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WBBALL: Team is upset by Kenyon
by Julie Ganz
Sports editor
Sports | 11/20/07
Posted online at 9:58 PM EST on 11/19/07
/ Last updated at 12:14 PM EST on 11/19/07
After trailing for nearly the entire game against Kenyon College in the championship round of the Brandeis Tip-Off Tournament last Saturday, the women's basketball team rallied to take a 49-46 lead with 7 minutes, 19 seconds to play on center Lauren Orlando's '09 third layup in a three-minute stretch.
Yet Brandeis was unable to maintain the advantage, as Kenyon denied the Judges their sixth consecutive Tip-Off Tournament title with a 67-62 victory. The loss was Brandeis' first defeat in a regular-season non-conference game since 2003 and dropped the Judges to 1-1 following last Friday's 77-38 win over Mt. Holyoke College.
"We really needed to put 40 minutes together today to pull out the [win]," captain and point guard Kiersten Holgash '08 said.
The Judges failed to build an early lead despite their attempts to exert pressure on defense. Kenyon hit six three-pointers and led by as many as 14 points in the first half.
"[Kenyon's] a good team; they're an athletic team; I just thought they were dictating in the first half both offensively and defensively, so we were on our heels the whole time," coach Carol Simon said.
Kenyon led 22-8 with 11:22 left in the first half, but the Judges were able to chip away at the lead thanks to flawless free-throw shooting by reserve forwards Amanda Wells '09 and Amber Strodthoff '11, who finished a combined nine for nine at the line. Then, with 17 seconds remaining in the first half, captain and guard Jaime Capra '08, who made just three of her 14 shot attempts, beat the shot clock with a layup, pulling the Judges to within 33-25 at halftime.
Orlando, who finished with 18 points and six rebounds, took charge in the second half. She scored the Judges' first five points after the break, including a three-pointer that cut Kenyon's lead to 35-30 with 17:36 remaining.
"The second half I just knew that I had to do better than the first half," Orlando said. "We were down, so we had to get every opportunity to get the ball and push it up the court."
Yet Brandeis was unable to maintain the advantage, as Kenyon denied the Judges their sixth consecutive Tip-Off Tournament title with a 67-62 victory. The loss was Brandeis' first defeat in a regular-season non-conference game since 2003 and dropped the Judges to 1-1 following last Friday's 77-38 win over Mt. Holyoke College.
"We really needed to put 40 minutes together today to pull out the [win]," captain and point guard Kiersten Holgash '08 said.
The Judges failed to build an early lead despite their attempts to exert pressure on defense. Kenyon hit six three-pointers and led by as many as 14 points in the first half.
"[Kenyon's] a good team; they're an athletic team; I just thought they were dictating in the first half both offensively and defensively, so we were on our heels the whole time," coach Carol Simon said.
Kenyon led 22-8 with 11:22 left in the first half, but the Judges were able to chip away at the lead thanks to flawless free-throw shooting by reserve forwards Amanda Wells '09 and Amber Strodthoff '11, who finished a combined nine for nine at the line. Then, with 17 seconds remaining in the first half, captain and guard Jaime Capra '08, who made just three of her 14 shot attempts, beat the shot clock with a layup, pulling the Judges to within 33-25 at halftime.
Orlando, who finished with 18 points and six rebounds, took charge in the second half. She scored the Judges' first five points after the break, including a three-pointer that cut Kenyon's lead to 35-30 with 17:36 remaining.
"The second half I just knew that I had to do better than the first half," Orlando said. "We were down, so we had to get every opportunity to get the ball and push it up the court."
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