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WBBALL: Judges drop season finale
by Melissa Siegel
Staff writer
Sports | 3/3/09
Posted online at 3:26 AM EST on 3/3/09
At the start of the second half, the No. 25 Brandeis women's basketball team was clinging to a 25-23 lead at No. 20 New York University after being up by 13 points earlier in last Saturday's contest.
Then, just 20 seconds into the second half, NYU senior forward Jessica McEntee hit a three-point shot to give the Violets a lead they would never relinquish.
The shot came in the middle of a 20-0 NYU run that spanned across both halves, helping the Violets defeat the Judges 62-49 to sweep the season series.
NYU defeated the Judges earlier this season at Brandeis 61-49 Jan. 17. The most recent loss drops the Judges to .500 in the University Athletic Association as they finish the regular season 17-7, 7-7 in conference play.
Despite the loss, the Judges made the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight year and will host the first two rounds of the Tournament, playing Western Connecticut State University in the first round Friday night.
"It's not often that teams make an NCAA tournament," head coach Carol Simon said. "It's hard enough to get in it and that much harder to host, so I would hope that the University and all the students and the administration will be down here on Friday supporting us."
Brandeis got out to a quick start against NYU, scoring the first six points and taking a 10-2 lead on a layup by guard Diana Cincotta '11. The Judges would go up 25-12 with 5 minutes, 48 seconds left in the first half before the Violets went on an 11-0 run to close the half to pull within two.
After McEntee's three-pointer gave NYU its first lead of the game, the Violets continued their run from the first half, scoring the next six points to take a 32-25 lead with 17:04 left to play.
"I think that we built a big lead in the beginning of the first half, and they kind of just started to chip away," forward Cassidy Dadaos ' 09 said. "They really executed on second chance opportunities and were able to get it in off of offensive rebounds. We didn't box out well, so I think that really kind of got them going on both ends of the floor."
Then, just 20 seconds into the second half, NYU senior forward Jessica McEntee hit a three-point shot to give the Violets a lead they would never relinquish.
The shot came in the middle of a 20-0 NYU run that spanned across both halves, helping the Violets defeat the Judges 62-49 to sweep the season series.
NYU defeated the Judges earlier this season at Brandeis 61-49 Jan. 17. The most recent loss drops the Judges to .500 in the University Athletic Association as they finish the regular season 17-7, 7-7 in conference play.
Despite the loss, the Judges made the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight year and will host the first two rounds of the Tournament, playing Western Connecticut State University in the first round Friday night.
"It's not often that teams make an NCAA tournament," head coach Carol Simon said. "It's hard enough to get in it and that much harder to host, so I would hope that the University and all the students and the administration will be down here on Friday supporting us."
Brandeis got out to a quick start against NYU, scoring the first six points and taking a 10-2 lead on a layup by guard Diana Cincotta '11. The Judges would go up 25-12 with 5 minutes, 48 seconds left in the first half before the Violets went on an 11-0 run to close the half to pull within two.
After McEntee's three-pointer gave NYU its first lead of the game, the Violets continued their run from the first half, scoring the next six points to take a 32-25 lead with 17:04 left to play.
"I think that we built a big lead in the beginning of the first half, and they kind of just started to chip away," forward Cassidy Dadaos ' 09 said. "They really executed on second chance opportunities and were able to get it in off of offensive rebounds. We didn't box out well, so I think that really kind of got them going on both ends of the floor."
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