The William and Mary men’s basketball fell on the road at Delaware, 61-48, on Wednesday night. The Green and Gold rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to take a 39-38 lead with 11:51 remaining, but the Blue Hens answered with a 14-2 run to pull out the win. W&M falls to 4-10 overall and 0-3 in CAA play, while Delaware improves to 7-6 overall and 2-1 in league action.
Senior forward Marcus Kitts led the Tribe with 11 points to go along with seven rebounds. Junior JohnMark Ludwick added nine points on a trio of 3-pointers to go along with four rebounds, while junior Quinn McDowell and freshmen Brandon Britt and Julian Boatner each scored seven points. Britt led the Tribe with three assists on the night.
A Ludwick 3-pointer to open the game gave the College the early lead and the Green and Gold led 9-6 following three straight buckets from Kitts, including the final one at the 15:48 mark. Delaware senior guard Jawan Carter scored the game’s next eight points, including back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Blue Hens on top 14-9 with 13:24 remaining. Boatner answered back with five straight points for the Tribe. After a pull-up jumper from just inside the top of the key, the Tribe rookie connected on a 3-pointer to tie the contest at 14 with at the 11:50 mark.
Following another Ludwick 3-pointer, Kitts hit 1-of-2 from the free throw line to put the College on top 24-22 with 7:06 remaining in the first half. Delaware, which shot 50 percent in the first half, closed the half on a 12-2 run and took a 34-26 lead into the locker room.
The UD lead remained eight, 38-30, on a lay-up from Devon Saddler at the 14:25 before the Tribe surged in front. W&M scored nine straight points to take the lead. After Britt found McDowell for a lay-up, Boatner drove and kicked to find sophomore Kyle Gaillard for a 3-pointer from the left side. On the ensuing Delaware possession, junior guard Kendrix Brown made a steal and converted it into a fastbreak lay-up, cutting the deficit to one. Following a foul on Saddler, Boatner went to the charity stripe and converted on both free throws to give the College a 39-38 lead with 11:51 remaining.
Delaware answered with a 14-2 run to regain the lead for good. Senior Alphonso Dawson book-ended the run with buckets as he converted on a pull-up jumper as UD regained and his 3-pointer from the right wing at the 7:23 mark pushed the Blue Hens’ lead to 52-41. Senior guard Brian Johnson came up big on the run for Delaware as well with five points, including a 3-pointer. The Tribe pulled within seven points on two occasions the rest of the way, but could get no closer.
Delaware shot 40.4 percent (19-of-47) from the field and limited the Tribe to just 33.3 percent (18-of-54) shooting, but the biggest difference in the game came at the free throw line where Delaware attempted 25, and hit 17, compared to just 10 attempts for W&M. Carter led UD with 15 points, while Saddler and Dawson added 13 and 10 points, respectively. Jamelle Hagins turned in an impressive stats line for Delaware with nine points to go along with 17 rebounds and seven blocked shots.
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