Backed by a combined 46 points from Ryan Daly and Myles Douglas, the Saint Joseph's men's basketball team topped William & Mary, 84-69, on Thursday evening at Hagan Arena.

How It Happened
• Saint Joseph's jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, but William & Mary answered back to take its only lead, 10-9.
• The Hawks responded with a 9-2 run as Daly scored the first four points, while Douglas finished with the next five.
• A three-point play by Lorenzo Edwards gave Saint Joseph's a 38-25 lead with 3:48 to go in the period, but the Tribe finished the half on an 8-3 run to make it 41-33 at intermission.
• William & Mary carried momentum into the second half and quickly made it a 41-36 contest.
• Sparked by a pair of free throws by Douglas, the Hawks scored the next 13 points to push their lead to 54-36 on a Daly three-pointer at 17:27.
• The Tribe cut Saint Joseph's lead to 61-54, but the Hawks pushed back with a 14-4 run as a three-pointer by Cameron Brown made it 75-58 with 8:05 to play.
• Saint Joseph's allowed William & Mary to get no closer than 10 points from there as it snapped an eight-game skid.

Inside The Boxscore
• The Hawks led for 38:31 of the contest.
• For the game, Saint Joseph's shot 42.9 percent from the floor (27-of-63) and 37.2 percent from behind the arc (16-of-43).
• Saint Joseph's 43 three-point attempts matched the program record that was set on March 15, 1997 versus Boston College.
• The Tribe finished the game shooting 39.3 percent from the floor (24-of-61) and 30.8 percent from three-point range (8-of-26).
• Douglas set a new career-high with 19 points, surpassing his previous mark of 18.
• Daly finished with 27 points and 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season.
• Daly has scored 20 points or more in eight games this season.
• Saint Joseph's finished with 17 assists on 27 made field goals, with Daly handing out six helpers and Anthony Longpré adding five.
• Longpré scored 11 points in a starting role.
• Chereef Knox finished with 10 points and three blocked shots in his first career start.
• Greg Smith finished with three points.

NEXT UP
The Hawks (3-9) return to action January 2 at Richmond as the Saint Joseph's opens Atlantic 10 play.

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