WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William and Mary's men's basketball team started fast and poured it on with a long-range arsenal and unselfish style in routing Presbyterian, 89-59, on Saturday night at Kaplan Arena. The Tribe (2-1) connected on 15 3-pointers, the sixth-most in school history, while sharing the basketball to the tune of 27 assists on 32 made field goals in easily outdistancing the Blue Hose (1-2).
 
Senior guard Daniel Dixon led the Tribe attack with 20 points on five 3-pointers to go with four rebounds and four assists. Junior forward Jack Whitman scored a career-high 16 on 5-of-6 from the floor and added a game-high six rebounds to go with two blocked shots. The pair dominated from the beginning, scoring the Tribe's first 24 points. Sophomore forward Paul Rowley tallied a career-high 12 points on 4-of-6 from 3-point range, while junior Greg Malinowski rounded out the Tribe's double-digit scorers with 10 points and five rebounds. Junior guard David Cohn turned in a nice floor game with nine assists compared to zero turnovers.
 
The Tribe sprinted out of the gates, scoring the game's first nine points. Dixon knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers, followed by an old-fashion three-point play from Whitman just over two minutes into the contest.
 
Presbyterian answered with three-straight 3-pointers to close the gap to 13-9, before W&M used a 13-0 run to push the advantage to double digits. Dixon canned a trio of 3-pointers on the run, and Cohn dished to freshman Nathan Knight for a dunk to extend the margin to 26-9 with 12:45 remaining.

The Blue Hose closed the gap to 26-19 via a 10-0 run capped by back-to-back 3-pointers from Will Adams and J.C. Younger. W&M pushed the lead to double-digits again on the back of a 13-4 run. Whitman scored five during the run, and Dixon capped it with a lay-up to give the home side a 39-23 cushion with four minutes remaining in the opening half. Presbyterian's Ruben Arroyo tallied four of his team's final six points, cutting the deficit to 41-29 at the intermission.
 
The visitors closed to within 10 points twice in the opening four minutes of the second half, but W&M responded with a 15-4 run to push the advantage to 20 and out of reach. The Tribe strengthened its lead to 51-36 behind back-to-back 3-pointers from Rowley and senior Omar Prewitt. Malinowski dished to Knight for a dunk and then tipped in a miss to extend the margin to 60-39 with 11:40 left.
 
The Tribe scored 16 of the game's final 21 points in picking up the 30-point victory. Back-to-back alley-oop dunks by Knight from Prewitt and Prewitt from Dixon highlighted the stretch and brought the Green and Gold faithful to its feet.
 
W&M finished the night shooting 52.5 percent (32-of-61) from the floor, including a 56.7-percent (17-of-30) clip in the second half. The Tribe drilled 15 of its 34 3-point attempts (44.1 percent), finishing just one off the school-record mark of 16 set five different times. The Tribe's 27 assists were the sixth most in school history. Knight tallied eight points, five rebounds and two blocked shots off the bench. Despite being held to just five points, Prewitt turned in a nice all-around stat line with five assists, four rebounds, a block and three steals.
 
Presbyterian shot 43.4 percent (23-of-53) from the floor, including a 6-of-13 (46.2 percent) effort from 3-point range. Jo'Vontae Millner led the Blue Hose with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting to go along with six rebounds, while Ed Drew added 10 points and five rebounds.
 
The Tribe travels to Durham, N.C., to take on nationally-ranked Duke on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m., from Cameron Indoor Stadium, and the game will be televised nationally on ESPNU with Anish Shroff and Cory Alexander on the call.
 
Tribe fans can also listen to all the men's basketball action over the Tribe Radio Network with Jay Colley and Charlie Woollum on the call. The Tide 92.3 FM and 107.9 Bach FM are the flagship stations of the Tribe Radio Network and the audio is also available over the Web at TribeAthletics.com.