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D'Mya Tucker shoots 80.4 percent from the free throw line.

Women's Basketball

A&T Continues Fight For CAA Regular-Season Title With Two Home Games This Week

The Aggies face two Tidewater opponents this week.

THE GAME(s)                        North Carolina A&T (15-7, 9-2 CAA) vs. Hampton (7-13, 4-6 CAA)/
                                                  vs. William & Mary (12-10, 7-4 CAA as of Feb. 9)
LOCATION                             Greensboro, N.C.
DATE(s)                                  Feb. 9/Feb. 11
TIP-OFF(s)                              6 p.m./2 p.m.
STREAM                                 FloHoops

STREAM: Friday's contest will be streamed on FloHoops starting at 7 p.m., and Sunday's game will be streamed on FloHoops starting at 2 p.m. Donal Ware will provide the play-by-play and Arlene Mitchell is the analyst. 
 
NORTH CAROLINA A&T AGGIES STORYLINES

  • A&T continues its fight for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regular-season crown. 
  • The Aggies and the Drexel Dragons are tied for first at 9-2. Stony Brook and Towson follow them at 7-3, and William & Mary, A&T's opponent on Sunday, entered the week at 7-4. 
  • Unfortunately, the Aggies did drop out of the collegeinsider.com mid-major poll this week, but they are still receiving votes. Drexel is No. 16, and Stony Brook is also receiving votes. 
  • The Aggies are coming off a 66-56 win over UNC Wilmington on the road. D'Mya Tucker had 14 points on 5-for-10 shooting, and six points came during a key 7-0 fourth-quarter run that turned the game in A&T's favor. Tucker has scored in double figures in her last nine games.
  • Four other Aggies scored in double figures as three players scored 11 points, including Chaniya Clark in 19 minutes, Jazmin Harris on 5-for-10 shooting and Maleia Bracone on three 3-pointers. Nyah Willis came off the bench to score 10 points on 6-for-7 shooting from the line.   
  • Harris started CAA play with three consecutive double-doubles and ranks second in the league in double-doubles with seven. 
  • Harris ranks in the top-60 in three categories nationally, including 54th in total blocks (34), 59th in blocks per game (1.6) and 54th in field goal percentage (51.4). In addition, 
  • She ranks second in the conference in rebounding (8.3), ninth in scoring (14.3), sixth in shooting, and fourth in blocked shots. 
  • A&T ranks in the top-50 in three categories, including 26th in offensive rebounds (14.6), 48th in rebounds per game (40.45) and 35th in turnovers forced per game (19.68).
  • The Aggies have a 599-578 record and need one win for 600 in program history.
  • Head coach Tarrell Robinson is in his 11th season and is the program's all-time winningest coach with 204 wins. He set the record against South Carolina State after a 68-49 victory in Orangeburg, S.C., for his 192nd win.
  • Robinson has a 204-115 overall record and has made three NCAA tournament appearances, three postseason WNIT appearances, and has won three conference tournament championships and four regular-season conference championships.
  • A&T's 67-63 overtime win against Northeastern on Jan. 13 gave Robinson his 200th career win, joining men's basketball coaches Cal Irvin and Don Corbett as the only A&T basketball coaches to reach 200 wins at the school. Irvin won 308 games and multiple championships at A&T. Corbett won 254 games and numerous titles at A&T.
  • In addition, Robinson has a 105-28 record in Corbett Sports Center. He reached his 100th win at Corbett earlier this season. 

SCOUTING THE HAMPTON PIRATES

  • Hampton gets to renew its longstanding rivalry with A&T that originated from both teams playing days in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). 
  • The two teams still have an imprint on the league, combining to win nine of the conference's last 13 tournaments. 
  • Hampton is coming off a 77-67 loss to William & Mary. Nylah Young led the Pirates with 25 points and eight rebounds on 9-for-15 shooting. She was also 7-for-7 from the free throw line. 
  • Young has scored 20 or more points five times this season, including the 20 points on 10-for-10 shooting from the free throw line she had against A&T on Jan. 22. Young is averaging 20.3 points in the last three games. 
  • Young leads the Pirates in scoring (12.8) and rebounding (6.2). Camryn Hill averages 12.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Madison Buford also averages in double figures at 10.4 points per game. 
  • Hampton is 1-4 in its last five games but did take the Aggies to overtime earlier this season. 
  • David Six is in his 14th season and has 255 wins, the most of any coach in program history. 
  • He had led Hampton to six MEAC tournament championships with six NCAA tournament appearances and one WNIT appearance.

SCOUTING THE WILLIAM & MARY TRIBE

  • William & Mary will face Elon on Friday before they travel down the street to face the Aggies on Sunday. 
  • Going into the Elon game, W&M has won six of its last seven games and two straight. In the previous seven games, the Tribe defeated Drexel 74-58 to give the Dragons their first conference loss. The only setback was a 74-72 loss against Delaware.
  • Also, in the last seven games, the Tribe is averaging 72.4 points. They are winning by an average margin of 9.1 points per game. They are also shooting 83 percent from the line in its last seven games. 
  • W&M is good at taking care of the basketball, ranking second in the CAA in assist/turnover ratio and fewest turnovers per game (14.5). They also rank second in 3-pointers per game (7.0). 
  • Riley Casey leads the Tribe in points per game (17.1), and Sydney Wagner is the only other player to average in double figures at 15.8 points. Reekah Frisby-Smith leads the team with 6.0 rebounds per game and averages 7.5 points.
  • Casey is averaging 19.0 points in her last three games, including 27 points against Monmouth the previous time out. Wagner is averaging 21.4 points in her five games.
  • Erin Dickerson Davis was named the head coach at William & Mary on April 12, 2022, after being an associate head coach at Wake Forest.

The Series

  • Hampton leads the series, 26-17, over the Aggies. A&T has won three of the last four meetings.  
  • In their first-ever CAA meeting, the Aggies came away with a 75-70 overtime win at Hampton. Both teams won on their respective home courts last season when they played in the Big South Conference. 
  • Bracone led the Aggies with 29 points in the earlier meeting this season. 
  • W&M and A&T have each won two games in the series, with each team winning once on their respective home courts. 
  • The last meeting was on Nov. 21, 2014, in Greensboro, where William & Mary earned a 59-57 victory. 

Quotable

"Our game against Hampton at their place was a nail-biter. We hope to do a better job of guarding them and taking care of the ball at home. William & Mary has gotten better and better as the season has gone on. It's going to be a challenge to contain their guard, but we're up to it. This is a critical game being that we only play them once."

Head Coach Tarrell Robinson

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Players Mentioned

Chaniya Clark

#33 Chaniya Clark

C
6' 4"
Redshirt Freshman
Jazmin Harris

#40 Jazmin Harris

C
6' 3"
Graduate Student
D’Mya Tucker

#10 D’Mya Tucker

G
5' 11"
Junior
Nyah Willis

#22 Nyah Willis

G
5' 10"
Senior
Maleia Bracone

#24 Maleia Bracone

G
5' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Chaniya Clark

#33 Chaniya Clark

6' 4"
Redshirt Freshman
C
Jazmin Harris

#40 Jazmin Harris

6' 3"
Graduate Student
C
D’Mya Tucker

#10 D’Mya Tucker

5' 11"
Junior
G
Nyah Willis

#22 Nyah Willis

5' 10"
Senior
G
Maleia Bracone

#24 Maleia Bracone

5' 10"
Junior
G