RADFORD, Va. – Freshman Langdon Hatton scored a career-high 17 points on Wednesday night at Radford but the William & Mary men's basketball team suffered a 67-54 setback to the Highlanders on the eve of Thanksgiving.
 
Hatton scored 11 of his 17 points in the second half and finished 7-of-11 from the field, including a 3-pointer and 2-of-2 at the charity stripe. He added five rebounds and a blocked shot in a career-high 26 minutes off the bench.
 
Radford scored the game's first five points and led by six, 10-4, following a Josiah Jeffers top of the key 3-pointer at the 16:50 mark.
 
The Highlanders opened up a 14-point first-half lead behind a 12-2 run. Xavier Lipscomb and Chyree Walker sparked the run with 10 of the Highlanders points. Lipscomb knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers, while Walker capped the run with a lay-up at the 10:50 mark to increase the lead to 22-8.
 
Five in a row from sophomore Connor Kochera closed the gap to nine with six minutes remaining in the half.
 
After back-to-back buckets from Artese Stapleton and Lipscomb pushed the margin back to 30-17,  the Tribe closed the half on a run. Senior Quinn Blair knocked down a 3-pointer from the right wing before freshman Tyler Rice found Hatton for a lay-up and knocked down a floater in the lane. The seven-straight Tribe points narrowed the gap to 30-24 with 34 seconds left in the half.
 
The Highlanders hit their first two shots out of the locker room to re-establish a double-digit lead. The margin ballooned to 15, 50-35, on a Rashun Williams putback with 10:28 remaining and the Tribe could not get any closer than 10 the rest of the way.
 
Blair joined Hatton in double figures with 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range. Kochera added nine points and five rebounds.
 
For the game, W&M shot 46.5% (20-of-43), including 4-of-13 from 3-point range, while the Highlanders finished at 48.1% (25-of-52) from the floor and 9-of-22 (40.9%) from long range. Williams and Shaquan Jules led a balanced Radford attack with 13 points, while Lipscomb finished with 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting.  
 
The Tribe returns to action when they welcome Mary Baldwin to Kaplan Arena on Saturday afternoon. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. and will be broadcast on FloHoops. Tribe fans can catch the men's basketball action over the Tribe Sports Network with Jay Colley on the call. Locally in Williamsburg, fans can listen in on The Tide 92.3 FM.