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| Sofia Berisha scored a team-high 20 points for Brandeis, going 8-for-13 from the floor. d3photography.com file photo by Steve LaBonte |
Brandeis used a huge fourth-quarter run to put away No. 9 Emory, Carnegie Mellon swept two from No. 13 WashU, No. 8 Bowdoin frustrated No. 14 Bates and the top-ranked Trinity men held off Amherst on Friday night.
Brandeis shut down No. 9 Emory in the fourth quarter and rallied past the Eagles in Boston, 62-56. The Eagles led 51-43 entering the fourth period, but the Judges went on a 17-0 run and held Emory without a field goal until an Emma Starr three with eight seconds left. By that point, the Judges held a 60-56 lead, and they iced the victory at the foul line.
Sofia Berisha posted 20 points, four rebounds, four assists and three blocks for Brandeis (11-2, 1-1 UAA).
No. 8 Bowdoin frustrated No. 14 Bates on offense and the Polar Bears downed the Bearcats for the second time this season, this time 62-49 in conference play. After scoring five points in the first quarter, Bowdoin outscored Bates by 20 over the next two periods and led by as many as 21 in fourth. Bowdoin held the Bobats to 28 percent shooting, and All-American Elsa Daulerio needed 18 shots to score 13 points for Bates (13-2, 2-1 NESCAC). Meanwhile, Abbie Quinn and Carly Davey scored 21 each for the Polar Bears (13-1, 3-0).
Chicago forward Alexis Clark came up big late on both sides of the court to lift the Maroons over Case Western Reserve, 52-44, in Cleveland. Case Western had the ball with the game tied at 44, and the Spartans got a good look at a corner three but missed. Clark wrested the ball away from the would-be Case rebounder and then scored over the top of the Spartans’ defense on the ensuing possession. A possession later, Clark grabbed an offensive rebound off a missed Chicago rebound and the Maroons pulled away. Clark finished with 11 points and seven rebounds off the bench, and Annabelle Spotts tallied 16 points and nine rebounds for Chicago (8-3, 1-1 UAA).
Zahra Alexander scored 22 points on nine field goal attempts in just 23 minutes, and No. 1 New York University defeated Rochester, 75-54, for its 74th straight victory. Yasmine Clark grabbed 17 rebounds for NYU, which turned 17 offensive rebounds into 17 points. The Violets will play No. 9 Emory on Sunday afternoon.
Linfield went on a 12-4 run in the fourth quarter to defeat Puget Sound 65-56 and take over sole possession of first place in the Northwest Conference. The Loggers shot just 4-for-12 in the final period and missed all four of their three-pointers. Jordan Roberts, Amelia Solt and Skylar Willey each scored 12 points for the Wildcats, who improved to 12-2, 5-0 in NWC play. UPS fell to 11-3, 4-1.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps shot 50 percent in the third quarter to take a 49-43 lead over Hardin-Simmons, then extended its lead to eight midway through the final frame, up 62-54 over HSU. The Cowgirls (13-3) clawed back, down 67-64 with under a minute, and Dylan Koele drained a 3-pointer to tie the game with 28 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime. Caroline Croft hit a shot to put the Cowgirls 71-69 with 48 seconds left in overtime and iced the game with two made free throws in the 75-71 win over CMS (13-3). Croft finished with ten points in the win.
Friday night's men's action
Freshman K.J. Neville gave Amherst the lead midway through the second half with a fastbreak layup off a feed from Zane Adnan, but No. 1 Trinity (Conn.) scored the next nine points and went on to defeat the Mammoths, 75-67. The Bantams improved to 15-0, 3-0 in the NESCAC. Jarrel Okorougo scored a game-high 29 points and added nine rebounds, all of them on the defensive end, in the victory.
Buckley DeJardin scored with 1:48 left to give the Carnegie Mellon men a 62-60 lead and Nikola Dimitrijevic made two of four foul shots down the stretch, giving the Tartans (10-3, 2-0 UAA) just enough to hold off No. 13 WashU and win, 64-61. Connor May had a contested look at a three-pointer at the buzzer that was offline. DeJardin finished with a team-high 17 points for the Tartans, who used just seven players in the win. WashU (10-3, 0-2) trailed by as many as 12 points in the second half before the Bears came all the way back to take the lead on a Yogi Oliff three-pointer with 3:02 left. But WashU turned the ball over three times, went 0-for-2 from the floor and 1-for-2 from the line the rest of the way.
In Memphis, Rhodes set the tone early with a strong first half, shooting 52.9 percent from three-point range and building a 42–28 halftime lead. The Lynx led by as many as 18 in the second half before No. 25 Trinity (Texas) trimmed the lead to single digits in the closing minutes. The Tigers were not able to get any closer than four, however, and Rhodes hit its final four free throws to secure the 79-73 win. Jackson Huxtable paced the Lynx (12-3, 3-1 SAA) with a team-high 18 points, knocking down three three-pointers while adding seven rebounds, Rhodes shot 17-for-38 from beyond the arc in the win. Trinity fell to 11-4, 3-1 in conference.
Maine-Farmington had two looks at a game-winning shot in the paint in the final three seconds of overtime, but could get neither of them to fall as SUNY Delhi held on to win, 92-91. It was just the fifth win of the season for the Broncos, but the third in a row, all at home, as they improve to 4-6 in North Atlantic Conference play. UMF, which had defeated Delhi 95-66 in the teams' first meeting back in November, fell to 12-4, 9-1. Adan Madera scored a team-high 26 points for SUNY Delhi, to go along with 10 boards, while Abdul-Jaleel Ibrahim added 23 points in the win. Kai Harvey had 17 points, including a deep three with 18 seconds left in regulation to tie the game. He went on to score six more in overtime, including a free throw with 12 seconds left that was the decisive point.