The Hampton Pirates (3-13, 0-4 CAA) pay a visit to Williamsburg, Virginia and Kaplan Arena on Wednesday to play the William & Mary Tribe (6-10, 1-2 CAA) in a Colonial Athletic Association game. Hampton was defeated on Saturday by Northeastern 79-63 for its 7th consecutive loss and has not won since defeating Loyola (MD) on December 7th. William and Mary were defeated by the Hofstra Pride on Saturday 75-62. The Tribe has lost five of the last seven. Hampton and William & Mary do not have any players on their respective injury lists.
The Hampton defense is allowing an average of 78.8 points per game. The Pirates are giving up a field goal shooting percentage of 46.7% and a 3-point shooting percentage of 39.3%. Each of the previous three stats are 339th or worse in the nation. Hampton is scoring an average of 67.4 points per game, while the Pirates are shooting 37.5% overall and 33.2% from behind the three-point line. Hamptons overall shooting percentage of 37.5% is 361st in the nation.
The leading scorer for Hampton is Jordan Nesbitt with an average of 14.1 points per game, but the guard is shooting only 33.0% overall and 30.7% from long range. The second leading scorer is Russell Dean with an average of 13.2 points per game but the guard is shooting only 30.3% overall and 30.3% from behind the three-point line. Dean is the leader in assists wi th an average of 4.8 dishes per contest. Hampton is allowing an average of 37.1 rebounds per game, while the Pirates are averaging only 34.4 rebounds per game. Hampton is averaging 11.8 turnovers per game.