MBB: University Athletic Association

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Brandeis now up over Tufts, 18-11, with 5:38 left in the first half.

Collin Sawyer with 6 points on 2-3 from 3 point range for the Judges, but has to sit on the bench for the remainder of the first half with 3 fouls.

Tufts on a 10-0 run over the past 5 minutes.

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Halftime of the championship game of the New England Big 4 Challenge:

Brandeis 25, Tufts 21

Story of 2 quarters-- Brandeis dominated the first 10 minutes of the game and was up 18-1 with 10:14 left in the first half.

In the final 10 minutes of the first half, Tufts had all the momentum and cut a 17 point deficit to 4 at the break.

Brandeis shooting 10 of 23 (43.5%) from the field, 2 of 7 from 3 point range, and 3 of 4 from the charity stripe.

Tufts shooting 7 of 25 (28%) from the field (first field goal did not come until 10 minutes left in the half), 2 of 8 from 3 point range, and 5 of 7 from the FT line.

Leading Brandeis scorer:  Collin Sawyer, 6 points.

David Perez, Aiden Using, and Nolan Hagerty with 4 points each for the Judges.

Nolan Hagerty and Chandler Jones with 5 rebounds each for Brandeis.

Leading Tufts scorer:  Dylan Thoerner, 6 points.

Tufts committed 6 turnovers to Brandeis's 8 turnovers.

Brandeis outrebounding Tufts, 19-13, with each team having 5 offensive rebounds a piece.

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Brandeis and Tufts now tied at 38-38 with 10:56 to go in regulation in the title game of the New England Big 4 Challenge.

Winner gets the Mike Crotty Sr Cup-- named after the original founder, director, and head coach of the AAU team Middlesex Magic.

4:32 PM Eastern-- Tufts took their first lead of the game briefly at 43-40 with 8:52 left in regulation.  Game now tied at 43-43 with 7:58 left in regulation.

4:46 PM Eastern-- Brandeis 51, Tufts 47  1:52 left in regulation.

Brandeis has 11 offensive rebounds today.  So far, Brandeis is 4-0 when the Judges get 10 or more offensive rebounds in a game, and 0-2 when the Judges get fewer than 10 offensive rebounds in a game this season.

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End of regulation--

Brandeis 61, Tufts 61  Incredibly, we are going to overtime.

Tufts scored 5 points in the final 6 seconds to force the overtime.  Collin Sawyer's foul on a 3 point attempt cost the Judges in that one, as Tufts made all 3 FTs.  Brandeis had no timeouts, so the Judges were then forced to inbound the ball.  Tufts stole the ball and hit a buzzer-beating tying shot.

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In the first minute of overtime, Nolan Hagerty has fouled out with 15 points for the game for Brandeis, and Tufts is now leading 63-61.

5:07 PM Eastern-- Brandeis 64, Tufts 63  3:53 left in first overtime.

Dylan Thoerner of Tufts leading scorer with 25 points-- 12 of 12 from the charity stripe for the game.

5:11 PM Eastern-- Dylan Thoerner now 14 of 14 from the line-- 27 points for the game-- Game tied at 66-66, 2:04 left in first overtime.

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Brandeis 66, Tufts 66 at the end of the first overtime.

We are heading to a second overtime period.

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Brandeis 76, Tufts 76  End of second overtime

We are heading to a third overtime period.

Dylan Thoerner of Tufts now has 32 points for the Jumbos-- 16 of 16 from the charity stripe today.

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Brandeis 85, Tufts 85 after 3 overtimes

We are heading to a fourth overtime period.

Chandler Jones just joined the Brandeis 1,000 point club on the shot to tie the game at 85 a piece with 15 seconds left in the third overtime.

He now has exactly 1,000 career points.

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Brandeis 94, Tufts 94 after 4 overtime periods.

We are now heading to a fifth overtime period.

Once again, the Mike Crotty Sr Cup is at stake-- going to the winner of this game.

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Dylan Thoerner of Tufts has just fouled out with 4:48 left in the fifth overtime.

The leading scorer for Tufts today finishes with 34 points today on 8-14 shooting from the field, 2 of 5 from 3 pt range, and 16 of 16 from the charity stripe.

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Brandeis 103, Tufts 98  45 seconds left in 5th overtime period.

Collin Sawyer of Brandeis has just fouled out with 25 points scored today.

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Brandeis 105, Tufts 102  26 seconds left in the 5th overtime period.

Winner gets the Mike Crotty Sr. Cup.

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Final Score-- Championship Game-- 12th New England Big 4 Challenge.

Brandeis 108, Tufts 102 (After 5 OT periods.)

Brandeis takes possession of the Mike Crotty Sr Cup for the 5th time overall-- Coach Jean Bain wins his second Crotty Cup.

This is a game that Middlesex Magic Founder Mike Crotty Sr's spirit would be proud of.  RIP, Mike Crotty Sr.

Every player on both teams left it all out on the floor today.

Chandler Jones is the MVP of the New England Big 4 Challenge. 

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I would've paid the $15 in gas or whatever to drive from Connecticut to Waltham, MA, I could've paid double the admission price, and all of that would've been totally worth it to see that game play out in person.

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I would've paid the $15 in gas or whatever to drive from Connecticut to Waltham, MA, I could've paid double the admission price, and all of that would've been totally worth it to see that game play out in person.

I should call Coach Jean Bain's office on Monday and see if I can purchase a physical or digital copy of Saturday's game, and if so, what the price of the copy would be. 

I did watch it live on my Roku TV in my apartment and as I was watching the overtimes, I was literally cheering way up close to the TV screen as the plays were unfolding.  As a result, I couldn't light the Hanukkah candles for the 7th night yesterday until 6:30 PM Eastern (90 minutes after Shabbat ended in the Boston area.)  Unfoftunately, I haven't tried digital recording of a live video stream on my Chromebook computer as it is playing.

There are plenty of highlights posted, but of course, that is not the same as watching the game live or live on tape.