WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University men's basketball duo of senior Toby Harris (Durham, N.C./Durham Acad.) and Elias Rodl (Berlin, Germany/Schulund Leistungssportzentrum Berlin) combined for 49 points tonight, each turning in a 20-point half, as the Judges upset 10^th-ranked Washington University, 86-79, in University Athletic Association action tonight.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis: 13-6, 4-4 UAA.
• Washington U, 15-4, 5-3 UAA, ranked #10 in Division III by D3hoops.com

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Judges started strong, leading for most of the first half thanks to a hot hand from Harris.
• After being held to just 12 points in the team's loss to WashU a week ago, Harris shot 8-for-11 in the first, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range and 1-of-1 from the line to finish with 20 points. He also distributed three assists in the first half.
• Brandeis closed the half on a 7-2 run, including five points from Harris on a traditional three-point play and a jumper, in addition to a steal and layup by first-year Alex Zakheim (Bergenfield, N.J./Perkiomen, Pa.), that helped the hosts take a 42-33 lead into the locker room.
• WashU was paced by Hayden Doyle, who scored 15 first-half points.
• After Rodl scored the first points of the second half, the Bears caught fire on offense. WashU hit 11 of its first 13 points, including all eight of their 3-pointers, as the visitors went on a 30-12 run.
• Will Grudzinski netted a 3-pointer with 11:30 remaining, giving him 12 points in the run and the Bears their largest lead of the game at seven points, 63-56.
• Brandeis's defense picked up after that, as they allowed the visitors to hit just 3 of their last 17 shots and 2 of their last 10 from 3-point range.
• Rodl scored nine of his 20 second-half points during the decisive run, including a lay-up on a feed from Harris that gave the Judges the lead for good, 70-68, with 4:16 left.
• Brandeis was ahead, 79-70 with 2:01 to go after a pair of Sam Adusei (Worcester, Mass./St. George's School) free throws.
• The WashU press allowed the Bears to close within four points after pair of free throws with 1:13 to go made if 80-76, but an inbounds play led to a dunk by Rodl, helping make it a two-possession game with 33 seconds left and the Judges held on from there.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• After being held to 12 points each in last weekend's loss in St. Louis, Harris and Rodl each exceeded 20 points.
• Harris led the Judges with 27 points. He shot 10-of-17 for the game, 4-of-7 from deep and 3-of-3 from the line. He also established a career-high with six assists and grabbed six rebounds.
• Rodl finished with 22 points, 20 coming in the second half. He hit 9-of-15 overall, 2-of-5 from deep and 2-of-2 from the line. Rodl also tied for the team lead with eight rebounds.
• Adusei added eight points, eight rebounds and five assists, while grad student Aedan Using (Old Lyme, Conn./Old Lyme) had another great all-around game off the bench with seven points, five blocked shots, four assists and four rebounds.
• In last week's meeting, the Judges shot a season-low 38.3 percent from the field, 16.7% from 3-point range and had just three assists. Tonight, they connected on 47.0% overall (31-66), 32.0% from downtown (8-25) and had 22 helpers on their 31 buckets.
• The Judges also won the rebound battle, 42-35, after WashU had a 10-rebound advantage last week.
• The Bears were led by Hayden Doyle's game-high 29 points. He scored 15 in the first half and 14 in the second. Connor May added 13 off the bench, and Grudzinski's hot streak gave the visitors three double-digit scorers with 12 points.
• Doyle and May also tied for team-high with six rebounds each, and George Gale had four assists.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The Judges earned a split with WashU for the second year in a row and the third time in their last four campaigns.

UP NEXT

• The Judges will try to exact revenge for the second game in a row when they take on #24 Chicago on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. The Maroons lost on a buzzer-beater to #5 NYU tonight, 61-59.