Waltham, Mass. – The No. 17 Washington University in St. Louis men's basketball team lost its fourth-straight game on Sunday afternoon, falling to Brandeis 84-65.

The Bears are now 16-7 overall with a 6-6 mark in UAA play.

WashU opened up the game with a 12-4 run in the first four minutes, prompting a quick Brandeis timeout.

Graduate student Jack Nolan - who moved into third on the all-time scoring list - started things off with a shot from distance, and senior Charlie Jacob followed that up with a 3-pointer. First-year Drake Kindsvater scored on a three-point play after being fouled on a layup and then closed out the run with a shot from behind the arc.

Following the timeout, Brandeis went on a 6-0 run to cut into the Bears' lead, 12-10,, prompting WashU to call a timeout of its own.

The Judges took a 15-13 lead at the 12:21 mark, following a 3-pointer from Toby Harris. The Bears, however, hit back-to-back 3-pointers from Jacob and first-year Hayden Doyle, grabbing a 19-15 edge.

With just over six minutes left on in the first half, first-year Jake Wolf put in a layup to tie things up at 26 apiece. The Judges went on to score the next six points, pulling ahead 32-26.

Brandeis' Collin Sawyer started a 9-0 run for the Judges, resulting in a 41-28 lead with 1:21 left in the first half.

Nolan hit the final shot of the first half, draining a 3-pointer to head into halftime with the Bears trailing 41-31.

Brandeis opened the second half on a 9-2 run, ending with a Dylan Lien 3-pointer to give the Judges a 50-33 lead at 16:33.

The Bears struggled to put together multi-basket runs to cut into the Judges' lead. Nolan hit a jumper followed by a 3-pointer to make the score 53-41 with 12:45 left on the clock.

Following four more points from Brandeis, bumping the Judges' lead to 57-41, the Bears called a time out with 11:18 remaining.

WashU came out of the timeout to score four-straight on a jumper from Jacob and a layup from junior Kevin Davet. A pair of free throws from Doyle with just over nine minutes left, cut the Judges' lead to 61-49.

Brandeis continued to push, building their lead up to 70-51 with 6:50 on the clock.

Down 15 with 4:25 left, Nolan hit a layup to cut it to a 13-point gap. However, 13 points was the closest the Bears would come for the remainder of the game, as Brandeis put in eight free throws in the final minutes en route to the 19-point victory.

In total, four WashU players reached double-figures. Nolan led all scorers with 22 points as well as five rebounds. Doyle netted 14 points and dished out three assists while Jacob finished with 13 points. Kindsvater tied his career-high of 10 points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in his first-career start.

Brandeis was led by Nolan Hagerty's 20 points and 12 rebounds. The Judges outrebounded the Bears 35-27.

The Bears return to action on Thursday, February 24 with a road game at Chicago. The game is rescheduled from the beginning of the season. The game is set to tip-off at 6 p.m.