University of Rochester women's basketball finished off a season-series sweep of the Brandeis University Judges with a 32-point, 83-51 victory over the Judges on Sunday afternoon, outscoring the visitors, 42-19 in the second half.

The Judges would hang with the Yellowjackets early, taking advantage of six offensive rebounds in the first quarter to put up nine second-chance points. Katherine Vaughn answered Abby Gress' opening bucket to know the score at 2-2 before Lulu Ohm's triple put the Judges in front.

Brandeis would shoot 8-for-18 in the opening quarter, lead by as many as five after Caitlin Gresko's three at the 6:57 mark before Hannah Lindemuth scored eight-straight points, leveling the score at 13-all.

UR and Brandeis would keep things close and head into the second all knotted up at 20, with Tia Poulakidas scoring the last five points of the frame for the 'Jackets.Tia Poulakidas

Gress would open the second quarter with a three, briefly giving the Yellowjackets a 23-20 advantage, before Brandeis answered with a pair. After Brooke Reed pulled the Judges within one, Abby Kennedy knocked down a triple to make it a two-point Brandeis lead.

Brandeis would lead again at the 5:30 mark of the second following Ohm's second three-pointer of the afternoon and Vaughn's layup, but UR would answer with a big run, and never trail the rest of the way.

Down 30-27, Gress' jumper kickstarted a 14-2 run to end the first half, as the Yellowjackets shot 6-for-11 from the floor over the final 5:27 of the first, while holding Brandeis to just 1-for-5 from the floor and forcing seven turnovers.

Kat Jenks then hit a three to give UR the lead, and Lindemuth added back-to-back layups, extending it out to six.

The Yellowjackets would take a 41-32 lead into the locker room following Frank Gomez's buzzer-beating layup and kept things rolling into the third, outscoring the Judges, 25-9 in the period to further extend their advantage.

UR shot nearly 65 percent (11-for-17) in the third, building upon their 11-point halftime lead with a 21-1 third-quarter run after Francesca Marchese opened the second-half scoring with a three.

Three-straight layups by Haley Dumiak, Callie McCulley and Gress got Rochester rolling, as the 'Jackets held Brandeis without a field goal for more than seven minutes in the third. UR also forced four turnovers while shooting 9-for-14 themselves, making it a 20-point lead following layups by Raquel Williams and Lindemuth's three.

Down 62-36, Gresko's triple at the 1:35 mark of the third briefly slowed UR's roll, but Poulakidas added two more jumpers before the end of the third, and Rochester would take a 66-41 lead into the fourth.

From the 5:30 mark of the second till just under two minutes left in the third, Rochester outscored the Judges by nearly 30 points, using a 35-6 run to turn a three-point deficit into a 26-point advantage. Over that stretch, the 'Jackets shot 15-for-25 and 3-for-7 from three, while Brandeis connected on just 2-of-16 from the floor and turned it over 12 times.

Rochester led by as many as 34 in the fourth, opening the frame with a 9-2 run, in which all nine points coming from Lindemuth and McCulley, before cruising to an 83-51 victory.

The Yellowjackets move to 10-10 (5-4 UAA) with the win, while Brandeis drops to 4-16 (0-9 UAA) with the loss.

Four 'Jackets scored in double figures, led by Lindemuth's 20 points. The graduate student shot 9-for-14 from the field, adding three rebounds, two assists and a steal. Gress added 15 points to go along with a team-high six boards, while Poulakidas scored a career-high 13 points and Williams matched her career-high with 10.

After getting outrebounded in the first, 11-6, Rochester outrebounded the Judges for the contest, 43-36. UR also outscored Brandeis, 52-16 in the paint, 30-9 off turnovers and 34-17 off the bench.

Rochester also held Brandeis to just 29.2 percent shooting while shooting a season-best 57.4 percent themselves.

UR will next host the University of Chicago in their penultimate home contest of the year, on Friday, Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m. inside the Louis Alexander Palestra.