Playing in what was likely the final collegiate game in his hometown, Case Western Reserve University senior guard Anand Dharmarajan scored a career-high 35 points, but it was not enough for the Spartans, who suffered a 92-80 setback to the Washington University (Mo.) Bears in St. Louis on Sunday afternoon.

CWRU fell to 10-12 overall with a 2-9 University Athletic Association record, while WashU (which received votes in the latest D3hoops.com Top-25) improved to 15-7 with a 5-6 UAA mark.

Stats and Standouts

• Dharmarajan recorded career highs with his 35 points, 13 made shots on 22 attempts, and eight made three-point shots on 14 tries. He added four rebounds, two assists, and two steals.

• Graduate student guard Ethan Edwards added 22 points on an eight-of-22 shooting effort, including three-of-10 from long range, with three rebounds, three assists, and a steal.

• Senior forward Andrew Fox led the squad with eight rebounds.

• CWRU led for most of the game, holding the advantage over the Bears for nearly 22 minutes on Sunday, and leading as late as the 9:15 mark of the second half. There were seven ties and seven lead changes in the game.

• The Spartans finished the game shooting 48.4% (30-62) overall, 41.4% (12-29) from three-point range, and 72.7% (8-11) from the free throw line.

First Half

• Behind 22 first-half points from Dharmarajan, the Spartans went into halftime with a 40-38 lead over the Bears. CWRU never trailed during the period and led for over 17 minutes out of the first 20.

• Dharmarajan scored 11 of the team's first 13 points, helping the Spartans take a six-point lead by the first media timeout.

• The Bears tied the game at 15-15 with 13:02 left in the half, but the Spartans scored eight of the next 10 points, going ahead 23-17 with 11:44 left.

• CWRU took an 11-point lead, its largest of the half, on a three-point play by Fox with 3:38 left that put the team ahead 39-28, but a 10-1 run to close out the half from WashU cut the Spartans' lead to just two, 40-38, by halftime.

Second Half

• The Bears tied the game at 44-44 with 18:27 remaining and took their first lead of the contest by the 17:52 mark, before going ahead by five, 51-46, with 16:26 to go in the game.

• CWRU regained the lead, 56-55, on a tip-in by first-year guard Shyam Patel with 14:21 left, and the Spartans went ahead by three, 66-63, with 10:16 left after a layup by junior forward Logan Brown.

• WashU took the lead back with 9:05 left and never trailed again in the game.

•  The Bears went up by nine points with 4:05 left before a three from Dharmarajan and a layup by Edwards cut the advantage to five points, 82-77, with 2:25 on the clock. However, WashU scored the next five points to increase its lead to double digits with 1:24 left, eventually going on to pick up a 12-point victory.

Spartan Notes

• Dharmarajan's 35 points exceeded his previous career-high of 30 points, registered against Kalamazoo College earlier this year. He is averaging 10.5 points per game this season.

• Dharmarajan's eight three-pointers made were just one shy of the school record of nine, set by Edwards earlier this year.

• First-year guard Drew Bartolai scored a career-high nine points off the bench, making four-of-five shots and collecting three rebounds.

• Edwards has scored in double figures in 14 consecutive games for the Spartans, averaging 21.1 points during the stretch. He leads the team with 17.7 points per game this season, and Sunday marked his seventh game of 20 or more points this year.

• CWRU ended the year with a 6-7 road record.

• CWRU fell to 9-57 all-time against the Bears with the loss. It was the team's fourth straight loss to WashU.

Up Next

The Spartans will return home for their final three games of the 2025-26 season, starting with a Friday night matchup against fifth-ranked Emory University on February 20 at 5:30 p.m.