University Athletic Association

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Final from Horsburgh Gym in Cleveland

Case 56,  Brandeis 38 

Brandeis was not able to solve Case's 1-3-1 matchup zone today according to Case's Caitlin Henry's post game comment on the Case internet network.

Caitlin Henry had a double-double today for the Spartans.

Game reset:  Rochester leading Wash U 53-50 with 7:35 remaining.

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Rochester and Wash U now tied at 59-59 with 4:19 remaining.

Chicago leads Emory, 55-34 with 17:28 remaining.

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Game update

Rochester 66, Wash U 63 with 1:26 remaining.

Wash U's 35 game home winning streak is in jeopardy-- can Rochester get their first ever victory at the Wash U Field House?

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Game update

Rochester 67, Wash U 65  50 seconds remaining in St. Louis.

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Game update

Rochester 72, Wash U 69  20 seconds remaining.

Wash U has the ball

Rochester's Laney Ming fouled out of the game, enabling Wash U to cut their deficit to 2.  Rochester tnen made 1-2 from the charity stripe to extend the lead to 3.

Wash U's Claire Schaeperkoetter forces the game to overtime at 72-72 with a game-tying trey!!!!!

End of regulation:  Wash U 72,  Rochester 72

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Game update

Wash U 79, Rochester 78  27.6 seconds in overtime.

Rochester is playing without the services in overtime of Melissa Alwardt and Laney Ming, who have both fouled out of this game.

Rochester has the ball coming out of the timeout.

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Kathryn Berger fouled Rochester's Jodi Luther.

Luther sank 1-2 at the line to tie the game at 79.

Wash U's Alex Hoover then sank what could be a game-winning layup with 5.4 seconds left in OT.

Wash U now leads 81-79 with 5.4 seconds remaining in OT.

Rochester ball coming out of a timeout.

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Game update

Rochester's Jodi Walker gets a baseline jumper at the buzzer to tie the game at 81-81 at the end of the first overtime period.

Game now is going to double OT in St. Louis.

Final in from Chicago

Chicago 92, Emory 75

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Game update

Wash U 93,  Rochester 84  1:55 left in double overtime.

It looks like Rochester has just run out of gas, as the Bears look poised to extend their home game winning streak to 36.....

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Final from double overtime in St. Louis

Wash U 101,  Rochester 90

Wash U improves to 11-3, 2-1 in the UAA

Rochester drops to 11-3, 1-2 in the UAA.

Case and Chicago are tied for first place in the UAA at 3-0 after 2 weekends of action.

[Wydown Blvd.]

Incredible game at WashU! One of the best D3 games I have ever witnessed. Momentum shifts within every half and each overtime even had its own storyline. The biggest weekend of the UAA turns to the UR/Emory v Chicago/Wustl weekend. WashU doesn't fare well at the Palestra in recent history, but I would be surprised if UR won both their home games that weekend. So Feb 11-13 is marked on my d3 calendar...

Thanks for the updates deiscanton, any comments on the games?

[Wydown Blvd.]

There is parity in the UAA.
Wow.

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In answer to Wydown Blvd's comments about parity coming on the women's side of the UAA--

There is some parity, but there seems to be more groups of teams that you can put together in terms of class at the moment on the women's side as opposed to on the men's side of the UAA.

On the men's side, if you asked me right now who will win the UAA men's title, I would have no answer for you right now.

On the women's side, I think that the UAA women's title could go to either Wash U, Chicago, or Rochester.  The other UAA women's teams have to chase down that pack.   Rochester could sweep Chicago and Wash U at the Palestra-- Chicago pulled off a surprise by blowing out Rochester on Friday, but that result will not happen in the rematch.

Emory is not going to take the women's title.   The team is too young at the moment, and Emory has already gone 0-3 vs Wash U, Chicago, and Rochester-- albeit all on the road, and Emory has yet to play them at the WoodPEC in Atlanta, where the situation could turn around and end up differently.

The Case women have yet to be tested against Wash U, Chicago, and Rochester.  However, out of the group consisting of Case, Emory, Brandeis and NYU-- Case seems to have the best chance of picking up 3 or more wins against Wash U, Chicago, and Rochester at the moment-- this is not to say that the Spartans will pick up 3 victories against that top group, however.

Brandeis and NYU have their big test against Wash U, Chicago, and Rochester-- hosting these 3 teams at the Auerbach Arena and the Coles Center, respectively, over the next few weeks.  

We do know that Case and Emory are capable of beating Brandeis and NYU on any given day, so games involving those four teams will be very competitive.

We also know that the CMU Tartans have shown that they will be competitive in UAA competition-- their record notwithstanding.

Just my brief thoughts right now.....

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The Brandeis student newspaper The Justice has just come out with this week's edition-- Jan. 18

Some brief comments from Brandeis women's basketball coach Carol Simon on the state of the Judges can be found at this article written by Justice staff writer Adam Rabinowitz:

http://media.www.thejustice.org/media/storage/paper573/news/2011/01/18/Sports/Womens.Basketball.Judges.Split.Two.University.Athletic.Association.Matches.On.Th-3968897.shtml

Also, Brandeis Justice sports editor Jeffrey Boxer has some brief comments from Brandeis senior co-captain Amber Strodthoff on how the Brandeis women's basketball team is doing this season.  Strodthoff was named as the Jan. 18 Brandeis Athlete of the Week by the Justice.  This article can be found at:

http://media.www.thejustice.org/media/storage/paper573/news/2011/01/18/Sports/Athlete.Of.The.Week.Amber.Strodthoff.11-3968872.shtml

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New D3Hoops.com Top 25 poll for Week 7 is out. 

UAA teams in Top 25:

Wash U-- #9  417 points.
Rochester-- #15  263 points.
Chicago-- #17  191 points.

Hope is the new #1, while Christopher Newport may be hoping that they will not have to play Chicago this season.