NEWARK, Del. – The William & Mary men's basketball team turned in a strong all-around performance in rolling to an 85-64 road win at Delaware on Saturday night. Offensively, the Tribe (15-12, 9-7 CAA) scored at every level, shooting 52 percent from the field, hitting 10 three-pointers and getting to the free throw line to the tune of 21-of-29 at the charity stripe. W&M used a 26-5 run spanning the end first half and start of the second to open up a commanding lead on the way to the win over the Blue Hens (12-17, 5-11 CAA).
 
Seniors Daniel Dixon (25) and Omar Prewitt (23) combined for 48 of the Tribe's 85 points in the victory. Dixon was 7-of-12 from the field, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range, and 7-of-9 at the free throw line. He also topped the Tribe with eight rebounds. Prewitt shot 8-of-12 from the floor, 2-of-3 from three and 5-of-7 from the charity stripe. He turned in a strong stat line with seven rebounds and team-bests of six assists and three steals.
 
The Tribe hit four of its first five from three-point range, including back-to-back triples from junior David Cohn and Dixon to open up a 12-7 lead just four and a half minutes into the contest. The Blue Hens pulled even at 17 on a Devonne Pinkard three-pointer at the 11:28 mark. The Hens scored four straight, including a baseline-driving dunk from Jacob Cushing, to take its largest lead, 23-20, with 6:24 remaining in the first half.
 
W&M closed the half on an 18-3 run to open up a double-digit advantage at the intermission. The Tribe scored 10 straight points to surge in front. Dixon connected on back-to-back triples, before a Jack Whitman putback extended the Tribe lead to 30-23 at the 3:26 mark.
 
The Green and Gold scored the half's final six points to open up a 12-point cushion. Prewitt canned a left wing three-pointer, before finding Dixon for a cutting lay-up and an old-fashion trio. Dixon's three-point play, three of his 16 first-half points, send W&M to the locker room with a 38-26 lead. Over the final six minutes of the first half, the Tribe limited UD to 1-of-8 from the floor with two turnovers.
 
W&M continued its run into the second half, scoring six of the period's first eight points. Dixon tallied four during the opening minute and a half, including a transition dunk off a dish from Prewitt. The flush pushed the Tribe lead to 44-28 and forced the Delaware timeout at the 18:32 mark.
 
Delaware twice drew within 11 in the second half, but each time the Tribe responded with a run led by Prewitt. UD closed to 47-36 on a Ryan Daly three-pointer, four minutes into the second half. Prewitt answered with six-straight points, including an old-fashion three-point play, to push the margin to 17, 53-36, just a minute and a half later.
 
Four-straight UD points from Mosley cut the gap to 61-50 with 11 minutes remaining, but again, the Tribe scored six in a row. Prewitt tallied the final four, finishing off a dish from freshman Nathan Knight to extend the lead back to 17.
 
The Green and Gold advantage ballooned over 20 points thanks to a 12-2 run. Knight scored five straight to start the run, including an old-fashion three-point play off a nice pass from junior Oliver Tot. A Cohn steal and fast-break lay-up pushed the lead to 20, 79-59, before Prewitt capped the spurt with a right wing three-point. Freshman Omar Mostafa put the finishing touches on the Tribe's 85-64 win with a deep three-pointer from the left wing in the closing minute.
 
W&M finished the night shooting 51.9 percent (27-of-52) from the floor, hitting better than 50 percent for the 14th time overall and 10th in the last 15 games. The Tribe connected on 10-of-22 (45 percent) from three-point range, its 13th game of double-digit triples. They also shot 72.4 percent (21-of-29) from the charity stripe. The Green and Gold dished out 23 assists on its 27 made field goals, registering 20 or more assists for the 10th time this year, and held a 39-29 advantage on the glass. Knight and Whitman added seven points apiece, while junior Greg Malinowski, Cohn and Tot each dished out four assists.
 
Delaware connected on 37.5 percent (21-of-56) from the field, including just 7-of-23 (30.4 percent) from three-point range. The Hens were 15-of-23 (65.2 percent) at the free throw line. Daly led UD with 20 points on 7-of-18 shooting to go with seven rebounds, while Cazmon Hayes and Pinkard added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
 
The Tribe closes out the regular season with its final two games at Kaplan Arena. W&M welcomes Hofstra to Williamsburg on Thursday, Feb. 23, for a 7 p.m. tip, before wrapping up the regular season with Senior Day against Towson on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. The W&M-Hofstra game will be streamed online at Tribe Athletics TV via Stretch Internet. Saturday's game will be televised on Comcast SportsNet and also available online at Tribe Athletics TV.
 
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.