St. Louis, Mo. – The No. 23 Washington University in St. Louis men's basketball team is set to host the 38^th Annual Lopata Classic on Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3. The Bears will welcome Eureka, Olivet and Pomona-Pitzer to the Field House for the prestigious tournament.
 
The Classic will open with Olivet facing off with (RV) Pomona-Pitzer at 5 p.m. before the Bears take on Eureka at 7 p.m. The losers of those games will play in the consolation game at 5 p.m. on Saturday while the winners will move on to the championship game at 7 p.m. All games will be streamed live on the WashU Sports Network.
 
WashU has an all-time record of 66-8 (.891) in the Lopata Classic and has won the tournament 26 times, including in 2021.
 
WashU's Leaders
The Bears are currently 4-1 on the season, most recently defeating Augustana 70-69 on the road. WashU has also picked up wins over Blackburn, Webster and Millikin, with the lone loss coming at Wabash.
  
Graduate student Charlie Jacob currently leads the Bears with 14.6 points per game while sophomore Drake Kindsvater sits at 13.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Sophomore Hayden Doyle is just under a double-digit average at 9.8 points per game and a team-leading 16 assists. Sophomore Jake Wolf leads the team with 7.4 rebounds per game while adding 8.0 points per game. First-year Yogi Oliff has a team-leading 12 assists on the team as well as a 7.2 points average.
 
Scouting Eureka
Eureka is currently 1-6 on the season, with its lone win over Aurora. Four of those losses have been by a margin of 10 points or less, with three by three points or less.
 
Logan Dorethy and Austyn Ellison are both averaging a team-leading 14.3 points. Dorethy has 7.0 rebounds per game while Ellison has a team-hight 4.4 assists per game. Also in double figures is Cody Baer with 13.6 points and a team-leading 7.4 rebounds per game.
 
Scouting Olivet
Olivet is currently 1-2 on the season, with a win over Pitt.-Bradford.
 
Three players are currently averaging double figures, led by Ryan Robinette with 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds per game and 1.7 steals per game. Tevin Ali is at 17.0 points and a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game while Derrick Johnson is at 16.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. Noah Wiswary leads the team in assists with 7.7 per game.
 
Scouting Pomona-Pitzer
Pomona-Pitzer is currently receiving votes in the latest d3hoops.com Top 25 poll, the first of the season. The Sagehens checked in at No. 12 on the preseason Top 25 poll.
 
Pomona-Pitzer is currently 3-4 overall with a 1-0 record in SCIAC play. The Sagehens have notched wins over Bethesda, UC Santa Cruz and Occidental.
 
The Sagehens have three players averaging double-figures, led by Brendan Mora with 16.7 points, 8.7 rebounds per game and three assists per game. Joe Cookson is at 14.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game while Pete Boyle is averaging 14.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.­­
 
Game Schedule
Friday, Dec. 2 | Olivet vs. Pomona-Pitzer – 5 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 2 | WashU vs. Eureka – 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 3 | Consolation Game – 5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 3 | Championship Game – 7 p.m.
 
About the Lopata Classic
The Lopata Classic is made possible by a gift from the late Stanley Lopata, a Washington University in St. Louis alumnus and emeritus trustee, and his late wife, Lucy. President of Lopata Research and Development Corporation, Stanley founded and was chairman emeritus of the St. Louis-based Carboline Corporation. He also was past president of the William Greenleaf Eliot Society and recipient of the Society's "Search" Award. Active and dedicated supporters of Washington University, Stanley and Lucy sponsored student scholarships in addition to the Lopata Basketball Classic. They endowed a professorship in chemical engineering and were major benefactors to the construction of several buildings. The Village Housing complex was completed in the fall of 2001, and one of the four buildings was dedicated as the Lucy and Stanley Lopata House. A key leader of the alliance for Washington University, Stanley received an Alliance Achievement Award in 1987, and he is a past recipient of the university's Distinguished Alumni Award and the School of Engineering & Applied Science Alumni Achievement Award. In the fall of 1992, Stanley and Lucy were inducted into Washington University's Sports Hall of Fame in the distinguished service category. Stanley passed away at the age of 85 on Jan. 19, 2000, while Lucy passed away May 24, 2013, at the age of 98.