St. Louis, Mo. – The Washington University in St. Louis men's basketball team rolled to a 89-56 win over Principia in its home finale of the 2022 calendar year. The Bears are now 7-2 on the season.
 
In­ a textbook example of a team win, 12 Bears got on the board with three recording double-figure scoring days. Sophomore Drake Kindsvater put up another solid scoring effort with 13 points, and first-year standout Will Grudzinski followed up last weekend's record-tying shooting performance with 11 points off the bench. 
 
Graduate student Charlie Jacob got the Bears rolling early with two three-pointers in the first four minutes of the game. Jacob finished with a team-high 17 points and six assists, posting a game-high 25.0 player efficiency score in another well-rounded performance. 
 
Senior Nate Bloedorn also got in on the early scoring action with a layup eight minutes into the game, finishing the game with ninre points on perfect field goal shooting. 
 
The Bears started to pull away from the Panthers behind a Kindsvater layup with 9:33 left in the first half. Sparked by Kindsvater's score and a tough basket by first-year Calvin Kapral in the paint, the Bears went on a 29-8 scoring run to close out the half, entering halftime with a 24-point lead over Principia. 
 
Coming out of halftime, WashU and Principia went shot-for-shot, highlighted by a stepback three-pointer by Principia's Jake Kempf and a layup by WashU sophomore Jake Wolf. The Bears continued to pull away from the Panthers with a 12-2 scoring run midway through the second half. Sophomore Hayden Doyle kept the foot on the gas with a steal and layup with 7:52 remaining in the game, pushing the WashU lead to 30. Junior forward Jabari Chiphe and Senior center Kevin Davet also netted baskets towards the end of the game, adding the finishing touches to a one-sided Bears victory.  
 
Team offense and defense were the keys to the game for WashU, as the Bears forced 15 turnovers and the WashU bench outscored Principia's 42-13.
 
Next, WashU takes on Westminster College (MO) on December 30 on the road. The Bears return home on January 7 to begin the UAA slate against Chicago at 3 p.m.