The game opened with a quick three-pointer by Dallas' Corey Loverson, but Washington University responded with an 8-2 run sparked by back to back three-point plays by freshman Tyler Nading. However, the Bears defense took over from there. The defense forced 18 first-half turnovers and held the Crusaders scoreless for a 9:35 span midway through the first half.
Led by eight points and five steals by Troy Ruths, the Red and Green went on a 13-0 run to push their lead to 21-8, and led 29-17 at halftime. Nading added 10 points and six boards in the opening frame.
The second half began with similar results. Senior Mike Grunst blocked four shots in the first five minutes and Ruths got his sixth steal and ended the breakaway dunking over a Dallas player to cap a WU 9-3 run.
Ruths ended the game with 18 points and tied a school-record with seven steals. He became the fifth Bear to accomplish the feats. Senior Scott Stone hit a three-pointer midway through the first half, moving him into sixth place on all-time list with 143 treys. His three-pointer also marked the 200 th consecutive game that the Red and Green have connected from downtown. Nading finished the game with 15 points and eight boards.
Sophomore Danny O'Boyle came off the bench to tie his career-high with 10 points on 2-for-3 shooting from three-point range.
Official Basketball Box Score
University of Dallas vs Washington University
12-2-05 8 p.m. at St. Louis, Mo. (WU Field House)
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VISITORS: University of Dallas 1-5
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Corey Loverson...... f 2-10 2-3 0-1 1 3 4 1 6 3 4 0 0 33
05 Jason Bassett....... f 0-1 0-0 1-4 2 2 4 3 1 1 2 0 1 22
11 Michael Cusack...... f 2-6 0-0 1-2 0 5 5 3 5 0 2 1 0 30
04 Nick Netsch......... g 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 5 4 1 1 0 3 18
22 Robert Nickell...... g 2-5 0-1 2-3 0 2 2 4 6 2 3 0 0 33
10 Dillion Bice........ 2-8 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 1 5 0 3 0 0 14
13 David Johnson....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Terry Swift......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
21 J.K. Nickell........ 5-9 2-5 1-2 2 6 8 2 13 0 4 0 0 28
30 Anthony Garrett..... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 Mike Smieljic....... 1-5 0-0 1-1 0 1 1 3 3 0 6 0 2 16
TEAM................ 4 4 1
Totals.............. 15-49 5-14 8-15 11 24 35 22 43 7 26 1 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-17 41.2% 2nd Half: 8-32 25.0% Game: 30.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 35.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 53.3% 3
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HOME TEAM: Washington University 4-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 Nading, Tyler....... f 4-7 0-0 7-10 3 5 8 3 15 0 1 1 3 23
50 Ruths, Troy......... f 8-12 0-0 2-3 4 1 5 3 18 1 4 0 7 23
55 Grunst, Mike........ c 2-4 0-1 2-2 0 3 3 3 6 1 2 4 0 17
10 Griffin, Neal....... g 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 18
33 Stone, Scott........ g 1-7 1-6 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 23
11 Schermerhorn, Moss.. 1-2 0-0 1-4 1 3 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 13
12 Wallis, Sean........ 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 17
20 Wagner, Ray......... 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
22 Ashcraft-Williams, I 0-4 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 14
23 Syvertsen, Phil..... 0-0 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4
24 O'Boyle, Danny...... 4-7 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 3 10 2 0 0 0 13
30 Nikitas, Nick....... 3-5 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 2 6 1 1 0 1 19
32 Cosentino, James.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
35 Kussman, Ben........ 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 4
40 Williams, Cameron... 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 4 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 7
Team................ 1 1
Totals.............. 25-56 3-19 14-24 13 27 40 19 67 18 18 5 14 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-28 39.3% 2nd Half: 14-28 50.0% Game: 44.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% 2nd Half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 15.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 8-16 50.0% Game: 58.3% 4
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Officials: Kelly Hunt, Larry Jacobsen, Rob Wolff
Technical fouls: University of Dallas-None. Washington University-None.
Attendance: 410
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
University of Dallas.......... 17 26 - 43
Washington University......... 29 38 - 67
Game two of the 22nd Annual Lopata Classic
Troy Ruths tied school record with seven steals.
Points in the paint-UD 12,WASHU 34. Points off turnovers-UD 8,WASHU 29.
2nd chance points-UD 3,WASHU 12. Fast break points-UD 0,WASHU 16.
Bench points-UD 21,WASHU 25. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-1 time.
Last FG-UD 2nd-00:01, WASHU 2nd-01:36.
Largest lead-UD by 3 1st-18:43, WASHU by 28 2nd-09:50.