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About the 2001 Division III
men's basketball tournament

Washington U. 101, Aurora 84
ST. LOUIS — Washington University tied the school single-season record with its 23rd win and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 101-84 win over Aurora on Thursday night in the WU Field House. The Bears (23-3) will take on Elmhurst College (21-4) in Elmhurst, Ill., this Sat., March 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Both teams came out firing as they combined for 50 points and 16 lead changes in the first eight minutes. Aurora (18-8) led 24-22 with 12:13 left when senior Chris Alexander hit three straight jumpers to put the Bears up 28-24. He would score eight more points in the half as the Bears went into the locker room up 52-39. Alexander scored 16 points and added six rebounds and Jarriot Rook and Dustin Tylka had 12 points each in the first stanza.

A 10-2 run to open the second half put the Bears up 62-41 just over 17 minutes remaining. Aurora slowly crept back into the game, though, cutting the margin to 10 at 77-67 with 8:27 left. Washington U. answered with another run, this time 12-4, over the next five minutes to put the game out of reach.

Alexander and Tylka shared game-high honors with 24 points apiece with Alexander pulling down a career-high 12 rebounds and Tylka dropping five three-pointers. Rook finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks and Chris Jeffries had 13 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high seven assists. Senior Ryan Patton had a game-high nine assists.

The win is the first NCAA Tournament victory for the Bears since an 87-71 win over Christopher Newport in the Sweet 16 of the 1996 Tournament. It also marks the first home tourney win since a 76-74 defeat of Rose-Hulman in the first round that same year.

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