ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The No. 5 Washington University in St. Louis men's basketball team defeated Rhodes 94-78 in the second game of the All-Academic Classic on Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Bears improve to 6-0 on the season.
 
Sophomore Anthony Przybilla poured in a career-high 35 points against the Lynx, shooting 14-for-17 from the field and 3-for-3 from 3-point range. This marks the second game in a row that he hit a new career high, as he scored 16 yesterday against Colorado College.
 
Sophomore Connor May recorded a double-double, scoring 21 points and pulling down 13 boards to go with three assists and two steals. Junior Ryan Cohen had nine points, and junior Jake Davis scored eight points. Senior Yogi Oliff had six points, six rebounds, and five assists.
 
Przybilla made it a quick 4-0 game with back-to-back buckets. After two Rhodes baskets, he hit a turnaround jumper for a 6-4 game at 17:10. May scored on a drive, and just under two minutes later, the Lynx made it an 8-8 game at the 14:44 mark.
 
A pair of free throws from Rhodes gave the Lynx a 10-8 lead, and a 3-pointer extended that to 13-8 with 13:52 on the clock.
 
Sophomore Lleyton Thomas-Johnson and Oliff put in back-to-back layups to make it a one-point, 13-12 game.
 
The Lynx continued to hold a several-point lead over the Bears until the 7:16 mark. With 9:23 left in the first half, Davis made a layup that started an 8-0 run for WashU. First-year Josh Kim made a layup before May had back-to-back buckets to put WashU ahead 25-24.
 
Rhodes hit a 3-pointer, but Przybilla tied things up at 27 with a turnaround jumper. Davis followed with a layup to give the Bears the edge, and WashU ultimately went on a 16-3 run to close out the remainder of the first half.
 
After Davis' layup, Przybilla drove one in, and Cohen hit the front end of a pair of free throws. Following two Rhodes free throws, Przybilla hit a turnaround jumper, securing a new career high for the second day in a row.
 
The Lynx scored their final points of the half at the 2:23 mark. Cohen then sank a pair of free throws, and Davis, Przybilla, and May each made a layup for a 42-31 lead at the half.
 
Senior Calvin Kapral scored the first basket of the second half, putting WashU ahead by 13 points, 44-31.
 
Rhodes scored five straight points to bring WashU's lead back to single digits, 46-38, with 17:23 on the clock.
 
Up 49-40 at the 16:09 mark, May hit a 3-pointer, and senior Will Grudzinski drained a shot from distance to make it a 15-point, 55-40 game at 15:34.
 
A 3-pointer from the Lynx's Trevor Lombard cut it back down to 12 points, but May hit a pair of free throws, Davis made a layup, and Przybilla scored to extend the lead to 18 points, 61-43, at 13:38.
 
The Bears went over the 20-point mark after a 3-pointer from Cohen, an and-one play from May, and a layup from Kim, giving WashU a 24-point, 69-45 advantage at the 12:11 mark.
 
As the clock ticked down, Rhodes closed the deficit to 15 with 7:17 on the clock, following a 3-pointer from Ryan Scott and a layup from Phil Dotson, but that was the closest the Lynx would come.
 
As a team, the Bears shot 37-for-58 (63.8%) from the field and 8-for-17 (47.1%) from 3-point range. WashU edged Rhodes 35-27 on the boards.
 
The Bears are back at home next Saturday, December 6, with a 3 p.m. game against Webster.
 
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