Williamsburg, VA - Graduate student Jalen Ray hit a three-pointer with 31 seconds left to give Hofstra a three-point lead, but William & Mary scored the game's final four points, including a basket with 10 seconds left to lift the Tribe over the Pride, 63-62, on Wednesday evening at Kaplan Arena. Junior Aaron Estrada led Hofstra with 21 points, while Ray added 20 in the game. Redshirt senior Abayomi Iyiola had 11 rebounds to lead Hofstra in that category.

Hofstra saw its three-game win streak come to an end as it falls to 8-6 and 0-1 in Colonial Athletic Association play. William & Mary ends its six-game skid and improved to 2-12 and 1-0 in league play. 

Hofstra trailed by four at the break as the Pride was unable to get on track offensively in the opening 20 minutes, shooting just 28.6% from the field. Ray led Hofstra with 11 points in the first half as he drained a trio of three-pointers to assist the Pride. Hofstra got its first two field goals of the game from Abayomi and graduate student Zach Cooks to tie the score at four with 16:56 on the clock. The Pride took its first lead of the game as Ray drained a three-pointer and Estrada followed with a bucket to make it 11-10 with 13:22 left before halftime. An Estrada basket later in the half gave the Pride its largest lead of the opening stanza, 25-21, but William & Mary outscored Hofstra, 9-1, over the final few minutes of the first half to take a four-point lead at the break. 

Six straight points by Estrada to open the second half would put the Pride back in front at 32-30 with 18:21 left in regulation. The score would stay close for the entirety of the contest with Hofstra pushing the lead back to four, 50-46, with just over 10 minutes left as senior Omar Silverio and Estrada scored for the Pride.

Trailing by four, William & Mary used an 8-0 run to turn the deficit into a 54-50 lead with 7:28 remaining following. The lead would be at five with under four minutes left until Ray and Silverio helped the Pride knot the score at 59 with 2:13 on the clock. Ray would come up big nearly two minutes later as he drained a three-pointer to give Hofstra a 62-59 advantage with 31 seconds left. It was not to be for the Pride, though, as Ben Wight hit a layup and Julian Lewis scored the game-winner to give the home team the victory. 

Silverio finished with nine points and four rebounds for Hofstra. 

Jake Milkereit led William & Mary with 13 points, while Lewis and Tyler Rice each added 11. 

Hofstra returns to the court on Friday when it travels to Elon for a 12 p.m. game on New Year's Eve. That game will air nationally on the CBS Sports Network. 

NOTES
- Hofstra is 25-15 all-time against William & Mary. The Pride had won three straight in the series entering tonight's meeting. 
- Ray went over 1,500 career points in the game. He now has 1,519 career points and is only the 12th player in program history to cross the 1,500-point plateau.