WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Behind a record-setting performance from senior guard Connor Burchfield, the William & Mary men's basketball team won a 114-104 shootout over Conference USA foe Marshall on Wednesday night at Kaplan Arena. Burchfield canned a school and Colonial Athletic Association record 10 3-pointers, including three in a row midway through second half to give W&M (4-2) a lead it would not relinquish.
 
The teams combined for a Kaplan Arena record 218 points, and the Tribe continued its hot shooting, connecting on 60 percent (42-of-70) from the field and 64.3 percent (18-of-28) beyond the 3-point arc. It was the Tribe's third-straight game of 60 percent or better from 3-point range. Burchfield highlighted the 3-point barrage with 30 points on 10-of-12 from deep. Sophomore Nathan Knight produced his second 30-point, 10-rebound double-double with 31 points and 12 rebounds.
 
After W&M opened up an 11-point cushion with the first two buckets of the second half, Marshall (4-3) hit nine of its first 10 shots in the final 20 minutes. The trio of Jon Elmore (8), Ajdin Penava (8) and C.J. Burks (7) combined for the Thundering Herds first 23 point in the second half. A pair of Elmore free throws at the 11:32 mark gave the visitors its largest lead of the contest at 77-69.
 
Knight scored the 12 of the Tribe's first 16 points in the second half, but it was Burchfield who turned it on to put the home team on top for good. He made back-to-back-to-back 3's to put W&M on top, before a Matt Milon fast-break lay-up capped an 11-0 Tribe run to force a Marshall timeout with 8:09 remaining and W&M leading 80-77. 
 
Burchfield answered a Thundering Herd 3 with his ninth triple, and added the record-setting 10th at the 6:20 mark. W&M hit each of its final eight shots from the field, including four 3-pointers, and added a 9-of-10 effort from the free throw line in holding off a final 20 minutes from Marshall that featured Elmore's 26 points.
 
A back-and-forth first half saw the Tribe open up as much as an 11-point lead, 34-23, at the 8:32 thanks to an 11-0 run. Marshall pulled even at 41 on back-to-back Jarrod West 3-pointers just four minutes later thank to a 10-point spurt. The Tribe took a 51-44 lead in the locker room, scoring 10 of the half's final 13 points.
 
Individual Player Spotlights
Senior Connor Burchfield (30) and sophomore Nathan Knight (31) became the first pair of Tribe teammates since Marcus Thornton and Omar Prewitt in the 2015 CAA Semifinals to score 30 points in a same game. Senior point guard David Cohn joined Knight in adding a double-double performance with 20 points and a career-high 13 assists. All five Tribe starters scored in double figures as sophomore Matt Milon chipped in 15 points, and classmate Justin Pierce added a 12-point, seven-rebound, five-assist stat line.
 
For Marshall, Jon Elmore led the way with a near triple-double of 32 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds. C.J. Burks added 27 points, while Jarrod West scored 22 points on six 3-pointers.

Inside the Numbers
- The Tribe hit better than 50 percent from the floor in its fourth-straight home game. The Green and Gold's shot a season-best 60 percent (42-of-70) from the field compared to Marshall's 52.1 percent (37-of-71).
- W&M shot better than 60 percent from 3-point range for the third-straight game, hitting 64.3 percent (18-of-28) from long range. For comparison, the Tribe owns eight games of 60 percent from distance in school history.
- After hitting 10-of-12 in the second half against Old Dominion in Saturday's win, the Tribe hit 8-of-11 in the second half against Marshall. W&M (18) and Marshall (12) combined for 30 3-pointers on the night.
- W&M tallied 100 points for the second time in the last three games. The 114 points are the second most in school history.
 
Notes
Along with setting a school and conference record, Burchfield's 10 3-pointers are tied for the most in the country this season … The Tribe knocked down 15 or more 3-pointers for the third-straight game … W&M's 18 triples ranks third in program history … Over the last three games, the Tribe is shooting 62.4 percent (53-of-85) from 3-point range and averaging 17.7 triples per game … W&M's 64.3 percent (18-of-28) from 3-point range is the fourth-best mark in Tribe history … The Green and Gold connected on 42 field goals, which is the fifth-highest total in school annals … It marks just the third time in school history and first since 1976 that W&M won a game when allowing 100 points … W&M owns five games of 100 points in the last two seasons … Cohn's career-high 13 assists are the third most for a Tribe player in school history … It is the fifth-best single game total in the country this season … Cohn owns seven career double-digit assist games which in a W&M record … Over the last three games, he is averaging 11 assists per contest … W&M ran its home-court non-conference winning streak to 22 games … The Tribe improved to 6-3 all-time against Conference USA, including a 2-0 mark this season … W&M dished out 20 assists for the second time in three games and improved to 31-1 over the last eight seasons when accomplishing the feat … The Tribe has 12 games of 20 or more assists the last two seasons.

Up Next
The Tribe hits the road to open a three-game swing at Savannah State on Saturday, Dec. 2. Tip-off is slated for 4 p.m. Tribe fans can catch 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.