The Yellowjackets improved to 8-1 in the University Athletic Association. Rochester has a 1.5 game lead on Carnegie Mellon University (6-2). Washington and Chicago are both 5-4. The UAA champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Case Western Reserve is 1-7 in the UAA, 5-14 overall. The Spartans have lost six in a row, all in UAA play.
Seth Hauben (Newton, MA/Newton South) led a balanced attack with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Hauben moved into second place in career rebounding at Rochester. He has 993 rebounds, 30 shy of all-time leader Chris Fite (1,023, 1988-92).
Tim Brackney (Columbia, MD/Archbishop Spaulding) had a career high 17 points, hitting 6 of 7 floor shots. Brendan McAllister (Pittsburgh, PA/Upper St. Clair) scored 13 points and Jon Onyiriuka (Painted Post, NY/Corning-Painted Post W.) scored 11. He grabbed six rebounds and blocked four shots.
Matt Cannan (Dublin, OH/Dublin Coffman) led the Spartans with 12 points. Funso Lafe (Chesterland, OH/Hawken) scored eight points. CWRU played without freshman point guard Jeremy Sallee (Hamilton, OH/Lakota East) and lost leading scorer Carson Oren (South Bend, IN/Marian Catholic) to an injury 12 minutes into the game.
Lafe fed Oren for a layup on the break to pull Case within 7-6 three minutes into the game. McAllister sank a pair of three-pointers in the next 51 seconds to ignite a 17-5 Rochester run for a 24-11 lead with 11:40 left. It was 43-21 at the half.
The game was Mike Neer’s 750th as a head coach, all at Rochester. In his 29th season, Neer has a career record of 468-282.
ROCHESTER 84, CASE WESTERN RESERVE 50 CASE WESTERN RESERVE (5-14, 1-7 UAA) Cannan, Matt 4-7 2-2 12; Lafe, Funso 4-11 0-0 8; Bradford, Brandon 3-7 1-2 7; Conrad, Mason 2-7 2-2 6; Oren, Carson 2-7 1-2 5; White, Isaac 2-4 0-1 4; Hill, Chris 0-2 4-4 4; Sheridan, Ryan 1-3 0-0 2; Mullen, Richard 1-3 0-0 2; Impastato, Andrew 0-4 0-0 0; Bommer, Benton 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-57 10-13 50. ROCHESTER (17-3, 8-1 UAA) Hauben, Seth 8-14 3-4 19; Brackney, Tim 6-7 2-2 17; McAllister, Brendan 4-8 1-2 13; Onyiriuka, Jon 5-10 1-2 11; Milbrand, Dan 4-7 1-2 9; Thorne, Will 2-3 0-0 4; Mee, Ryan 1-6 0-0 3; Perez, Gabe 0-7 2-2 2; Snider, Eric 1-1 0-0 2; Juron, Jeff 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 31-64 14-18 84. Case Western Reserve.......... 21 29 - 50 Rochester..................... 43 41 - 84 3-point goals-Case Western Reserve 2-15 (Cannan, Matt 2-5; Bradford, Brandon 0-2; Conrad, Mason 0-2; Oren, Carson 0-1; Mullen, Richard 0-2; Impastato, Andrew 0-2; Bommer, Benton 0-1), Rochester 8-17 (McAllister, Brendan 4-7; Brackney, Tim 3-3; Mee, Ryan 1-4; Thorne, Will 0-1; Perez, Gabe 0-2). Fouled out--Case Western Reserve-None, Rochester-None. Rebounds-Case Western Reserve 30 (Cannan, Matt 6), Rochester 43 (Hauben, Seth 13). Assists-Case Western Reserve 6 (Impastato, Andrew 2; Lafe, Funso 2; Mullen, Richard 2), Rochester 19 (Perez, Gabe 5). Total fouls-Case Western Reserve 13, Rochester 10. A-450