Spring Break
MBBALL: Squad beats NYU to match best start ever
by Jeffrey Pickette
Senior writer
Sports | 1/15/08
Posted online at 11:12 PM EST on 1/14/08
/ Last updated at 8:44 PM EST on 1/14/08
Coppens led Brandeis in scoring with 17 points, while adding six rebounds and four steals.
The bench aided the cause with 23 points as a unit, including 17 of the team's 34 first-half points.
Forwards Terrell Hollins '10 and Stephen Hill '08 got in early foul trouble, but reserve forwards Christian Yemga '11 and Magee combined for 41 minutes of action, and reserve guards Roberson and Florian Rexhepi '08 added eight and six points, respectively.
"[The bench play] was real good," Hollins said. "When guys got in foul trouble the bench came in, and there wasn't a let down. I think the bench played better than the starters did."
Last Saturday's win came on the heels of the dramatic 96-94 win over Elms College. Coppens had a career-high 37 points, while Roberson sank a game-winning three-pointer with three seconds left in overtime.
Brandeis heads to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh this Friday at 8 p.m. before Sunday's anticipated tilt against top-ranked Rochester University on the road at noon. The Yellow Jackets are 12-0 and have defeated opponents by an average margin of victory of 17.5 points.
The bench aided the cause with 23 points as a unit, including 17 of the team's 34 first-half points.
Forwards Terrell Hollins '10 and Stephen Hill '08 got in early foul trouble, but reserve forwards Christian Yemga '11 and Magee combined for 41 minutes of action, and reserve guards Roberson and Florian Rexhepi '08 added eight and six points, respectively.
"[The bench play] was real good," Hollins said. "When guys got in foul trouble the bench came in, and there wasn't a let down. I think the bench played better than the starters did."
Last Saturday's win came on the heels of the dramatic 96-94 win over Elms College. Coppens had a career-high 37 points, while Roberson sank a game-winning three-pointer with three seconds left in overtime.
Brandeis heads to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh this Friday at 8 p.m. before Sunday's anticipated tilt against top-ranked Rochester University on the road at noon. The Yellow Jackets are 12-0 and have defeated opponents by an average margin of victory of 17.5 points.
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