NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk State men's basketball team (2-0) goes on the road for the first time this season Sunday, Nov. 8, to face William & Mary (1-0) at 6 p.m. at Kaplan Arena. The Tribe is the Spartans' first Division I opponent of the season.

HOW TO FOLLOW
The game streams on FloCollege. Live stats are available on Statbroadcast.com.

Last Time Out
Norfolk State opened 2-0 with home wins over Division III opponents Regent (68-45) on Monday and Randolph (78-71) on Wednesday. Freshman guard Jordan Skyers led the Spartans past Randolph with 22 points on 9-of-17 shooting and added six steals.

Spartan Storylines
Through two games, Norfolk State has held opponents to 34.2% shooting from the field and 21.2% from three. The Spartans have forced 34 turnovers (17.0 per game) with 22 steals and 11 blocks, and they are averaging 20.0 points off turnovers.

Newcomers have carried the scoring load. All five starters in both games were first-year Spartans:

• Bahsil Laster (Jr., G) leads the team at 19.0 points per game on 54.5% shooting. The UT Arlington transfer is averaging 5.0 rebounds and a team-high 4.0 assists, and he is 13-of-16 (81.3%) at the free-throw line.
• Jordan Skyers (Fr., G) is second at 16.5 points per game, shooting 50.0% from the field, and leads the team with eight steals.
• Chris Walker (Sr., G) is averaging 12.0 points and 4.0 rebounds and has made four 3-pointers.
• J.C. Riley (Jr., F) leads the team at 6.5 rebounds per game and has made 6 of 8 shots.
• Justin Jones (Fr., G) has started both games.

Freshmen Jamese Jordan and Keon Mitchell are each averaging 5.0 points off the bench. Jordan is shooting 62.5% from the field, and Mitchell has six assists.

Head coach Robert Jones is in his 14th season at Norfolk State. The three-time MEAC Coach of the Year has a 253-176 career record, with five MEAC regular-season titles and three MEAC Tournament championships.

Series History
Sunday is the eighth meeting between the programs and the fifth straight season they have played. William & Mary leads the all-time series 4-3. The Spartans won three straight meetings from 2021-22 to 2023-24, including a 96-62 home win in 2023-24. The Tribe has won the last two. Norfolk State is 1-3 in Williamsburg, and its only win there was 67-53 in 2022-23.

The most recent meeting was William & Mary's 81-78 win at Echols Hall on Nov. 8, 2025. In that game, the Tribe rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit and closed on a 30-15 run.

Scouting the Tribe
William & Mary opened its season with an 80-66 home win over Bridgewater on Monday. Head coach Brian Earl's team has gone 24-4 at Kaplan Arena over the last two seasons and has won 12 of its last 14 home games.

The Tribe relies on its bench. Reserves scored 57 of W&M's 80 points in the opener and made 10 of the team's 11 3-pointers. W&M ranked fourth nationally in bench scoring last season at 34.4 points per game.

• Brian Carter Jr. (Jr., Walters State transfer) scored 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting with six rebounds and four assists in his Division I debut.
• Ethan Connery (Sr.) went 6-for-6 from the field for 14 points in his first game since missing all of last season.
• Will Feagles (13 points) and ZZ Clark (11) combined to make 7 of 12 from three.
• Josh Baldwin led all players with seven rebounds.

Up Next
Norfolk State returns home Wednesday, Nov. 11, to host Old Dominion at 7 p.m. at Echols Hall. It is the return game of a home-and-home series after the Monarchs beat the Spartans 60-57 in Norfolk last season.