Freshman guard Brandon Britt and junior Quinn McDowell paced a torrid Tribe offense as both eclipsed the 20-point mark. Britt led all scorers registering a career-high 25 points on 6-of-9 from the floor, 2-of-2 from 3-point range and a near perfect 11-of-12 from the free throw line. The 25 points are the most for a W&M rookie in five seasons. McDowell poured in 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting, while he knocked down a trio of 3-pointers and was a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line. Freshman Tim Rusthoven came off the bench and rounded out the double-digit scorers for W&M as he finished with 12 points and four rebounds. He was perfect on the night shooting the ball, finishing 5-of-5 from the floor and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.

As a team, the Tribe shot a remarkable 60 percent (24-of-40) from the floor, marking the best for the Tribe since shooting 60.9 percent in a win over Georgia State on Jan. 27, 2007. The Green and Gold also connected on 50 percent (7-of-14) from 3-point range against a Drexel team that entered the game leading the nation in limiting opponents to just 24.3 percent from long distance. W&M also finished an impressive 83.3 percent (25-of-30) from the free throw line. Drexel entered the game leading the CAA in scoring defense at 59.3 points per game and field goal percentage defense at 40.1 percent.

The Green and Gold also did an excellent job on the glass outrebounding Drexel, 31-27, becoming only the second team this season, along with No. 4-ranked Syracuse, to hold an advantage on the glass over the Dragons. DU entered the game ranked No. 2 nationally in rebounding margin at +12.2. Senior forward Marcus Kitts led W&M on the backboards with a game-high nine rebounds to go along with another stout defensive effort, adding four blocked shots.

The Green and Gold came roaring out of the gates, scoring the games' first nine points. After a McDowell knocked down a jumper on the Tribe's first possession, Britt scored on a fast-break lay-up before canning a 3-pointer from the left wing. Kitts capped the run, giving W&M a 9-0 lead less than four minutes into the game on a tip-in.

Britt scored 10 of the Tribe's first 17 points of the game, before a Quinn McDowell 3-pointer at the 10:44 mark of the first half gave the Tribe a 20-13 lead. The Dragons responded with a 9-2 run to draw even for the first time. A Daryl McCoy jumper at the 4:11 mark tied the game at 22.

Drexel followed four straight points from McDowell with five of its own in a row as Chris Fouch's jumper at the 1:22 mark gave Drexel is only lead of the game at 27-26. McDowell quickly answered for the Tribe with a 3-pointer to recapture the lead. After a Matt Rum reserve lay-up gave the College a four-point cushion with 28 seconds remaining, Gerald Colds knocked down his third 3-pointer of the first half from the left wing to close the margin to 31-30 at the half.

W&M started the second half much the same way it started the game. After a Kitts free throw on the opening possession of the half, McDowell scored five straight points, including a 3-pointer from the left corner at the 17:24 mark, to put the Tribe on top 37-30 and force a Drexel timeout.

The Dragons closed the gap to 39-35 on another Colds' 3-pointer at the 16:04 mark, before the Tribe bench came alive. With its leading scorer, McDowell, on the bench in foul trouble, W&M exploded for a 9-1 run, pushing the lead to double figures for the first time. Junior Kendrix Brown drove the down the middle of the lane for a nifty lay-up, before sophomore Kyle Gaillard found Rusthoven for a fast-break bucket. Brown found junior JohnMark Ludwick for triple from the left wing, and Gaillard again found Rusthoven for a short jumper to put the Tribe on top 48-36 with 12:15 remaining, forcing another Drexel timeout.

Four straight Drexel points closed the margin to eight, before W&M ripped off seven straight points to push the lead to 15. Britt scored the first five points of the spurt, but it was Kitts that brought down the house with his two-handed follow-up dunk, giving W&M a 55-40 advantage with 9:14 remaining.

The Dragons, who earlier this season won at No. 20-ranked Louisville. would get no closer than nine points the rest of the way. DU narrowed the margin to 59-50 with 7:17 remaining, but a pair of Britt free throws pushed the lead back to double figures for good. The Tribe lead would not dip below 10 points the rest of the game and ballooned to an many as 16 on a couple of occasions late in the contest before settling on the final margin of 14.

Gaillard turned in a nice performance with a career-high six assists compared to one turnover and five rebounds, but his biggest impact came on the defensive end. The 6-7 sophomore did an impressive job of helping the Tribe limit Drexel's leading scorer Fouch to just 13 points on 6-of-21 shooting. The Dragon sophomore came into the game second in the CAA at 17.5 points per game, while hitting nearly three 3-pointers per game. Against the Tribe, Fouch, who was shooting 40 percent from 3-point range on the season, was 0-of-5 from long range.

Overall, W&M limited Drexel to 38.7 percent (24-of-62) shooting from the floor, including just 35.3 percent (12-of-34) in the second half. Colds led the Dragons with 22 points, including 7-of-9 from 3-point range, while Samme Givens finished with 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

The Tribe returns to action when it travels to Towson on Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. Fans can catch the action of the Tribe Radio Network with Jay Colley, Bill McDowell and Charlie Woollum on the call. The Tide 92.3 FM in Williamsburg is the flagship station of the Tribe Radio Network and the feed can be heard live over the Internet at TribeAthletics.com. Live stats will be available at TowsonTigers.com.