GAMBIER, Ohio – Senior forward Austin Fowler (Farmington Hills, Mich./Birmingham Brother Rice) scored a team-high 18 points, and the Case Western Reserve University men's basketball team led for all but the first 4:34 of action in a 73-63 victory at Kenyon College on Sunday evening inside Tomsich Arena.

The Spartans win their second-straight and improve to 3-1 overall, while the Lords drop to 2-2.

Fowler's 18 points were accompanied by eight rebounds. In addition, junior center David Thompson (Plano, Texas/Plano Senior) was a force in the middle with 12 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots. Sophomore guard Ken Gibbons (Cairnbrook, Pa./Shade) also scored in double figures with a career-high 11 points.

Kenyon scored the opening two points of the contest, and the game was later tied at 5-5 when Jonathan Amador hit a three-pointer for the Lords at 15:42. The next possession resulted in an offensive board and a Fowler three-pointer at 15:26 as the Spartans opened a 14-2 run.

Sophomore forward Dane McLoughlin (Westerville, Ohio/St. Charles Preparatory) closed the run with a three-pointer that made the score 19-7 with 9:48 left on the first-half clock. Kenyon answered with a quick 10-0 run and pulled within two with a Brian Lebowitz layup at 7:20, but Case was able to regain control with an 8-2 run of its own that culminated in a McLoughlin layup with 2:45 remaining on the clock. The Spartan lead eventually grew to 31-20 at halftime.

In the second half, Kenyon opened on a 13-5 spurt and pulled to within 36-33 after a three-point play by Ikenna Nwabidbia at 15:51. From there, it was all Spartans as a 15-6 run ending with a triple by junior guard Tim Chung (Cypress, Calif./Los Alamitos) made the score 51-39 with 10:24 left to play. The Spartan lead never dipped below six the rest of the way.

For the game, the Lords were led by Nwabidbia with a game-high 23 points and 12 rebounds.

The Spartans are back in action this Wednesday, November 28 versus cross-town rival Baldwin Wallace University at 7:30 p.m. inside Horsburgh Gymnasium in Cleveland.