W&M-Northeastern Game to be Televised

10/18/07 5:45PM

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William and Mary women’s basketball home game versus Northeastern will be televised live by Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic on Feb. 17 at 3 p.m. The matchup was originally scheduled for 2 p.m.

Picked to finish third in the Colonial Athletic Association preseason poll, W&M returns four starters and 10 letterwinners from last season’s team that posted a 19-12 record and earned the second-most wins in the program’s history. With five players back who averaged at least 23 minutes per game last year, W&M returns 79.1 percent of its offensive production and 85.5 percent of its rebounding.

Preseason first-team All-CAA selection Kyra Kaylor leads the talented group of returnees. A two-time first-team all-conference selection and former CAA Player of the Year, Kaylor averaged a team-best 14.8 ppg and 9.1 rpg during the 2006-07 campaign. She enters this year needing just 101 more points and 190 rebounds to break the program’s career records.

Also leading this season’s squad is senior Devin James, who garnered preseason CAA honorable mention distinction. James ranked second on the team last year with 12.7 ppg and 6.7 rpg and is just six points away from becoming the program’s 12th 1,000-point scorer.

Prior to beginning the regular season, the College will play an exhibition game against M.I. Express on Nov. 2 at Kaplan Arena. The Tribe’s season opener will be against Campbell at the ISES Cancer Awareness Tip-Off at Elon on Nov. 9.