University Athletic Association

[deiscanton]

Deis and Case tied at 51 a piece through 3 quarters.

[deiscanton]

Brandeis's FT shooting today is driving me nuts.  It killed the Judges against Roger Williams, and I hope that it does not cost Deis a game tonight.  The slate gets tougher from here on out.

[deiscanton]

Final-- NYU 68, Carnegie Mellon 63

NYU sweeps the season series vs the Tartans.

[deiscanton]

Case on a 14-3 run in the 4th quarter.

Brandeis 8-22 from the FT line for the game.

It looks like Case is poised to get their first UAA win of the season.

[deiscanton]

Case got their first UAA win of the season, 73-70, over Brandeis.

Kendall McConico led the Spartans with 23 pts, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists.

Brandeis 12-26 from the FT line; Case hit 21-38 from the charity stripe.

Brandeis tries again for a win on Sunday at Carnegie Mellon.

[deiscanton]

All women's games are now final.

Wash U 71, Rochester 52.  Wash U gets a needed boost in their Pool C chances.

Chicago 72, Emory 63.  Chicago is now at 8-0 in the UAA and now has a 2 game lead over Rochester, and a 3 game lead over Wash U, with 6 games left to play.  Chicago hosts Rochester on Sunday, with Wash U hosting Emory.

Wins still needed for ECAC selection eligibility--

1.) Brandeis needs 1 win
2.). NYU needs 2 wins
3.). Carnegie Mellon needs 4 wins. (CMU now 1 game under .500)

Eliminated from UAA title race:  Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve University.

[jaybird44]

The Wash-U win over Rochester was significant not only for the boost in Pool C chances, but it also showed the team that it can play at an NCAA Tournament level of excellence.  I think at times, with the adjustments made by first-year head coach Randi Henderson, the ladies lost sight of that...at least subliminally speaking.

What has been most impressive as of late has been the Bears' defensive and rebounding zeal.  Last night, Wash-U held Rochester to a microscopic 1-22 from 3-point range...4.5%.  Overall, the Yellowjackets didn't have much sting in their offense...held to 30% overall shooting (19-63).  Lauren Deming was taken totally out of the flow of the game, and eventually fouled out with no points after entering the game with a 14+ ppg average.  Alexandra Leslie had to battle double-teams constantly, and worked extremely hard to get 12 points, 2 points under her season average.  And, Rochester only had 13 assists...as Wash-U forced it to take several poor shots deep in the shot clock.

Now, with an hour-earlier start to the Sunday games at the Fieldhouse, Wash-U will have to demonstrate its ability to quickly refuel as Emory comes to town.

[deiscanton]

Halftime scores--

Chicago 42, Rochester 32-- Feature game of the day

Wash U 41, Emory 24-- No problems so far for Wash U

Case 30, NYU 30-- Case Western wearing the uniforms of Flora Stone Mather College-- Game being played at Adelbert Gym-- Throwback Weekend

Carnegie Mellon 33, Brandeis 27

[deiscanton]

Brandeis up 46-44 over Carnegie Mellon after 3 quarters.

[deiscanton]

Brandeis up 60-48 over Carnegie Mellon with 3:18 left.

[deiscanton]

Final

Brandeis 60, Carnegie Mellon 52

Brandeis sweeps the season series vs the reigning ECAC champs.

Brandeis clinches ECAC Tournament selection eligibility.

[deiscanton]

Other finals

Feature game of the day

Chicago 80, Rochester 70

Chicago now has a 3 game lead in the UAA over Rochester and Wash U with 5 games to play.  Chicago sweeps the season series vs Rochester. 

Rochester with a season high 26 turnovers.

NYU 67, Case 62

NYU needs 1 more win to clinch ECAC Tournament selection eligibility.

Wash U 75, Emory 63

[deiscanton]

Brandeis game recap:

Nicholson records third straight double-double as Judges sweep CMU, 60-52

[deiscanton]

SOS rankings of UAA teams-- February 5, 2018

1.). UAA Leader-- Chicago-- 17-2, .594 SOS

Pool C candidates

2.). Rochester-- 16-4, .637 SOS
3.). Wash U-- 15-5, .632 SOS

ECAC candidates

4.). Brandeis-- 12-7, .577 SOS-- Eligible for ECAC Tournament selection
5.). NYU-- 12-8, .582 SOS-- Needs 1 more win
6.). Carnegie Mellon-- 9-11, .539 SOS, Needs 4 more wins

Other

7.). Emory-- 10-10, .584 SOS
8.). Case-- 4-15, .587 SOS

[deiscanton]

Chicago's NCAA situation--

Chicago has a 3 game lead in the UAA standings with 5 left to play.

If Chicago sweeps next weekend's trip at NYU and Brandeis, they will assure themselves of at least a co-championship in the UAA and can clinch the AQ on Sunday by wrapping up all tiebreaker scenarios--

Chicago will have swept Rochester, NYU, Brandeis, and Emory-- clinching the tiebreaker on subsequent finishers.  Wash U split with Rochester and can only split with Brandeis.

Chicago has already beaten Wash U once.

Chicago will have gone 7-0 on the road in the UAA, clinching the road game tiebreaker.

3 wins in the next 5 games gives Chicago the UAA title and AQ outright.