the 8-ball early, trailing 24-5 after the first quarter. The Lancers dropped the game 89-69 to fall to 2-7.
\u2022 Last Time Out<\/b>
The Tribe led at halftime for the sixth time this season but saw that lead slip away against James Madison on Dec. 7. The Tribe was crippled by a couple of cold shooting stretches, eventually falling 75-56. Bella Nascimento<\/a><\/dfn> led the way with 12 points.<\/p>\n

\u2022Time to Recover<\/b>
For the first time since December 2021 the Tribe is coming off of 9+ days of rest. Lengthy breaks in the middle of the season have been good to W&M in recent history. Going 3-1 in their last four games coming off at least nine days of rest.
\u2022 Career-Highs\u00a0at the Shipyard<\/b>
In total 10 different career-highs were set or tied by Tribe players at Navy in points, assists, rebounds, blocks and steals. Most notably, Anahi Cauley and Cate Carlson<\/a><\/dfn> set career marks in points with 11 and 10 respectively. Kayla Beckwith<\/a><\/dfn> blocked a career-high five shots, the first Tribe player with five swats since 2018.<\/p>\n

\u2022 60 is the Magic Number<\/b>
The Tribe has held their opponents under 60 points in all three of their wins this season, while opponents have scored over 60 in all six W&M losses. The Tribe is 9-2 under Erin Dickerson Davis<\/a><\/dfn> when holding teams below 60. While team’s have had a mixed bag of success scoring in the 60s vs. W&M, opponents are 23-3 against them when scoring 70+ since 2020-21.
\u2022 ‘I’ll Be Taking That’<\/b>
The Tribe have been forcing turnovers at a high clip recently, forcing the Midshipmen into 22 turnovers on Sunday, their third time in five games forcing 20+. For reference W&M forced 20+ TOs only four times all of last season.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Silver Lining<\/b>
A major positive that can be taken from the last outing at JMU was the Tribe’s ability to taek care of the ball. W&M committed a season low nine turnovers agaisnt the Dukes. It’s the Tribe’s seventh time with 10 or less TOs under Erin Dickerson Davis<\/a><\/dfn> after having no such games the year before she took over.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Energizer Bella<\/b>
Bella Nascimento<\/a><\/dfn> has been a constant on the floor for W&M, currently second in the CAA in minutes per game (35.1). The former Manhattan Jasper set another career-high in minutes at FIU playing 39. Despite playing a season-low 26 minutes at Navy, she has played at least 33 minutes eight of the first nine games and earned FIU Thanksgiving Classic MVP honors. She has led the Tribe in scoring the last four games.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Formidable Opponents<\/b>
William & Mary’s non-conference slate was set up to be a challenging one and has proven to be. The six teams who have beaten the Tribe this year own a combined record of 46-10 as of Friday (12\/15).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Getting to the Stripe<\/b>
The Tribe have shown off a knack of getting to the charity stripe so far in the non-conference. W&M ranks second in the CAA in FTA\/game (20.3) and second in FTM\/game (15.2). The 15 makes per game are also good for 40th in the nation.
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