The excuse was there if he chose to use it. But William & Mary coach
Dane Fischer knows that his wasn’t the first team in the Colonial Athletic Association, or the nation for that matter, that was forced to take a multi-week pause for COVID-19 reasons.
Playing for the first time since Jan. 31, the Tribe came out flat in a 75-54 home loss to Elon Saturday afternoon. The Phoenix hit eight of its first 10 shots from the 3-point arc and led by double digits for the final 34½ minutes.
Just before its pause, W&M had its best weekend of the season with a two-game sweep at Towson. After the layoff — and missing starting forward