WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The emotional rollercoaster of Senior Day took a number of turns on Saturday afternoon at Kaplan Arena, going from excitement to gut-wrenching to jubilation. After Charleston's Grant Riller banked in a 35-footer to send the game to overtime, the William & Mary men's basketball team answered the bell in the extra session to pull out a thrilling 114-104 victory. The Tribe scored 17 of the game's final 22 points to cement the win. Senior guard David Cohn sparked the Tribe effort with a career-high 30 points to go along with nine assists.
 
W&M (18-11, 11-7 CAA) hit 11-of-12 from the charity stripe over the final minute of regulation and led by six, 90-84, with 28 seconds left. Charleston's Joe Chealey hit a pair 3-pointers, before Riller's buzzer-beating banker tied the game at 95 and gave the contest another five minutes.
 
Charleston (23-7, 14-4 CAA) led 99-97 less than two minutes into the extra session, but it was all Tribe from there. The Green and Gold used a quick 7-0 run to move in front and outscored the Cougars 17-5 over the final 3:30. After Cohn knotted the game with a step-back jumper, sophomore Matt Milon scored five in a row, including a 3-pointer, to extend the lead to 104-99 with two minutes left. Chealey hit a pair at the charity stripe to draw CofC within three, but sophomore Justin Pierce answered with a driving lay-up, and W&M went 8-of-8 at the free throw line over the final 50 seconds to clinch the Senior Day win.
 
After a back-and-forth start, the Green and Gold seized control with a 13-2 run. Cohn's 3-pointer at the 6:36 put the Tribe on top, before Milon converted an old-fashion 3-point play. The advantage jumped to 37-28 out of the under four-minute media timeout following a Paul Rowley triple. The Tribe lead reached its pinnacle in the opening 20 minutes in the closing seconds. Cohn pulled down a defensive rebounding and sprinted up court. He dropped it off to senior Connor Burchfield for a half-capping triple, pushing the lead to 44-32.
 
W&M's advantage reached as much as 16 points, 51-35, out of the locker room thanks to a 7-0 run. The Cougars used a 12-3 spurt to narrow the gap to 72-68 with 7:29 left, and CofC drew within two, 84-82, on a Johnson 3-pointer with 1:22 remaining.
 
Individual Player Spotlight
Senior guard David Cohn erupted for a career-high 30 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including a perfect 10-of-10 at the charity stripe. He dished out nine assists. Sophomore Matt Milon tallied 20 points, including a big seven in overtime. Senior Connor Burchfield and sophomore Nathan Knight each notched 19 points in the win. Burchfield was a perfect 3-of-3 from 3-point range, while Knight added six rebounds and five assists. Sophomore Justin Pierce chipped in 16 points and eight rebounds.
 
Grant Riller led Charleston with 29 points on 11-of-17 from the floor, while Joe Chealey added 24 and five assists. Cameron Johnson and Jarrell Brantley scored 23 and 20 points, respectively, to give the Cougars four 20-point scorers.
 
Inside the Numbers
- Against the CAA's top field goal defense, W&M shot 59.3 percent (35-of-59) from the field, including 4-of-5 in overtime.

- Charleston rallied from a double-digit halftime deficit by shooting 62.9 percent (22-of-35) in the second half and finished the contest at 50.7 percent (35-of-69).

- W&M hit 21-of-22 over the final six minutes of the game at the free throw line and connected at 86.8 percent (33-of-38) for the contest.

- The Tribe connected on double-digit 3-pointers for the 16th time this season and is 13-3 in those games. W&M shot 52.4 percent from long range, hitting 11-of-21.
 
Notes
With its 19 assists, the Tribe surpassed the 500-assists mark for the third year in a row … W&M's 517 assists rank second in program history behind only the 543 last season … Senior David Cohn reached a pair of milestones on Saturday, topping the 1,000-point mark for his career and recording his 500th career assist … Sophomore Nathan Knight blocked his 100th career shot against Charleston … He is the sixth player in school history with 100 career blocked shots and the first to do it in his first two seasons … Sophomore Matt Milon hit a trio of 3-pointers to moved into sixth on the Tribe's single-season list with 74 triples … The 114 points are the third-most in a single-game in school history … The Tribe's 33 made free throws rank fourth in program history … Cohn was a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw line, tying a school record going a perfect 100 percent at the charity stripe … It marked the third time in his career that Cohn hit double-digit free throws and was perfect from the line … Cohn is the fourth different player to score 30 points in a game this season, which is a school record … W&M started seniors Oliver Tot and Jamison Glover as well as graduate student Cole Harrison … It was the first start in a Green and Gold uniform for Harrison and Glover as well as the third in Tot's career.
 
Up Next
The Tribe next travels to North Charleston, S.C, to compete in the CAA Championship, March 3-6, at the North Charleston Coliseum. W&M will be the No. 4 seed in the tournament and play No. 5 seed Towson at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 4. The game will be broadcast on CAA.TV, and Tribe fans can also 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. For complete information and to get set for Charleston and the CAA Tournament, visit TribeAthletics.com/MarchOnTribe.