CLEVELAND – Senior forward Austin Fowler (Farmington Hills, Ohio/Birmingham Brother Rice) scored 24 points, but the Case Western Reserve University men's basketball team fell 88-66 in University Athletic Association action versus No. 2 nationally-ranked University of Rochester (N.Y.) on Sunday afternoon at Horsburgh Gymnasium.

The Spartans (8-8, 1-4 UAA) have dropped four in a row in conference play and will look to get back on track next Friday and Sunday, January 25-27 with a pair of games as part of Throwback Weekend at Horsburgh. The Yellowjackets (16-0, 5-0 UAA), ranked second in the nation by D3Hoops.com, continue their perfect season.

Fowler's 24 points were accompanied by five rebounds. Sophomore forward Brian Klements (Willoughby Hills, Ohio/Willoughby South) also scored in double figures with a career-high 14 points.

Rochester, who shot 57 percent from the field and held a 40-24 advantage on the boards, was led by point guard John DiBartolomeo with a game-high 31 points, six rebounds and seven assists.

In the first half, Rochester controlled the pace with an early 14-0 run and built a 19-3 lead following a layup from Tyler Sankes with 12:52 left before the break. That lead reached as many as 20 on three separate occasions later in the period, including when Tyler Seidman hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to make the score 45-25.

In the second, the Yellowjackets bumped their advantage to a game-high 31 when Sankes hit a layup to make the score 72-41 with 11:05 left to play.

The Spartans open play next weekend versus the University of Chicago (Ill.) at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. That game, along with an 11:00 a.m. matchup on Sunday with Washington University-St. Louis, is designated as Case Western Reserve's eighth annual Throwback Weekend.

Both the Spartan men's and women's basketball teams will be wearing uniforms commemorating Western Reserve University (Red Cats), Case Institute of Technology (Rough Riders) and Mather College. WRU and CIT federated in 1967 to become Case Western Reserve University.