March Madness: William & Mary player and team rally from online abuse and losing skid

High Point guard Jaleesa Lawrence (24) moves the ball past William & Mary forward Anahi-Lee Cauley (35) during the first half of a First Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

High Point guard Jaleesa Lawrence (24) moves the ball past William & Mary forward Anahi-Lee Cauley (35) during the first half of a First Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)


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AUSTIN, Texas — William & Mary's Anahi-Lee Cauley is playing in her school's first NCAA Tournament in the biggest moment of her career just a month after one of the worst. It was her foul on a 3-point shooter at the buzzer that set up the game-winning free throws in a loss to rival Drexel. A later check of her social media only made things worse. Professional and high-level college athletes are routinely exposed to rough treatment online. That it would happen to a player at a school scrapping through the Colonial Athletic Association shows just how far it can reach in March Madness.

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