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The William & Mary road woes hit a frustrating new low on Thursday night.
The Tribe trailed by 14 points in both halves and battled back to force overtime, only to lose 95-92 to James Madison in a Colonial Athletic Association contest.
JMU forward Ivan Lukic had 19 points and guard Joey McLean and forward Ramone Snowden each had 18 before a crowd of 2,854 at the Convocation Center.
The Tribe (14-12, 8-7 CAA) fell to 1-7 in CAA road games and is now 2-12 away from Williamsburg. William & Mary is 12-0 at home this season with two games remaining at Kaplan Arena.
“It is not like we have been a terrible road team; our record doesn’t speak to it,” Tribe head coach Tony Shaver said. “We put ourselves in a position to win this one. We led for 39 minutes against Towson on the road. We are in it, but we just can’t complete it really. We played hard enough in the second half to win the ballgame, but we didn’t play 40 minutes that way.”
Or 45 minutes, as the case may be.
William & Mary was paced by Daniel Dixon, who had 22 of his 29 points after halftime. Jack Whitman added 18 points and Omar Prewitt and Connor Burchfield each had 17. David Cohn had five assists and Prewitt added 11 rebounds.
“I think they have all been frustrating,” Dixon said of the road losses. “I personally do not like losing. We just have to get better defensively.”
JMU, which had lost seven of its last eight games, improved to 8-20 overall and 6-9 in the CAA. The Dukes shot 62 percent in the first half and had all five starters score in double figures.
The Dukes led by six early in overtime, but a basket by Dixon trimmed the lead to 92-89 with 18.3 seconds left.
With 14.2 seconds left, Lukic, who entered the game averaging 4.9 points, hit a free throw to make it 93-89. But Dixon responded with a 3-pointer with 5.1 seconds left to pull the Tribe within 93-92.
JMU’s Jackson Kent (16 points) hit two free throws with 5.1 seconds to make it 95-92 and Prewitt missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have sent the game into double overtime.
“We allowed all of their post players to catch the ball way too deep,” Shaver said.
JMU, which led by 11 at halftime, took a 56-42 lead early in the second half on a 3-pointer by McLean before the Tribe rallied back.
Dixon made a layup to pull the visitors to within 81-79 with 35 seconds left in regulation. The Tribe forced a turnover on the press and Cohn passed the ball to Dixon, who scored to tie the game at 81-81 with 25.9 seconds remaining.
JMU turned the ball over in the final seconds and Prewitt missed a layup at the other end as the buzzer sounded to end regulation.