WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – College of Charleston's second-half comeback fell short as William & Mary remained undefeated on its home court with an 89-79 victory on Saturday afternoon at Kaplan Arena.
 
The Tribe (14-11, 8-6 CAA) have now won five of their last seven in Colonial Athletic Association play with 12-0 mark at home. Both teams had four players in double figures and shot better than 50 percent from the floor.
 
Omar Prewitt led W&M with a career-and game-high 30 points, while Grant Riller led Charleston with 26 points. The Cougars (19-8, 10-4 CAA) shot a season-best 58.5 percent from the floor (31-53), but were outscored by the Tribe, 52-37, in the first half – a deficit they could not overcome in the end.
 
Jarrell Brantley recorded a double-double performance in the road loss with 20 points and a game-high 10 rebounds, while Joe Chealey had 15 and Nick Harris 10.
 
The Tribe avenged a previous 77-67 loss to the Cougars in January and avoided the regular-season series sweep.
 
The Cougars continue on a tough season-ending road swing next at Hofstra on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. (ET) in Hempstead, N.Y. The game will be televised live on the American Sports Network.
 
POSTGAME NOTES

• College of Charleston and William & Mary split the regular-season series and Tribe now lead 6-3 in the all-time series. The Cougars remain 0-4 on the road at Kaplan Arena since joining the Colonial Athletic Association in 2013.
• Grant Riller recorded his 11th-straight double-figure game in conference play with a team-high 26 points on 11-of-14 shooting from the floor at William & Mary. He has now scored more 20 points in a ballgame on seven occasions this season.
• Jarrell Brantley turned in his 12th career double-double with 20 points and a game-high 10 rebounds at William & Mary. It marked his first 20-point outing of the season and he has now scored in double figures in 23-of-27 games played.
• Joe Chealey extended his double-digit scoring streak to eight-straight games against league opponents with 15 points in 36 minutes of action at William & Mary.
• Nick Harris reached double figures in scoring for only the third time this season with 10 points at William & Mary. He also added six boards.
• The Cougars shot a season-best 58.5 percent from the field (31-of-53) at William & Mary. It eclipsed a 53.8 percentage at Towson in overtime on Jan. 26.

POSTGAME QUOTES
College of Charleston Head Coach Earl Grant
On the loss …
"This game was a lot different than the last one. They (William & Mary) scored too many points in the first half. In the second half, we played at our pace. They scored 37 and we scored 42. That was more normal. Obviously, William & Mary is a good offensive team. It's not a surprise. They have been averaging close to 100 (points) the last four games besides the road games. We knew it would be a challenge on the road against them. They made 11 threes and some of them were contested. We have to correct the 50-50 loose balls, transition baskets after a miss and a couple of offensive rebounds here and there. We allowed them to get going in the first half. For the most part, we played against a team that can shoot them (three-pointers) and shoot them well."
 
On the tale of two halves …
"At the end of the day, we knew it would be a tough game. But, I thought we could win it. You can't dig a big hole against a team like them. It was hard for us to recover. We won the second half. It was a tale of two halves again. We didn't play as well in the first half, but we played well in the second. The encouraging thing is that we got close to 80 points and we shot a high percentage. This game won't define us. Some of the lapse of getting stops was because our guys were out there playing a lot of minutes. We have to get the bench more involved. I need to trust the bench more. We have four games left. We will get back to Charleston and try to get better in practice. Our offensive is getting better than what it has been, now, we just need to put the nails back in our defense."