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Teams: Women's Basketball: Schedule & Results
TUFTS WOMEN UPEND NO. 14 BRANDEIS, 57-43
COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL SCORE
Tufts 57, Brandeis 43
At Waltham, MA
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Game Statistics
WALTHAM -- The Tufts University women's basketball team held
Brandeis University women's basketball to its lowest scoring total
since 2004-05 today as the visiting Jumbos held the Judges to just
21-percent shooting from the floor en route to a 57-43
non-conference victory.Brandeis (2-2) held the lead just twice in
the game, early in the first half. The game was tied, 11-11, with
9:52 left on the clock when Tufts went on a 16-3 run to take a 27-14
advantage on a lay-up by senior Jenna Gomez (Norfolk, MA).
Brandeis missed 10 of 11 attempts before hitting the last two
buckets of the stanza to cut the lead to nine, 27-18, at the break.
Tufts (4-0) opened up a 15-point lead at 37-22 just under six
minutes into the second half on a hoop by sophomore guard Casey
Sullivan (Berlin, CT). The Judges answered with their best run
of the contest, forcing several turnovers to embark on a 15-3
streak. The run capped by a steal and lay-up from sophomore Jessica
Chapin (Mendon, NY), followed by a steal from junior Amanda Wells
(Loudon, NH), who found a streaking Kiersten Holgash (Easton, PA)
that cut the lead to 40-37 with five minutes left in the contest.
Jumbo coach Carla Berube called a time-out after Holgash's bucket
to try to stop Brandeis's momentum. The Judges forced a shot-clock
violation, but were unable to take advantage, as the Jumbos scored
the next seven points to pull away.
Tufts was paced by rookie guard Colleen Hart (Needham, MA),
who played all 40 minutes and scored 16 points, eight in each half.
Hart also had a game-high seven assists. Sophomore forward Julia
Baily (Farmington, CT) added 10 points. Senior co-captain
Khalilal Ummah (Litchfield, ME) just missed a double-double with
nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Ummah also had six blocks
and three steals. Junior center Katie Tausanovitch (Lyme, NH)
also reached double figures in rebounds with 11, eight in the second
half. Tufts hit 33 percent from the field (19-58), while holding
Brandeis to just 21 percent (14-66), including under 20 percent in
the second half (7-36).
Brandeis was paced by 14 points from Chapin, who hit 5 of 13 from
the floor with a trifecta and three free throws. Senior guard Jaime
Capra (Old Bridge, NJ) added 10 points and seven rebounds. Rookie
Amber Strodhoff (DePere, WI) led the Judges with 11 rebounds, six on
the offensive glass.
Tufts is next in action Tuesday at 7 pm at home against Babson.
Brandeis is at Emmanuel College that night in a rematch of a
second-round NCAA tournament game from March that the Saints won,
71-66.
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