Ethan Edwards Sets Program Record with Nine Threes to Lead CWRU to Fifth Consecutive Win

Ethan Edwards Sets Program Record with Nine Threes to Lead CWRU to Fifth Consecutive Win

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Graduate student guard Ethan Edwards scored a career-high 38 points and set a program record with nine made three-pointers to pace the Case Western Reserve University men's basketball team to a 97-78 win over La Roche University in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.

The Spartans improved to 8-3 with the win and will head into University Athletic Association play this weekend on a five-game winning streak. The loss was the fourth straight setback for the Redhawks who dropped to 3-10 on the season. 

Stats and Standouts

  • Edwards made 10-of-16 shots overall, including nine-of-14 from behind the three-point line, and nine-of-11 free throw attempts. The nine three-pointers broke the previous school record of eight made threes set by Mitch Prendergast on March 11, 2022 against Mary Hardin-Baylor and matched by Sam Trunley against Emory on January 19, 2024. Edwards added five rebounds, three assists, and three steals against La Roche.

  • Junior forward Logan Brown scored in double figures for the first time in a Spartan uniform, finishing the game with 14 points on an efficient six-of-seven shooting effort, including two-for-two from behind the three-point line. He led the team with eight rebounds and four assists.

  • First-year guard Shyam Patel came off the bench to score 11 points with six rebounds and two blocks.

  • CWRU made a season-high 17 three-pointers in the game, shooting 43.6% as a team from long range. It was the most three-pointers made by the Spartans in a contest since January 24, 2025, against Brandeis.

First Half

  • Edwards led the Spartans with 13 first-half points, making three of the team's nine three-pointers during the first half of action.

  • The Spartans opened the game on a 14-2 run to take a 12-point lead just over three minutes in.

  • Brown connected on his second three of the half with 10:18 remaining in the frame to boost CWRU's lead to 27-11, the team's largest lead of the first stanza.

  • La Roche responded with six-straight points to pull back within 10, but a three from Edwards pushed the Spartans' lead back to 15, 34-19, with 7:04 left in the half.

  • The Redhawks trimmed the Spartans' lead back to single digits by the end of the first period, as CWRU took a 48-40 lead into the break.

  • CWRU finished the first half shooting 45.7% (16-35) overall and 42.9% (9-21) from three-point range.

Second Half

  • La Roche cut the Spartans' lead to six, 50-44, but a three from Edwards increased CWRU's advantage to nine, 53-44, with 17:12 on the clock.

  • Edwards continued to drive the Spartans' offense, putting the team up 14, 62-48, on a pair of free throws with 14:38 left, and increasing the lead to 65-50 with a three with 13:56 on the clock.

  • After La Roche pulled back within nine points, sophomore guard Matthew Ellis, Brown, and first-year forward Alex Vincent each hit layups on three-straight possessions to give CWRU a 75-60 edge with 9:22 left.

  • The Redhawks again cut the lead to single digits, but CWRU went on an 8-0 run with two threes from Edwards and a layup from Brown to match their largest lead of the game to that point, taking an 84-68 lead with 5:16 to play.

  • A three-pointer by first-year forward Nitish Sankaranthi with 1:08 remaining put the Spartans ahead by 19 to end the contest with their largest lead of the contest.

Spartan Notes

  • Edwards surpassed his previous career high of 29 points, scored during his time at Brandeis against Chicago on January 15, 2023.

  • It was the third-straight double-figure scoring effort for Edwards, who has averaged 22.7 points per game during the stretch.

  • The nine three pointers made by Edwards were tied for the fifth-most in a game by a Division III player this season.

  • Brown's two three-pointers set a new career high. He has made four three-pointers over the last three games after hitting just two over his career prior to the current stretch. 

  • CWRU improved to 5-0 all-time against La Roche with Wednesday's win.

  • CWRU ended its non-conference schedule with a 5-1 record in road games.

  • The Spartans finished with a +10 rebound margin and improved to 8-1 when outrebounding its opponent this season. It was the eighth time this season that CWRU has outrebounded the opposing team by 10 or more boards.