Spring Break
WBBALL: Undefeated season still intact
by Melissa Siegel
Staff writer
Sports | 12/9/08
Posted online at 12:58 AM EST on 12/9/08
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"We just got [into] a team huddle in the locker room [at halftime] and we came out saying we were going to play Brandeis basketball when we get back out, and we needed to overcome the mental and physical fatigue," point guard Lauren Rashford '10 said.
The Judges did just that, going on a 24-4 run to start the half to take a 63-36 lead with 10:48 remaining. From there, the Judges cruised to an 81-57 win, making them 8-0 on the season after defeating Emmanuel College 94-52 last Tuesday and Wheaton College 69-54 last Thursday.
"[Our players] were just tired [at the beginning of the game]," coach Carol Simon said. "[It was] the fourth game in seven days, and [they had] three really tough games before that. … We just started slow, we weren't sharp. We were beating ourselves, to be honest. And then [in the] second half we just really picked it up and knew what we had to do."
With 8:12 to play in the first half, the Judges came back to take a 19-18 lead on a layup by guard Jessica Chapin '10. The lead then switched hands several times before a layup by forward Cassidy Dadaos '09 put Brandeis ahead 23-22 with 5:48 to play in the half, and Brandeis never relinquished the lead for the rest of the game.
Brandeis stretched the lead to 10 with 3:23 left in the first off a three-pointer by Chapin, but Babson pulled within seven points at halftime before the Judges went on their 24-4 run in the second half to pull away.
Half of the Judges' points during this second-half run came at the free- throw line. While Brandeis shot just five-for-nine from the free throw line in the first half, they finished 91.3 percent from the free throw line in the second.
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