Box Score

In what turned out to be another close UAA loss, the New York University men's basketball team could not hold an 11-point second-half lead as the Violets fell to Washington University 67-61 in St. Louis, MO, on Friday, February 18.

NYU (14-9, 3-9), which has now lost six of its nine UAA games by six points or less, took a 45-34 lead on Max Wein's layup with 13:50 left in the contest.

Washington (12-11, 6-6) scored the next eight points, then took its first lead since the opening moments on Tim Cooney's layup with 7:47 remaining.

D.J. Glavan, who scored a season-high 16 points, gave NYU its final lead, 56-54, with five minutes left.

Cooney made another layup to tie the score and Dylan Richter hit a trey with 2:23 remaining to give the Bears the lead for good.

Andy Stein, who scored a team-high 17 for NYU, connected on a three-pointer with 28 seconds left to pull the Violets within two, 63-61.

The attempted comeback failed, however, as Spencer Gay made a layup with 17 seconds left and then buried two free throws with seven ticks left for the final margin.

Richie Polan scored nine points (all in the first half) for NYU and moved into a tie for 21st place on the Violets' all-time scoring list with 1,039. He also added eight rebounds, while Carl Yaffe led the team with nine.

Richter led all scorers with 20 points while adding a game-high 16 rebounds. Gay also finished with a double-double, totaling 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Overall, Washington won the battle of the boards 45-34, with 20 coming off the offensive glass.

NYU shot 50% (13-26) in the first half and took a 33-25 lead at the break. The Violets only shot 39.3% (11-28) in the second stanza, while the Bears went 14-27 (51.9%) to aid their comeback.

The Violets conclude their Midwest swing with a game at the University of Chicago on Sunday. Tip-off is set for noon Central time.