ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Brandeis University men's basketball team was within one with just under four minutes to go, but host Washington University scored 11 unanswered points to pull away for a 73-65 University Athletic Association (UAA) victory tonight in St. Louis.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis, 9-4, 1-1 UAA.
• Washington University, 10-2, 2-0 UAA.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• WashU got off to a fast start, establishing early leads of 16-7 and 21-9, the latter at 11:20 to go in the first.
• Brandeis's defense clamped down and outscored the Bears, 23-11, the rest of the way, and the two teams went into the locker room tied at 32-all thanks to a late bucket by senior Dylan Lien (Northborough, Mass./Worcester Academy), giving him a game-high 14 points in the first half.
• The teams traded 3-pointers on the first two possessions of the second half.
• The Bears answered with a 9-2 run that pushed their lead back to seven points at 44-37 five minutes into the stanza on a bucket by Drake Kinsvater.
• The Bears were ahead by eight points, but a pair of 3-pointers from rookie Ethan Edwards (Brooklyn, N.Y./Woodstock Academy) and Lien sandwiched a WashU bucket to get Brandeis back within four at 54-50.
• Junior Toby Harris (Durham, N.C./Durham Academy) hit a jumper at the 7:23 mark that got the Judges within 56-55.
• WashU answered with a 6-0 run to reestablish their seven-point advantage with 5:41 left at 62-55 on a Kindsvater put-back.
• The Judges answered over the next three minutes, getting back within one on Ryan Power's (Waltham, Mass./Waltham) jumper at the 3:41 mark that made it 62-61.
• Brandeis got a stop on their next possession, but were unable to take their first lead of the game on a long 3-pointer missed by Harris.
• The Bears followed with a bucket by Jake Wolf to go ahead, 64-61, with 2:48 left.
• After WashU forced a turnover, Power got a steal on the Bears' next possession. On the ensuing fast break, Edwards' layup spun off the rim, and the hosts came down and hit a 3-pointer on the other end for a huge five-point swing.
• With a 67-61 lead and just over 90 seconds left on the clock, Washington University was able to pull away, holding Brandeis without another basket until the final 20 seconds to pick up the eight-point win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Brandeis bench was key to their game tonight, outscoring WashU's reserves, 42-13. Lien led the Judges for the second game in a row with 17 points in reserve. He hit 7-of-15 from the field and 3-of-6 from 3-point range.
• Edwards added 15 points off the bench, while Harris had 15 as a starter.
• Harris just missed a second-straight double-double with a team-high nine rebounds.
• Lien and rookie Jake Bender (Hope, R.I./St. George's School) each had two assists.
• WashU put four starters in double digits in scoring. Kindsvater led the Bears with 16 points, while Hayden Doyle had 15.
• Charlie Jacob scored 14 points and Jake Wolf scored 11 and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds for the Bears.
• Yogi Oliff had four assists to lead all players.
• Washington outshot Brandeis, 51.9% to 40.0%, edging the Judges in 3-pointers, 9-8, and free throws, 10-9.
• The Bears had a 34-29 lead on boards, with Brandeis owning a 11-8 edge in turnovers forced.

UP NEXT

• Brandeis will head to the University of Chicago for a 1 p.m. Eastern (12 Central) tipoff. WashU will host NYU at the same time.