The Case Western Reserve University women's basketball team dropped an 86-62 decision to top-ranked New York University on Sunday afternoon at the John A. Paulson Center in Manhattan, New York.

The Spartans fell to 7-17 overall and 2-11 in University Athletic Association play. NYU extended its winning streak to 55 games, improving to 24-0 this season and 13-0 in conference play.

Senior forward Evie Miller, playing in her penultimate game at CWRU, had a career day, scoring a career-high 21 points on 10-of-17 shooting, grabbing a team-high six rebounds, and dishing out three assists. Sophomore guard Maura Schorr added 13 points, six rebounds, and four assists, and junior guard/forward Emily Plachta added 11 points, five rebounds, and a career-high-tying four steals. Sophomore guard Mya Hartjes matched a career high with seven assists, scored nine points, and collected six rebounds.

CWRU stayed with the undefeated Violets early in the contest, using a 6-0 run to cut its deficit to one, 13-12, with three minutes remaining in the first quarter. Trailing by nine early in the second quarter, a 10-4 run brought the Spartans within three, as Hartjes punctuated the run with a layup as Schorr delivered the assist. Following an NYU timeout, the Violets ended the half with a 13-4 run to take a 12-point lead into the break.

The hosts began to pull away in the third quarter, scoring 30 points in the frame. A tip-in by Miller off an offensive rebound two-and-a-half minutes into the second half cut the Spartan deficit to 10, but that was the closest the visitors would get to tying the score for the remainder of the contest. Midway through the fourth quarter, Schorr drained three consecutive free throws to make the score 75-59, the team's smallest margin in the final frame.

The Spartans will conclude their season on Saturday, March 1 with a matchup against Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Spartan Notes

• Miller's 21 points are the most by a Spartan since Plachta scored 22 against WashU on January 17
• With her two three-pointers made in the game, Plachta moved into 13th place for most career makes from beyond the arc in program history with 107. Hartjes made her 50th three-pointer this season in the contest, the ninth-most in a single campaign by a Spartan ever
• Senior Nyah Moore played in her 98th career game, tying her for the 17th-most appearances in CWRU Blue all-time
• The 24-point margin was tied for the third lowest this season in a game for NYU and also the third-lowest margin of victory for the Violets in conference play
• CWRU held NYU to its third-lowest shooting percentage this season with the Violets making 45.7% of their shots in the contests
• The Spartans outscored the Violets 20-18 in the fourth quarter, the sixth time out of 96 quarters a team has scored more than NYU in a stanza this season