University of Rochester men's basketball fell to the 11th-ranked Washington University in St. Louis Bears, 99-82 on Friday evening inside the Louis Alexander Palestra to open their home, conference slate.
 
The Bears' hot-shooting quieted the UR crowd for much of the evening to move to 13-2 (3-1 UAA) on the year, as WashU shot 56.3 percent from the floor and 51.7 from beyond the arc, knocking down 15 three-pointers en route to the 17-point victory.
 
Hayden Doyle and Ryan Cohen got the visitors started with back-to-back triples to break the seal, as the Bears scored the first eight points of the first half before Bernard Dushie Jr. got the Yellowjackets on the scoreboard just shy of the 17-minute mark with a slam off Savvas Gonatas' assist.
 
The Yellowjackets would keep things close for much of the early going, cutting WashU's lead to four, 10-6, with 15:11 left in the first on four-straight points from Tomiwa Adetosoye, while buckets from Bennett Kwiecinski and Theo Murray just under two ticks later made it a three-point Bears' lead.
 
Rochester would then make it a two-point game with Adetosoye's three-pointer, one of four makes on the night for the junior, with 10:09 remaining in the first, but the Bears answered with an 11-0 run, holding UR scoreless for the next 2:23, while the Bears turned a two-point lead into a 13-point advantage.
 
Adetosoye slowed the Bears' run with another triple, one of three makes in the first half, as the 'Jackets pulled back within seven, cutting the deficit back down to single digits with help from eight points from Adetosoye.
 
However, Doyle and Will Grudzinski connected on two more triples to give the Bears their largest lead of the night so far, and WashU would end the half on a 13-2 run to take a 49-31 lead into the locker room.
 
Logan Jagodzinski got the Yellowjackets going in the second, converting a three-point play off a layup and foul, as UR got its offense into gear to start the second. Despite the Bears scoring the next seven, the Yellowjackets went on a run of their own, bookended by three-pointers from Adetosoye and Jagodzinski.
 
Adetosoye's triple, his fourth of the night, brought WashU's lead back below 20, while Jagodzinski's capped off the 10-run to make it an 11-point game with 14:39 to play. A barrage of made triples though, with five coming in a four-and-a-half minute span, kept the 'Jackets from getting any closer and stretched WashU's lead back out to 20.
 
Grudzinski hit a pair, while Doyle, George Gale and Connor May each hit one over the four minutes, as WashU knocked down 7-of-10 from beyond the arc in the second half, quelling UR's run each time they got close to cutting the deficit down to single digits.
 
Down 20, Sock knocked down a pair of free throws before hitting his first three of the night, as the graduate student and Adetosoye combined four nine of UR's next 14 points, as the 'Jackets again pulled within 10, this time on Corvin Oprea's corner three with 6:32 left.
 
A turnover and four-straight points from the visitors though, slowed UR's momentum, and after Adetosoye went 1-for-2 at the line, Grudzinski and Doyle again knocked down back-to-back treys, giving the Bears a 19-point advantage with under three-and-a-half minutes left.
 
Down the stretch, Rochester made it a 13-point with 2:10 to play and trailed by 15 with 1:23 left, but the WashU lead proved to be too much to overcome, even with a 50-point second half, as the Bears left the Palestra with a 99-82 victory.
 
The loss, the 'Jackets' seventh-straight, drops UR to 6-9 (0-4 UAA) on the year, while the Bears pick up their third UAA win of the season.
 
Adetosoye led the 'Jackets with a career-high 27 points, shooting 8-for-16 from the field and a perfect 4-for-4 from three. The junior also led UR with four assists, while Sock and Oprea each tallied four boards.
 
Three others joined Adetosoye in double figures, as Jagodzinski and Oprea each tallied 13 points while Sock scored 11. As a team, Rochester shot 46.6 percent and 50.0 percent (10-for-20) from three.
 
For the Bears, Doyle led all scorers with 26 points, while Grudzinski shot 6-for-8 from beyond the arc, finishing the night with 20 points.
 
The Yellowjackets will wrap up the weekend against the University of Chicago on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 1:00 p.m. inside the Louis Alexander Palestra.