Greencastle, Ind. – The DePauw men's basketball team battled 20th-ranked Washington University (Mo.) until the end but couldn't pull off the upset in an 84-77 loss on Saturday.

Luke Lattner became the 26th player in DePauw history to score 1,000 points in a career. He finished with 22 despite fouling out with 3:05 remaining. DePauw trailed 74-67 at the time.

Jack VanderMerkt was a rebound shy of a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds. Ethan Jarrett provided a spark off the bench and added 12 points himself.

WashU was led by Kevin Kucera and his 27 points on 7-of-11 shooting.

DePauw shot 48 percent (28-of-59) compared to WashU's 46 percent (26-of-57). DePauw also shot 37 percent (10-of-27) from 3-point range and 69 percent (11-of-16) from the charity stripe.

The lead changed six times, and DePauw never led by more than one, while WashU's biggest lead came late at 77-67 with 2:38 remaining.

WashU used its height in winning the rebounding battle 37-28 and outscoring DePauw in the paint 38-30. They also pulled down 11 offensive rebounds to hold the second chance point advantage at 12-6.

The teams traded leads in the first 10 minutes of play as the score showed 17-17 at one point until WashU took a 36-31 lead entering halftime.

DePauw pulled to within two points a few times early in the second half and cut the lead to four at 63-59 after a David Vogel 3-pointer with 7:37 remaining. After two successful possessions from WashU, Vogel hit another 3-pointer to make it a 67-62 game with 6:36 left.

They would not get any closer until one minute remained in the game following back-to-back 3-pointers from Jarrett and Cris Burrough. However, the 3-pointers stopped falling and WashU was able to close out the game.

Burrough and Vogel each finished with eight points.

WashU improves to 2-0, while DePauw drops to 0-2. The Tigers will be back in action Tuesday when they host Boyce at 6 p.m.