WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - Quinn McDowell scored 21 points and Brandon Britt knocked down a 3-pointer with 18.1 seconds left to secure William & Mary's 75-71 win over Hofstra on Wednesday night.
Britt finished with 14 points for the Tribe (6-24, 4-13 Colonial Athletic Association), who shot a season-high 55.6 percent from the field (25 of 45) and made 10 of 25 from long range.
William & Mary led 42-39 at halftime and built a seven-point lead on two occasions, the last at 63-56 with 9:22 to go.
The Pride (9-21, 2-1) closed the gap to 70-69 with 4:28 to go, then both teams went cold. McDowell made two free throws more than 3 minutes apart, then Mike Moore sank two foul shots for Hofstra with 49 seconds left to again get within a point. After Britt's trey, the Tribe missed their final two attempts from the field.
Moore's 25 points led the Pride.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Hofstra (9-21) | 39 | 32 | 71 |
| William & Mary (6-24) « | 42 | 33 | 75 |
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| Hofstra Pride | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Lester, F | 38 | 8-17 | 2-4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| S. Nwaukoni, F | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| M. Moore, G | 34 | 6-17 | 11-12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| S. Mejia, G | 31 | 2-9 | 4-5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| D. McMillan, G | 23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. McLendon | 27 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Kone | 19 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| M. Grogan | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 24-60 | 18-24 | 33 | 13 | 21 | 71 | |
| 40% | 75% | ||||||
| William & Mary Tribe | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Q. McDowell, F | 38 | 6-12 | 7-11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| T. Rusthoven, F | 23 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| K. Brown, G | 36 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| B. Britt, G | 23 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| M. Rum, G | 16 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Thornton | 31 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| J. Ludwick | 17 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Boatner | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Schalk | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Heldring | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-45 | 15-24 | 31 | 15 | 19 | 75 | |
| 55.6% | 62.5% | ||||||
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