For the primary time in program historical past, the William & Mary Tribe shall be taking part in of their first Spherical of 64 sport in program historical past.
The Tribe received their first-ever sport within the ladies’s NCAA event with a 69-63 win over the High Point Panthers on Thursday night time in a First 4 sport in Austin, Texas.
William & Mary went 11-18 within the common season earlier than rattling off 4 straight wins within the Coastal Athletic Affiliation Match to safe an computerized bid into the sphere.
The Tribe was led by Bella Nascimento’s 24 factors. It was her third straight sport with 20+ factors, and properly above her season common of 16.3 factors per sport.
Monet Dance (15 factors) and Cassidy Geddes (12 factors) had been additionally in double figures for the Tribe.
Natalie Fox additionally chipped in a 12-point, 12-rebound double-double, her second of the yr. Fox’s first double-double got here again in November throughout William & Mary’s second sport of the season, a loss to Lengthy Seashore State.
William & Mary will now attempt to shock the world on Saturday when it stays in Austin for a matchup in opposition to the No. 1-seeded Texas Longhorns.
