The 23rd-ranked Case Western Reserve University men's basketball team nearly erased a 10-point deficit with under three minutes remaining on Sunday afternoon, but could not complete the comeback in a 76-68 loss on the road in St. Louis, Missouri to ninth-ranked Washington University (Mo.).
The loss dropped the Spartans to 16-3 overall on the season, including a 6-2 record in the University Athletic Association, while the Bears improved to 15-3 overall with a 5-2 conference record. It also resulted in a split of the season series between the two teams, after CWRU bested the Bears in Cleveland last Sunday.