WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - On a night that senior guard Kyle Pulliam reached the 1,000-career point mark, William & Mary picked up its ninth nonconference victory behind a 96-83 triumph over Radford at Kaplan Arena on Thursday. 
 
Pulliam led the Tribe with 22 points on 6-of-7 shooting and 9-of-10 from the free throw line to go with team highs of seven rebounds and three steals. The 22 points were the most he has scored in his two years with the Green and Gold, and coupled with his two-year career at St. Thomas Aquinas, he surpassed the 1,000-point mark.
 
For the team, W&M's ninth victory of the season was a notable one. It marked just the seventh time in school history and first since 1982-83 that the Tribe won nine or more games during the nonconference portion of the schedule.
 
In total, six Tribe players scored in double figures. Junior Reese Miller scored all 17 of his points in the second half, hitting 6-of-8 from the field, including two 3-pointers, and 3-of-3 at the free throw line in the final 20 minutes. Senior Chase Lowe turned in another all-around stat line with 12 points, six rebounds and five assists. His five helpers moved him into 20th on the Tribe's career list.
 
Radford (5-8) jumped out to an early lead thanks to a 9-0 run. Mari Jordan scored four during the run and his fastbreak lay-up less than five minutes into the contest gave the visitor at 15-8 lead. The margin reached as much as eight on a Jaylon Johnson 3-pointer at the 14:28 mark.
 
The Tribe moved in front thanks to a 14-4 run book-ended by a pair of Pulliam lay-ups.  Senior Finn Lally came up big during the spurt with six points, before a backdoor cutting lay-up from Pulliam gave the Tribe a 29-27 lead at the 5:15 mark.
 
Back-to-back Highlander buckets from Del Jones and Dennis Parker, Jr. put the visitors back on top, 38-34, with 1:55 left in the half.
 
W&M (9-3) closed the frame on a 7-0 run to lead at the break. Graduate student Jo'el Emanuel capped he spurt with a fastbreak 3-pointer, the Tribe's first of the game, to give the Tribe a 41-38 advantage at the half.
 
The run reached nine-straight points on a Kilian Brockhoff dunk just 10 seconds into the half.
 
After four-straight Radford points closed the gap to one, the Tribe responded with a 15-2 run to stretch lead to double digits for the first time. A Jhei-R Jones fast-break old-fashion 3-point play extended the margin to 11, before Pulliam capped the spurt with a 3-pointer to give W&M a 58-44 lead and force a Radford timeout at the 14-minute mark.
 
Lead was 15 points, 61-46, after a Brockhoff 3-pointer with 12:42 remaining in the contest. Lukas Walls and Parker, Jr. pulled the Highlanders back into it, scoring 20 of the team's next 25 points. Walls scored nine straight, and Parker his three 3-pointers over a 4:38 stretch. The final triple of the sequence pulled Radford within 74-71 with 4:36 left.
 
Miller took over for the Tribe accounting for the Tribe's next 12 points. He immediately answered Parker's triple with one of his own and added a pair of lay-ups, while finding Lowe for another easy bucket during the run. His old-fashion 3-point play at the 1:24 mark off a Lowe dish gave the Tribe an 86-75 lead. W&M made its final 10 free throws to cement the victory. 

W&M finished the game shooting 48.5% (32-of-66) and was an impressive 27-of-31 (87.1%) at the free throw line. The Tribe also held a 41-37 advantage on the glass and scored 52 points in the paint. Lally, Emanuel, and Brockhoff each finished with 10 points in the win.
 
Radford shot just 39.1% (27-of-69), but kept things close thanks to 14 3-pointers. Parker, Jr., coming off a 53-point outing vs. Coppin State, scored a game-high 26 points and tallied a double-double with 11 rebounds. Johnson added 19 points, while Walls had 14 points and Jones chipped in 12 to go with nine assists.
 
Up Next
The Tribe opens CAA play at home against defending league regular season champion and preseason favorite Towson on Monday, Dec. 29. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. from Kaplan Arena and the game will be televised on MASN with Jay Colley and Brandon Britt '14 on the call.
 
The contest will be streamed on FloCollege. Fans can also listen into the radio broadcast on the Tribe Sports Network with Andrew Phillips and Bobby Dwyer on the call. The broadcast will be available on The Tide 92.3 FM in Williamsburg, the flagship station of the Tribe Sports Network.