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I was just looking up the 3 pt season shooting stats for the 3-6 Brandeis Judges women's basketball team.  At least through their first 9 games, Brandeis has been shooting 26.1% from 3 pt range, while the season low being 20% on 5-25 shooting from 3 pt range vs Babson, and the season high being 31.6% from 3 pt range on 6-19 shooting from 3 pt range, accomplished in 2 separate games-- a loss vs Maine Maritime, and a win against Emerson-- both games being played at Auerbach Arena.

Not the best shooting from 3 pt range, but definitely better so far than what the Tartans did today.  4% from 3 pt range is ugly, anyway you put it.

Update-- BTW, I looked up the last time Brandeis shot 4% from 3 pt range in a game.  It happened last season for the Judges in UAA play at Emory. (1-23 from 3 pt range for the Judges down in Atlanta last season.)

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Named to D3Hoops.com Team of the Week for Week 6--

Belle Pellecchia, NYU-- For her performance at the NYU Holiday Classic in wins over Stockton and Bowdoin.

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UAA Athlete of the Week-- Women's Basketball-- January 3, 2023

Belle Pellecchia, NYU.

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UAA Athlete of the Week-- January 9, 2023

Katie Titus, Rochester

Named to D3Hoops.com Team of the Week-- Week 7

Katie Titus, Rochester

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Game updates--

1.)  Due to late arrival of game officials in Atlanta, the Carnegie Mellon vs Emory doubleheader is in a game delay as of 5:34 PM Eastern.  The women's game scheduled to start at 5:30 PM Eastern has not tipped off yet.

2.)  Case Western Reserve University at Rochester is underway, but there appears to have been an injury to #33 Sarah Mitchell of the Spartans early in the first quarter.  Rochester up 6-5 with 5:51 left in first quarter.

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Momentary scare in the Palestra late in the first quarter when Katie Titus, Rochester's best player, took an awkward step and fell down, but she seems to be all right at the moment and back on the University of Rochester bench.  I'm hoping that it is just a cramp in her ankle and she will be back.   

Rochester is up 16-15 at the end of the first quarter.

Update-- Katie Titus is back on the floor playing at the start of the second quarter.

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Game update--

#33 Sarah Mitchell of the Spartans is back on the court playing in the middle of the second quarter after getting her ankle retaped by the trainer. 

Rochester up 32-20 over CWRU with 4:01 left in the second quarter.

CMU at Emory has still not started yet, according to the live stats.   

Update-- Game officials have arrived at the Woodruff PEC, and we are looking at a 6:15 PM Eastern approx. tip for the women's game between the Tartans and the Eagles.

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Halftime score from the Louis Alexander Palestra in Rochester, NY--

Rochester 38, Case Western Reserve 23

U of R outscores CWRU 22-8 in the second quarter.

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At 6:11 PM Eastern in Atlanta, CMU and Emory are now lining up for the national anthem, and the women's game will be tipping off after a 45 min delay due to the late arrival of game officials.

This will delay the start of the men's basketball game in Atlanta as well.

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Halftime in Atlanta--

Emory 35, Carnegie Mellon 30

Start of game was delayed 45 minutes due to late arrival of game officials.

Rochester headed to victory over Case Western Reserve, 77-49, with 2:33 left in regulation.

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The first final of the day is now in the books--

Rochester 77, Case Western Reserve 50

This is Rochester's 22nd straight win at the Palestra over CWRU-- CWRU women have still not won at Rochester since 2001.

Rochester now 12-1, 2-0 in the UAA

Katie Titus leads Rochester again with a game high 26 points and 9 rebounds.

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Halftime scores in the 6:30 PM Eastern/5:30 PM Central tip Midwest games--

UChicago 37, NYU 27

Wash U 35, Brandeis 29

Grace Hynes leading UChicago with a game high 11 points

Belle Pellecchia and Natalie Bruns leading NYU with 10 points a piece.

Leading rebounders:

For NYU-- Natalie Bruns with a game high 7 rebounds

For UChicago-- Ellie Gross with 5 rebounds

The UChicago 10 pt lead at the half consists of one more made 2 pt basket than NYU, one more made 3 point basket than NYU, and a 8-3 lead over NYU at the charity stripe.

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We are now on upset watch at Ratner Center in Chicago--

UChicago is up on NYU, 47-32, with 3:33 left in the third quarter

i am not surprised that without Jordan Janowski playing this year due to injury, NYU could lose more than 1 UAA road game this season.

Chicago is just the first potential road trap, with Wash U to follow on Sunday and the U of R Palestra to follow later this season.

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End of third quarter in St. Louis--

Wash U 65, Brandeis 44

I think that I can put this one to bed-- Brandeis is going to fall to 0-2 in the UAA with 10 minutes to go in regulation.

Any line on the Brandeis women going 0-14 in the UAA for the first time in program history this season?  LOL.

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End of the third quarter in Chicago--

UChicago 55, NYU 37

I am going to have to watch the fourth quarter on livestream right now.   This is looking like this will be UChicago's biggest win since Aaron Roussell coached the Maroons-- if this scoreline holds.

When was the last time the UChicago women beat a #1 ranked team in either the D3Hoops.com or the WBCA poll?  This is going to be very exciting for the fans at Ratner Center if this scoreline happens.

Trust me, I got excited in 2000-01 when an Emmanuel team led by my then hometown captain Brianne Bognanno of Canton, MA beat then WBCA #1 NYU at Coles Center in Manhattan in the Elite Eight (captained by Meg Barber), and you can perhaps forgive me for bringing this up right now.....

That Emmanuel win marked the arrival of Andy Yosinoff as a legend in D3Hoops, and this UChicago win, if it holds, will mean the arrival of Maria Noucas Williamson as one of the new great coaches in the modern era of UAA Women's Hoops.