HARRISONBURG, Va. – The William & Mary men's basketball team battled back from a double-digit second-half deficit, but fell in overtime at James Madison, 95-92, on Thursday night. Senior Daniel Dixon's lay-up with 27 seconds remaining sent the game to extra time after the Green and Gold (14-12, 8-7 CAA) trailed by as many as 14 in the second half. JMU (8-20, 6-9) jumped out to a six-point lead in overtime and held off a late Tribe rally when senior Omar Prewitt's three-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark.   
 
Dixon led W&M with a game-high 29 points on 11-of-21 shooting, including 3-of-7 from three-point range. Prewitt tallied his third double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds to go with four assists. Junior Jack Whitman just missed a double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds, while classmate Connor Burchfield knocked down 4-of-6 from 3-point range in scoring 17 points.
 
The Tribe trailed 81-77 with 43 seconds remaining following a pair of Jackson Kent free throws. Dixon quickly answered with a driving lay-up to cut the gap to two. Following a W&M timeout, junior David Cohn made a steal, intercepting a pass near in the backcourt. He found Burchfield, who lobbed a pass underneath the hoop to Dixon for an easy two to tie the game at 81 with 27 seconds. On the ensuing JMU possession, Prewitt picked Kent's pocket, but his running jumper at the buzzer hit off side rim.
 
The Dukes scored seven of the first eight points in overtime, thanks in part to a trio of missed Tribe free throws. A Joey McLean jumper just nine seconds into the extra session gave JMU the lead for good. James Madison hit its first three shots in OT, and Dimitrije Cabarkapa's three-pointer at the 3:17 mark extended the Duke lead to 88-82.
 
A Dixon triple off an inbounds play cut the deficit to 90-87 with 47 seconds remaining. Another Dixon three-pointer with 5.1 ticks left closed the gap to 93-92. On the ensuing inbound play, JMU's Ramone Snowden threw the ball into the Tribe bench, but Dixon was whistled for his fifth foul on a hold. Kent knocked down both free throws to re-establish the three-point margin. Prewitt's game-tying three-point attempt from the right wing hit off the front rim as time expired.
 
W&M finished the contest at 45.8 percent (33-of-72) from the floor, including 8-of-24 (33.3 percent) from three-point range. The Tribe connected on just 62.1 percent (18-of-29) at the free throw line. Freshman Nathan Knight tallied nine points off the bench, while Cohn had a nice floor game with five assists, six rebounds and three steals.
 
James Madison shot 49.2 percent (30-of-61) from the field and was 9-of-23 (39.1 percent) from 3-point range. The Dukes hit 23-of-36 (72.2 percent) at the free throw line and held a 42-38 advantage on the glass.
 
After Dixon scored W&M's first five points, JMU took control with eight-straight points. Paulius Stakus scored the final four of the spurt to give the Dukes an 11-5 lead three minutes into the contest. W&M answered with back-to-back dunks, including the first almost immediately after the JMU bucket on the break by Prewitt. The Tribe senior then found Whitman for a flush and JMU called time out at the 16:28 mark.
 
The Dukes scored eight in a row, including a McLean left wing three-pointer, to extend the lead to double-digits, 19-9, and force a W&M timeout less than two minutes later. McLean and Ivan Lukic combined for all eight points during the run.
 
Burchfield came of the bench, shooting the Tribe back into the contest. He hit three-pointers on three-straight W&M possessions, narrowing the gap to 26-20 with 11:46 remaining. Whitman, who like Burchfield scored 11 first-half points, added an old-fashion three-point play to cut the deficit to 30-27 three minutes later.
 
Lukic and Stakus jump-started a 9-0 JMU run to put the home team back on top by double-digits. In total, the duo combined for 13 of the Dukes' next 15 points as the lead reached its largest at 47-33 following a Lukic three-pointer with just over two minutes remaining in the first half. The JMU lead was 11, 49-38, at the intermission thanks to 62.1 percent (18-of-29) in the opening 20 minutes.
 
The deficit again reached 14, 56-42, on a Kent three-pointer just over four minutes into the second half. The Green and Gold drew within singles digits on back-to-back buckets from Dixon and Knight, closing the margin to 58-50 with 13:05 remaining in regulation.
 
After the JMU lead again reached double figures, 63-52, the Tribe slowly cut into the deficit. In total, the Green and Gold used a 15-6 run to narrow the gap to two, 69-67, on a Dixon driving lay-up with 6:35 remaining. Prewitt tallied seven of the Tribe's 15 points during the spurt. 
 
Lukic led five JMU players in double figures with 19, while McLean and Snowden each tallied 18. Kent finished with 16 points and Satkus chipped in 14 points to go with eight rebounds before fouling out.
 
The Tribe plays its final regular season road game on Saturday night at Delaware. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m., from the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark. The contest will be broadcast online via Hens All-Access at BlueHens.com. Tribe fans can also catch the 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.