STANFORD, Calif. – William & Mary men's basketball dropped its second-straight game to Power 5 competition on the road to a hot-shooting Stanford, 81-50, on Thursday night. 
 
Senior Andy Van Vliet led the Tribe (4-2) with 11 points, including a 3-of-6 effort from 3-point range, to go with five rebounds. Sophomore Quinn Blair finished with a career-high 10 points, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range. Three days after a dominating 30-point effort at Oklahoma, senior Nathan Knight was limited to seven points and five rebounds in just 21 minutes of action before fouling out.
 
The Cardinal (6-0) shot 55.3% (26-of-47) from the field, connected on 8-of-16 from 3-point range and hit 21 free throws while shooting 70% at the line. Stanford forced W&M into 17 turnovers and scored 25 points off those miscues. Tyrell Terry tallied a 21-point, 10-rebound double-double, both career-highs, and he was 5-of-7 from 3-point range.
 
How It Happened
- After Oscar da Silva scored the game's first four points, the Tribe took the lead thanks to a Nathan Knight 3-pointer just over three minutes into the contest, 5-4.
- Stanford used a 15-0 run to take control. Tyrell Terry book-ended the run with 3-pointers and scored 10 during the spurt. His triple at the 12:32 mark extended the Cardinal lead to 21-7 and force a Tribe timeout.
- The Tribe answered with a 12-4 run to close within six. Quinn Blair scored five points during the spurt, and Andy Van Vliet's 3-pointer with 7:19 left in the first half closed the gap to 25-19.
- Stanford scored 14 of the half's final 20 points to take a 39-25 advantage to the locker room. Bryce Wills answered W&M's run with an old-fashion 3-point play and da Silva's lay-up at the 4:33 mark pushed the Stanford lead back to double-digits, 30-19.
- Daejon Davis scored six of the Cardinal's final nine points of the half and his lay-up in the closing minute gave Stanford a 14-point half-time lead, 39-25.
- da Silva's lay-up three minutes into the second half gave Stanford an 18-point advantage, 46-28.
- W&M scored seven in a row to cut the gap to 11, 46-35, on a Van Vliet 3-pointer with 16:37 left.
- Stanford responded with a 13-2 run to put the game out of reach. Spencer Jones scored all nine of his points during the run and his lay-up at the 12:02 mark gave the home team a 59-37 lead. In total, the Cardinal held W&M without a field goal for over six minutes.
 
Starters
W&M - #2 Hamilton, #5 Barnes, #11 Van Vliet, #12 Loewe, #13 Knight
Stanford - #1 Davis, #2 Willis, #3 Terry, #13 da Silva, #14 Jones
 
Inside the Number
- Stanford shot 55.3% (26-of-47) from the field, including 8-of-16 from 3-point range.
- W&M was limited to 36% (18-of-50) from the field.
- The Cardinal forced the Tribe into 17 turnovers and outscored the Green and Gold, 25-9, in points off turnovers.
- Stanford became the first team to outrebound W&M on the year, holding a 39-25 advantage on the glass.
- The Cardinal outscored W&M, 21-8, at the free throw line, connecting on 70% (21-of-30) at the charity stripe compared to the Tribe's 50% (8-of-16).
 
Up Next
- The Tribe returns home to take on Morehead State on Tuesday, Nov. 26, as part of a W&M basketball doubleheader. The Tribe women take on Hartford at 5 p.m. followed by the men's game at 7:30 p.m.
- It will be the Tribe's fourth and final game in the 2019 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Classic Powered by ShotTracker.
- All Tribe home games will be streamed on FloHoops. A FloHoops subscription is $12.50 per month or $95.88 per year ($7.99 per month) and provides access to 130 CAA men's basketball games, as well as special features.
- 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.