MBB: University Athletic Association

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Non-conference game tonight at Auerbach Arena in Waltham--

Emmanuel at Brandeis

Brandeis enters tonight at 10-8, 2-6 in the UAA.

Emmanuel enters tonight at 13-9, 9-7 in the GNAC.

This is the makeup game for the cancelled Dec. 30, 2021 game between Brandeis and Union.

First meeting between Brandeis and Emmanuel in men's basketball.

Tip is at 7 PM Eastern.

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Halftime at Auerbach Arena in Waltham, MA--

Brandeis 48, Emmanuel 24

For Brandeis-- Tommy Eastman leading with a game high 16 points, followed by Dylan Lien and Toby Harris with 12 points a piece.

Toby Harris and Nolan Hagerty co-leading Brandeis with 7 rebounds a piece, while 5 Brandeis players have 2 assists each.

For Emmanuel-- Donte Pope leading with a team high 8 points, followed by Bryant Ciccio with 5 points and Zach Crisafulli with 4 points.

6 Emmanuel players with 2 rebounds each, while 4 Emmanuel players have 1 assist a piece.

Brandeis shot 19-36 from the field (52.8%), 10-20 from 3 pt range (50%), and 0-2 from the FT line.

Emmanuel shot 9-32 from the field (28.1%), 3-12 from 3 pt range (25%), and 3-4 from the FT line (75%).

Brandeis outrebounding Emmanuel 26-15, 4-2 on the offensive glass.

Brandeis made 14 assists and committed 1 turnover, while Emmanuel made 4 assists and committed 1 turnover.

No steals in the game so far.

Points off turnovers-- Brandeis leads, 3-0.

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Final from Auerbach Arena in Waltham, MA--

Brandeis 79, Emmanuel 49

Brandeis improves to 11-8-- finishes with a 9-2 mark in non-conference play.

Emmanuel drops to 13-10.

For Brandeis-- Toby Harris had a double double, leading with a game high 19 points and also having 10 rebounds.  Tommy Eastman follows with 18 points, followed by Dylan Lien with 14 points, and Darret Justice with 10 points.

Nolan Hagerty had a game high 11 rebounds, and 4 Brandeis players each had 3 assists a piece.

For Emmanuel-- Donte Pope led with a team high 16 points, followed by Zach Crisafulli, Ryan Grijalva, and Eijay Morris with 6 points a piece.

Donte Pope had 7 rebounds, while Zach Crisafulli and Ryan Grijalva each had 2 assists.

Brandeis shot 33-69 from the field (47.8%), 13-33 from 3 pt range (39.4%), and 0-2 from the FT line.

Emmanuel shot 20-61 from the field (32.8%), 3-20 from 3 pt range (15%), and 6-13 from the FT line (46.2%).

Brandeis outrebounded Emmanuel 49-32, 10-6 on the offensive glass.

Brandeis made 24 assists and committed 7 turnovers-- 2 of which were as a result of Emmanuel steals.

Emmanuel made 8 assists and committed 6 turnovers-- 3 of which were as a result of Brandeis steals.

Points off turnovers-- Emmanuel won that category, 4-3.

Points in the paint-- Brandeis won that category, 32-28.

Second chance points-- Brandeis won that category, 6-0.

Bench points-- Brandeis won that category, 48-10.

Next up for Brandeis-- Chicago at Brandeis on Friday in UAA action.

Next up for Emmanuel-- Emmanuel at Dean on Saturday in GNAC action.

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Congrats to our reigning UAA Athletes of the Week in men's basketball for games played on the week of Feb. 7 through 13, 2022, as announced by the UAA office on Feb. 14:

1.)  Bobby Hawkinson, NYU

2.)  Brandon Beckman, Chicago

uaasports.info/information/aow/021422

Also, congrats to Bobby Hawkinson of NYU on making it to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week for games played Feb. 7 through 13, 2022.

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New non-conference game added to the schedule for Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022--

Rochester at Alfred State-- 7 PM Eastern.

This is a make-up game for the cancelled Rochester at DePauw game that was originally going to be played on Sunday, January 2, 2022, and will be Rochester's 11th and final non-conference game of the regular season.

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UAA games scheduled for tonight-- Friday, February 18, 2022--

1.)  Case Western Reserve at Emory-- 5:30 PM Eastern.
2.)  Carnegie Mellon at Rochester-- 5:30 PM Eastern
3.)  Chicago at Brandeis-- 5:30 PM Eastern
4.)  Wash U at NYU-- 6 PM Eastern-- Game to be played at "the Pope" at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY.

Spectator policies for this weekend--

All spectators are welcome without restriction for games played at Emory, Rochester, and Brandeis.

In person NYU home games this weekend are restricted to NYU students, faculty, staff, and administrators only-- no outside spectators allowed due to a general ban on visitors still in effect at the NYU campus.

For the Brandeis at NYU games on Feb. 25 and 26, 2022 a limited number of family members of NYU basketball players will be allowed inside the Brooklyn Athletic Facility to attend Senior Day.  They must be on an NYU team pass list, and no other spectators will be allowed to attend the events in person.

Senior Day at Brandeis will be on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 for both the Brandeis men's and women's basketball teams-- this is  an official Brandeis Alumni Club of Boston event.   The NYU at Brandeis men's basketball game to be played on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022 is also an official Brandeis Alumni Club of Boston event as well.  According to what I now read on the streams set up on the Brandeis Boxcast channel-- Senior Day for the Brandeis men's basketball team has been rescheduled from the original date of Sunday, Feb. 20, to the home basketball makeup game vs NYU on Sunday, Feb. 27.

At stake tonight--

Emory can clinch the UAA Men's Basketball title and the AQ tonight with a victory over Case Western Reserve, and an NYU win over Wash U.

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Well, what do I know?  Jack Nolan is in the starting lineup for Wash U tonight, after all, and is giving it a go....

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Halftime at the Palestra in Rochester, NY--

Rochester 34, Carnegie Mellon 24

For Rochester-- Matt Wiele and Brian Amabilino Perez with game high 8 points a piece.  Andrew Jackson follows with 6 points, and Ross Gang with 4 points.

Brian Amabilino Perez also leading Rochester with 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

For Carnegie Mellon-- Kevin Sax leading with a team high 5 points.  Josh Berry, Jack Stone, and Nolan Casey follow with 4 points a piece.

Josh Berry leads CMU with 4 rebounds, while R.J. Holmes leads the Tartans with 2 assists.

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Halftime at Auerbach Arena in Waltham, MA--

Chicago 32, Brandeis 30

For Chicago-- Brandon Beckman leading with a game high 11 points, followed by Bryce Hopkins and Zach Munson with 6 points a piece.

Bryce Hopkins leading Chicago with 6 rebounds, while Elliot Paschal leads Chicago with 3 assists.

For Brandeis-- Tommy Eastman leading with 10 points and 5 rebounds.  Collin Sawyer follows with 6 points, while Darret Justice and Nolan Hagerty each have 4 points a piece.

Eastman, Sawyer, and Hagerty each have 2 assists a piece for Brandeis.

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Halftime at the WOODPEC in Atlanta, GA--

Case Western Reserve 48, Emory 43

For CWRU-- Mitch Prendergast leads with a game high 21 points.  Hunter Drenth and Cole Frilling follow with 7 points a piece, and Griffin Kornaker has 5 points.

Brian Hines leads CWRU with 4 rebounds, while Griffin Kornaker leads CWRU with 4 assists.

For Emory-- Matthew Schner leads with a team high 20 points, followed by Nick Stuck with 7 points, with Romin Williams and Max Fried at 6 points a piece.

Max Fried leads Emory with 4 rebounds, while Nick Stuck leads Emory with 4 assists.

CWRU shot 13-28 from the field (46.4%), 6-15 from 3 pt range (40%), and 16-16 from the FT line (100%).

Emory shot 14-31 from the field (45.2%), 1-9 from 3 pt range (11.1%), and 14-20 from the FT line (70%).

Emory outrebounding CWRU 18-15, 8-5 on the offensive glass.

CWRU made 9 assists and committed 9 turnovers-- 4 of which were as a result of Emory steals.

Emory made 6 assists and committed 6 turnovers-- only 1 of which was a CWRU steal.

Points off turnovers-- Emory leads, 12-8.

Points in the paint-- Emory leads, 22-14.

Second chance points-- Emory leads, 8-6.

Bench points-- Emory leads, 10-9.

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Halftime at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY--

Wash U 32, NYU 29

For Wash U-- Jack Nolan and Charlie Jacob co-leading with a team high 9 points a piece.  Kevin Davet with 4 points, and Matt Gonzalo with 3 points.

Jack Nolan and Kevin Davet each have 4 rebounds a piece for Wash U, while Jack Nolan has 2 assists.

Justin Hardy did not play in the first half-- Wash U is very fortunate that Jack Nolan is playing tonight.

For NYU-- Bobby Hawkinson leads with a game high 10 points,  7 rebounds, and 4 assists.

Zay Freeney with 8 points, and Riley Demps with 4 points.

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Final at the Palestra in Rochester, NY--

Rochester 69, Carnegie Mellon 46

Rochester improves to 15-7, 7-5 in the UAA.

Carnegie Mellon drops to 11-10, 4-7 in the UAA.

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Final at Auerbach Arena in Waltham, MA--

Chicago 78, Brandeis 75

Chicago improves to 10-12, 5-6 in the UAA-- now in fifth place in the UAA.

Brandeis drops to 11-9, 2-7 in the UAA.

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Final from Woodruff PEC in Atlanta, GA--

Emory 88, Case Western Reserve 84

Emory improves to 17-5, 10-2 in the UAA, and because the Eagles swept the Spartans while the Bears did not, Emory has clinched the 2021-2022 UAA automatic bid to the NCAA DIII Men's Basketball Tournament on tiebreakers.  Congrats to the Eagles, and if NYU wins tonight, Emory will clinch the UAA title outright.  No matter what, even if Emory ended up sharing the title with Wash U, Emory has won the automatic bid on tiebreakers-- as neither CWRU nor Rochester can tie Emory for the title.

CWRU drops to 17-5, 7-4 in the UAA.   The best CWRU can do is finish at 9-4 in the UAA.

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Final from "the Pope" at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY--

NYU 68, Wash U 62

Justin Hardy of Wash U-- Did not play tonight.

  Congrats to the Emory Eagles-- 2021-2022 UAA Men's Basketball Champion-- AQ to NCAAs.

NYU improves to 7th place in the UAA-- 13-9 overall, 3-8 in the UAA. (.273 UAA winning pct.)-- NYU has 3 UAA games left to play.

Wash U drops to 16-6, 6-5 in the UAA.  Wash U has 3 UAA games left to play.

Brandeis is now in last place in the UAA with 4 UAA games left for the Judges to play-- Brandeis is at 2-7 in the UAA. (.222 UAA winning pct.)