MBB: University Athletic Association

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Reigning UAA Athlete of the Week in Men's Basketball-- announced Feb. 7, 2022--

Justin Hardy, Wash U.

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Congrats to Justin Hardy of Wash U and Nick Stuck of Emory on being named to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week for Feb. 8.

Top 5 scorers in UAA games only entering tonight

(Must have played in 60% of the team's UAA games to be listed.)

1.)  Jack Nolan-- Wash U-- 24.5 PPG
2.)  Matthew Schner-- Emory-- 22.4 PPG
3.)  Bobby Hawkinson-- NYU-- 20.8 PPG
4.)  Mitch Prendergast-- Case Western Reserve-- 17.6 PPG
5.)  Tommy Eastman-- Brandeis-- 16.3 PPG

Top 5 rebounders in UAA games only--

1.)  Bobby Hawkinson-- NYU--12.3 RPG
2.)  RJ Holmes-- Carnegie Mellon-- 8.9 RPG
3.)  Cole Frilling-- Case Western Reserve-- 7.5 RPG
4.)  Zach Munson-- Chicago-- 7.0 RPG
5.)  Matthew Schner-- Emory-- 6.8 RPG

Top 5 "dime droppers" in UAA games only--

1.)  Nick Stuck-- Emory-- 6.3 APG
2.)  Griffin Kornaker-- Case Western Reserve-- 5.1 APG
3.)  Josh Berry-- Carnegie Mellon-- 3.5 APG
4.)  Matthew Schner-- Emory-- 3.4 APG
5.)  Bobby Hawkinson-- NYU-- 3.3 APG

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Carnegie Mellon Pep band and cheerleaders present and working at Wiegand Gym tonight.  Things seem to be getting back to a "new normal" in UAA basketball right now post Omicron surge.

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Halftime at Wiegand Gym in Pittsburgh--

Carnegie Mellon 32, Brandeis 28

For Carnegie Mellon, Jack Stone leads with a game high 12 points, followed by Kevin Sax with 8 points and R.J. Holmes with 7 points.

R.J. Holmes leads Carnegie Mellon with 5 rebounds, while Nick Nakasian leads CMU with 2 assists.

For Brandeis, Collin Sawyer leads with a team high 8 points, followed by Nolan Hagerty with 5 points, with Tommy Eastman and Aedan Using scoring 4 points a piece.

Tommy Eastman leads Brandeis with 3 rebounds, while Nolan Hagerty leads Brandeis with 2 assists.

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Halftime at Horsburgh Gym in Cleveland--

NYU 37, Case Western Reserve 32

For NYU, Bobby Hawkinson already has a double double, leading with a game high 14 points and a game high 10 rebounds.

Alex Maticiuc follows with 6 points for NYU, while Riley Demps and Hayden Peek each have 4 points a piece.

Zay Freeney and Kawika Akina each have 2 assists to lead NYU in that category.

For Case Western Reserve, Cole Frilling leads with a team high 11 points, followed by Robert Faller with 6 points, and Ryan Newton with 5 points.

Griffin Kornaker leads CWRU with 3 rebounds, and co-leads the Spartans with 2 assists, along with Robert Faller, who also has 2 assists.

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More of "normalcy" coming back to UAA basketball, as Wash U has a live pep band and "the Bomb Squad" back in the WU Field House tonight.

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1:20 left in regulation--

NYU leading over Case Western Reserve, 69-65.

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NYU 73, Case Western Reserve 68  30.1 seconds left in regulation.

Carnegie Mellon 75, Brandeis 67  47 seconds left in regulation.

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Halftime in the Midwest games--

Chicago 33, Rochester 30

Wash U 34, Emory 33

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Final from Horsburgh Gym in Cleveland--

NYU 77, Case Western Reserve 70

NYU improves to 11-9, 1-8 in the UAA

CWRU drops to 16-4, 6-3 in the UAA

Final from Wiegand Gym in Pittsburgh

Carnegie Mellon 78, Brandeis 72

Carnegie Mellon improves to 11-8, 4-5 in the UAA

Brandeis drops to 10-7, 2-5 in the UAA

By the end of men's play tonight, Emory will either have a 1/2 game lead over Wash U or a 2 1/2 game lead over the rest of the field.

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Final from Edwards Fahey Court at the Wash U Field House in St. Louis--

Emory 67, Wash U 57

Emory improves to 16-4, 9-1 in the UAA, and is now in the driver's seat for the UAA Men's Basketball Championship and the AQ with a 2 1/2 game lead over the rest of the field with 4 games left to play. 

Wash U drops to 16-4, 6-3 in the UAA-- tied for second place with Case Western Reserve.  Wash U has 5 UAA games left to play, while Case Western Reserve most likely only has 4 UAA games left to play with their second scheduled game vs Brandeis most likely going to be cancelled and a no-contest-- Sunday's CWRU game vs Brandeis will most likely be the only meeting between the two teams this season.

Final from the Ratner Center in Chicago--

Chicago 66, Rochester 62

Chicago improves to 8-12, 3-6 in the UAA

Rochester drops to 13-7, 5-5 in the UAA

Men's standings--

1.)  Emory is in first place at 9-1 in the UAA

2.)  Wash U and CWRU tied for second at 6-3 in the UAA

3.)  Rochester is in fourth at 5-5 in the UAA

4.)  Carnegie Mellon is in fifth at 4-5 in the UAA

5.)  Chicago is in sixth at 3-6 in the UAA (.333 UAA winning pct.)

6.)  Brandeis is in seventh at 2-5 in the UAA (.286 winning pct.)

7.)  NYU is in last place at 1-8 in the UAA (.111 winning pct.)

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Eliminated from AQ and/or title contention:

NYU-- Eliminated from title contention

Brandeis-- Eliminated from AQ contention due to Emory's 2-0 series sweep vs the Judges-- Brandeis only expected to play 13 UAA games this season-- best possible record in 13 games is 8-5, which eliminates Brandeis from title contention.

Chicago-- Eliminated from title contention.

An Emory win on Sunday at Chicago will eliminate both Rochester and Carnegie Mellon from title contention.

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Brandeis at Case Western Reserve tipping off shortly.

CWRU color commentator Jack Vaselaney has noticed that Brandeis's Chandler Jones is currently in a walking boot-- the effect of his injury that he sustained in the Friday, Feb. 4 game at Auerbach Arena vs Emory.   As a result, Chandler Jones is likely out for the rest of the season.

Today, the CWRU men are wearing the "Case Tech Rough Riders" uniforms for the second half of CWRU Throwback Weekend.

This will be the only meeting between former Middlebury teammates Tommy Eastman (Brandeis) and Griffin Kornaker (CWRU) as basketball opponents.

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Halftime from Horsburgh Gym in Cleveland--

Case Western Reserve 42, Brandeis 31

For CWRU-- Cole Frilllng leading with a game high 11 points, Mitch Prendergast with 10 points, and Ryan Newton with 8 points.

Robert Faller and Brian Hines each have 3 rebounds to lead CWRU in that category.

Griffin Kornaker leads CWRU with 6 assists.

For Brandeis-- Tommy Eastman leading with a team high 9 points, Sam Nassar and Toby Harris each have 5 points a piece, and Terrell Brown has 4 points.

Tommy Eastman has a game high 7 rebounds, and Dylan Lien has 2 assists to lead Brandeis in those categories.

CWRU shot 16-30 from the field (53.3%), 5-10 from 3 pt range (50%), and 5-7 from the FT line (71.4%)

Brandeis shot 13-29 from the field (44.8%), 3-12 from 3 pt range (25%), and 2-3 from the FT line (66.7%)

CWRU outrebounded Brandeis 16-15, but Brandeis outrebounded CWRU 2-1 on the offensive glass.

CWRU made 13 assists and committed 4 turnovers-- 2 of which were as a result of Brandeis steals.

Brandeis made 7 assists and committed 7 turnovers-- 4 of which were as a result of CWRU steals.

CWRU blocked 4 Brandeis shots, while Brandeis blocked 1 CWRU shot.

Points off turnovers-- Brandeis leading, 7-4.

Second chance points-- CWRU leading, 3-2.

Bench points-- Brandeis leading, 12-11.

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NYU has opened up their game at Carnegie Mellon on a 17-2 run over the first 8 minutes.  The score, naturally, is NYU 17, Carnegie Mellon 2 with 12 min remaining in the first half.

Carnegie Mellon shooting 1-11 from the field, 0-8 from 3 pt range.

NYU shooting 7-13 from the field, 3-6 from 3 pt range.

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Final from Horsburgh Gym in Cleveland--

Case Western Reserve 80, Brandeis 66

CWRU improves to 17-4, 7-3 in the UAA.

Brandeis drops to 10-8, 2-6 in the UAA.

All UAA men's basketball teams have now played a minimum 18 games overall.

For CWRU-- Mitch Prendergast led with a game high 28 points, Cole Frilling with 16 points, Ryan Newton with 13 points, and Brian Hines with a double double of 10 points and a game high 10 rebounds.

Griffin Kornaker led CWRU with a game high 10 assists.

For Brandeis-- Tommy Eastman led with a team high 18 points and a team high 7 rebounds.  Sam Nassar follows with 10 points, and Collin Sawyer with 9 points.

Dylan Lien led Brandeis with 2 assists.

CWRU shot 32-57 from the field (56.1%), 11-21 from 3 pt range (52.4%), and 5-11 from the FT line (45.5%).

Brandeis shot 28-57 from the field (49.1%), 6-21 from 3 pt range (28.6%), and 4-7 from the FT line (57.1%)

CWRU outrebounded Brandeis 36-22, 9-4 on the offensive glass.

CWRU made 20 assists and committed 17 turnovers-- 8 of which were as a result of Brandeis steals.

Brandeis made 9 assists and committed 14 turnovers-- 5 of which were as a result of CWRU steals.

Points off turnovers-- Brandeis won that category, 16-9

Points in the paint-- CWRU won that category, 38-34

Second chance points-- CWRU won that category, 7-5.

Bench points-- Brandeis won that category, 24-16.

Blocked shots-- CWRU blocked 4 Brandeis shots, while Brandeis blocked 2 CWRU shots.