A buzzer-beating putback by Oswego State's Jayson McGhee as time expired in overtime proved to be the difference maker on Saturday afternoon, as the Case Western Reserve University men's basketball team dropped an 85-84 decision to the Lakers (2-0) in the championship game of the 2026 Bill Sudeck Tournament at Horsburgh Gymnasium in Cleveland.

Stats & Standouts

• Senior Logan Brown, who was named to the All-Tournament Team, led the Spartans with a career-high 21 points and recorded his second double-double as a Spartan with 10 rebounds. He shot nine-of-12 from the floor, making one-of-two shots from long range, and added an assist, a steal, and a block.

• Senior Julian Scott scored 14 points with four rebounds, five assists, and two steals, and hit a three-pointer at the end of regulation to knot the score and send the game into overtime.

• Sophomore Shyam Patel and Anestis Hadjistamoulou each added 12 points.

• Graduate student Caleb Laurich finished the contest with nine points, a team-best 12 rebounds, two assists, two steals, and two blocks.

• The Spartans shot 43.3% as a team and made 11-of-28 (39.3%) of their three-point attempts. CWRU outrebounded Oswego State 41-33 in the contest.

First Half

• The Spartans led by six points, 13-7, after a three from Hadjistamoulou with 14:09 left in the first half.

• Oswego State tied the game at 13-13 with 12:32 on the clock, but the Spartans bounced back to take a seven-point lead on a three-pointer from Patel with 5:46 remaining, 28-21.

• A putback by Laurich with 25 seconds left in the first made it a seven-point game, but a late basket by the Lakers cut the lead to five, 34-29, heading into the break.

• Hadjistamoulou led the team with nine first-half points, making three three-point shots over the first 20 minutes.

Second Half

• A three-pointer from sophomore Will Taylor with 16:34 left in regulation gave CWRU its largest lead of the day, 42-33.

• Scott hit a jumper in the paint with 5:27 on the clock to keep the game at a nine-point advantage, 64-55.

• Oswego State would go on a 15-6 run to tie the game at 70-70 with 1:43 to play, and the Lakers took their first lead since the 18:51 mark of the first half with 1:07 left in the game.

• With Oswego State leading by three with 27 seconds left, Scott hit a three-pointer to tie the score. The Lakers missed a layup in the final seconds, and the game would go into overtime with the score tied at 74 apiece.

• Brown finished the second half with nine points, and Scott added nine during the frame. CWRU shot 50.0% overall (15-30) and from three (3-6) during the period.

Overtime

• CWRU did not trail in overtime until the final play of the game.

• The Spartans built a five-point lead, 82-77, on a three-point shot by Laurich with 1:13 to go in the extra period.

• With CWRU up by a point and four seconds remaining, the Spartans were unable to inbound the ball and were called for a five-second violation.

• Inbounding from under their own hoop, McGhee missed his initial shot, but followed through with a putback as time expired to win the game and the tournament for the Lakers.

Spartan Notes

• The Spartans led for nearly 39 of the 45 minutes of Saturday's game and trailed for just one minute and 15 seconds.

• Ten different players scored for CWRU in the game.

• This weekend's tournament is played in honor of the late great Coach Bill Sudeck, who served Case Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve for a combined 46 years as a basketball, cross country, and track & field coach, before his passing in 2000.

• McGhee was named the Most Valuable Player of the Bill Sudeck Tournament, while his teammate Deacon Judd also secured All-Tournament Team honors. Joining Brown, McGhee, and Judd on the All-Tournament Team were Cade Brenner of Trine and Jackson Burke of Kenyon.

• This marked the first time in the last five Bill Sudeck Tournaments that CWRU has not won the title.

• The Spartans fell to 1-1 all-time against Oswego State with the loss.

Up Next

The Spartans will be back in action on Wednesday, traveling to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, for a 7:00 p.m. matchup against Saint Vincent College.