The Case Western Reserve University men's basketball team got back in the win column with a wire-to-wire 78-61 win over Saint Vincent College at Horsburgh Gymnasium in Cleveland on Sunday afternoon.

The win ended a three-game losing streak for the Spartans, who improved to 4-3 overall on the season. The Bearcats fell to 3-2 following the setback.

Stats and Standouts

• Senior guard Anand Dharmarajan led all Spartans with 14 points, scoring all of his points during the first half. He shot four-of-seven from the floor and made three-of-five three-point attempts during the game.

• Senior forward Andrew Fox added 13 points on six-of-eight shooting and collected seven rebounds with two assists and a block.

• First-year guard Shyam Patel scored nine of his 11 points in the second half, adding three rebounds and two steals.

• First-year forward Alex Vincent came off the bench to score 10 points and lead the team with nine rebounds and six assists.

First Half

• The Spartans scored the first five points of the game, including three on free throws from Dharmarajan, to put the team ahead 5-0 by the 18:38 mark.

• The Bearcats pulled back within a point, 12-11, with 13:03 remaining, but CWRU pulled away with an 8-0 run, capped off by threes on back-to-back possessions by Dharmarajan.

• Patel had a steal and converted a fast-break layup to increase the Spartans' lead to double digits, 24-13, just over halfway through the frame.

• The Spartans rallied off 15-straight points later in the period, taking a 39-16 advantage, the team's largest lead of the period, with just under five minutes to play in the half after a steal and a layup by junior guard Julian Scott.

• CWRU finished the first half with a 46-27 lead after shooting 53.3% (16-30) overall and outscoring Saint Vincent 26-8 in the paint and 12-0 on fast-break opportunities.

Second Half

• Saint Vincent was able to trim the CWRU lead to 16 points, 51-35, with 16:19 on the clock, but a layup by Vincent and a three-pointer by Patel pushed the Spartans' lead back to 21 points with 15:31 to play.

• The Bearcats rallied to get back into the game, scoring 13-straight points to cut the lead to 56-48 with 8:23 remaining in the contest, taking advantage of a stretch of eight minutes without a point for the Spartans.

• Patel broke the scoring drought with a three with 7:30 left to play, and after a basket by Saint Vincent, Patel added another three to push the CWRU lead to 62-50 with 6:59 on the clock.

• The Spartans maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the way, going back ahead by 22 points in the final minute before closing out the 17-point win.

Spartan Notes

• Sunday's game was just the second meeting all-time between the two teams and the first since an 85-72 win by Saint Vincent during the 1986-87 campaign.

• CWRU finished the game shooting 50.0% (28-56) overall and 36.8% (7-19) from behind the three-point line. 

• The Spartans had a 42-18 edge in points in the paint during the game and ended the contest with a 44-28 edge in rebounds. It was the fifth time through seven games that CWRU has finished with a double-digit edge in rebounds. 

Up Next

The Spartans will travel to Hiram, Ohio, to face Hiram College on Wednesday, December 10, at 7:30 p.m.