Case Western Reserve University senior Maura Schorr registered a double-double, leading the team with 18 points and 12 rebounds, but it was not enough for the Spartans in a 79-72 loss to Chatham University in the teams' opening game of the season at the Coach Vicki Staton Tipoff Classic in Washington, Pennsylvania.

Stats & Standouts

• Schorr made eight-of-12 shots in the game, while adding a team-high five assists with three steals and two blocks.

• Making her Spartan debut, graduate student Tyler Hormazabal made four three-pointers on seven attempts to score 13 points, while collecting eight rebounds and four steals.

• Senior Mya Hartjes and first-year Lyla Jablon each scored 11 points.

• Senior Biz Watson added 10 rebounds and blocked a career-high four shots.

• CWRU finished the game shooting 39.2% overall (29-74) and held a 47-44 edge in rebounds and a 26-6 advantage in bench points.

First Period

• Chatham opened the game on an 8-1 run, before a three from Hartjes took the lead off the basket and cut the lead to 8-4 with 3:10 on the clock.

• Jablon came off the bench to spark the Spartans' offense late in the period, scoring five points to cut the lead to 14-11 with 40 seconds left, before a late three from the Cougars made it 17-11 heading into the second frame.

Second Period

• Chatham scored the first six points of the second quarter to open up a 25-11 lead.

• A 7-0 run by the Spartans later in the period trimmed the Cougars' advantage to six points with 4:37 left, 29-23.

• Junior Lauren Ludwig connected on a three-pointer with 13 seconds left in the period to make it a four-point game, 33-29, but a late layup by Chatham gave the Cougars a 35-29 edge heading into halftime.

Third Period

• CWRU remained within single digits for the entire third period, but found themselves down 48-40 with 3:25 to play in the quarter.

• Sophomore Christen Banks scored four straight points, and Hartjes followed with four straight points as well to knot the score at 48-48 with under a minute to play in the third, but a basket with 22 seconds left put Chatham back ahead by two going into the final period.

Fourth Period

• The Spartans took their first lead of the game on a layup by Hartjes with 7:43 left, and Schorr followed with a basket of her own to give CWRU a 57-54 advantage with seven minutes remaining.

• Chatham regained the lead with 5:29 left and never trailed again, leading by as many as seven points down the stretch.

Spartan Notes

• CWRU dropped to 3-1 all-time against Chatham. This was the first meeting between the two teams since the 2019-20 season.

• Schorr's double-double was the 11th of her career.

• With her 11-point effort on Friday, Hartjes is now just 113 shy of reaching the 1,000-point milestone for her career.

Up Next

The Spartans will resume play at the Coach Vicki Staton Tipoff Classic on Saturday against host Washington & Jefferson College, which received votes in the D3hoops.com Preseason Top-25. The game is scheduled for a 4:00 p.m. start.