Game #27—Big Game! We travel to take on William & Mary (16-10, 11-4) for uncontested control of 1st place in the CAA. We beat the Tribe 58-43 earlier this season, but they now have the advantage of hosting us. They’ve played consistently well all season and have four players averaging in double figures. Coach Aura flew to Virginia to join the team for this game. The lead shifted 5 times in the early going of the first half, but our defense then began to stifle William & Mary, silencing the home crowd, and we gradually opened a 40-29 advantage at the break. We didn’t let up in the 2nd half and ground out a very satisfying 79-63 victory that catapulted us into the sole lead in conference play with 2 games to play. We outshot the Tribe 50% to 35% and controlled the boards 44-32 to offset our 18 turnovers compared to William & Mary’s 9. [20-7, 12-4]
SG Dominick Collins topped our scoring with 17 points. PG Jon Spann scored 14 and PF Kevin Holmes and SG Copley Dwiggins each scored 11 while C Donyell Porter had 11 rebounds.