MBB: University Athletic Association

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Halftime in Alfred, NY--

Rochester 52, Alfred State 32

This is a makeup game to replace the game initially scheduled between Rochester and DePauw, but was not able to be played on Sunday, January 2, 2022.

For Rochester-- Brian Amabilino Perez leading with a game high 13 points, followed by Andrew Jackson with 10 points, Trent Noordsij with 6 points, and Matt Wiele also with 6 points.

Brian Amabilino Perez and Dan Masino each lead Rochester with game high 5 rebounds a piece.

Dan Masino has 4 assists.

For Alfred State-- Paris Jamison leading with a team high 7 points, followed by Ben Reding and Donte jones with 6 points a piece, and Basheem Wilkerson with 5 points.

Tavion Williams leading Alfred State with 3 rebounds, while Paris Jamison and Josh Romero each have 2 assists.

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Final from Alfred, NY in non-conference play;

Rochester 100, Alfred State 66

Rochester improves to 17-7, finishes with a record of 9-2 in non-conference play this regular season.

Alfred State finishes their season at 8-17.

For Rochester-- 6 players scored in double figures:  Brian Amabilino Perez with 18 points, Andrew Jackson with 16 points, Matt Niemczura and Matt Wiele with 14 points a piece, Trent Noordsij with 11 points, and Dan Masino with 10 points and a game high 9 rebounds.

Ross Gang had a game high 8 assists.

For Alfred State-- Paris Jamison and Basheem Wilkerson with team high 11 points a piece.  Josh Reding and Donte Jones follow with 8 points each.

Jamison, Reding, and Jones each had 3 rebounds, while Josh Romero had 4 assists.

Rochester shot 40-71 from the field (56.3%), 10-18 from 3 pt range (55.6%), and 10-14 from the FT line (71.4%).

Alfred State shot 22-67 from the field (35.5%), 10-27 from 3 pt range (37%), and 12-16 from the FT line (75%).

Rochester outrebounded Alfred State 45-31, 13-10 on the offensive glass.

Rochester made 27 assists and committed 14 turnovers-- 6 of which were as a result of Alfred State steals.

Alfred State made 13 assists and committed 17 turnovers-- 10 of which were as a result of Rochester steals.

Points off turnovers-- Alfred State won that category, 19-14.

Points in the paint-- Rochester won that category, 60-22.

Second chance points-- Rochester won that category, 13-7.

Bench points-- Rochester won that category, 40-33.

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Tonight--

UAA contest-- Wash U at Chicago--

Tip at the top of the hour at 6 PM Central/7 PM Eastern.

Game originally scheduled to be played on Saturday, January 8, but was postponed due to COVID-19 issues involving the Chicago program on that day.

Wash U comes into today's contest at 16-7, 6-6 in the UAA (#3 in Region 8)

Chicago comes into today's contest at 10-13, 5-7 in the UAA.

Winner moves into (or remains at) 4th place in the UAA standings, while the loser will either remain at 5th place or drop into 5th place in the UAA.

Team news for Wash U-- Wash U will be using the same starting lineup as was used in last Sunday's game at Brandeis, with #20 Drake Kindsvater getting a second start.  He joins Hayden Doyle, Jack Nolan, Kevin Davet, and Charlie Jacob in the starting five.   

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Wash U 16, Chicago 2  12 min left in first half.

Wash U shooting 7-15 from the field, 2-5 from 3 pt range.

Chicago shooting 1-13 from the field, 0-9 from 3 pt range.

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Halftime at Ratner Center in Chicago--

Wash U 38, Chicago 18

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Wash U 55, Chicago 33 8:55 left to go in regulation at Ratner Center in Chicago.

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Final from the Ratner Center in Chicago, IL--

Wash U 71, Chicago 46

Wash U improves to 17-7, 7-6 in the UAA-- remains in 4th place in the standings.

With that win, Wash U's final winning percentage will be guaranteed to remain above .667-- the historical benchmark for a winning percentage to be adequate for a Pool C selection-- other than UW-Oshkosh in 2017 which got picked for a Pool C with a winning percentage of .630 (17-10 record), no other D3 team to my memory has gotten an at-large Pool C bid when their final winning percentage is below .667.

Chicago drops to 10-14, 5-8 in the UAA-- remains in 5th place in the UAA standings.

For Wash U-- Kevin Davet led with a game high 18 points.  Charlie Jacob had a double double with 15 points and a game high 10 rebounds, and Jack Nolan had 15 points and 4 rebounds.

Hayden Doyle had a game high 4 assists to lead Wash U.

For Chicago-- Bryce Hopkins lead with a team high 12 points.  Brandon Beckman had 8 points, and Thomas Kurowski had 7 points for the Maroons.

Zach Munson had a team high 8 rebounds, while Bryce Hopkins made a team high 2 assists.

Wash U shot 29-63 from the field (46%), 9-23 from 3 pt range (39.1%), and 4-4 from the FT line (100%).

Chicago shot 17-60 from the field (28.3%), 4-28 from 3 pt range (14.3%), and 8-11 from the FT line (72.7%).

Wash U outrebounded Chicago 44-35, but Chicago outrebounded Wash U 8-7 on the offensive glass.

Wash U made 11 assists and committed 9 turnovers-- only 1 of which was a result of a Chicago steal.

Chicago made 5 assists and committed 10 turnovers-- 8 of which were results of Wash U steals.

Points off turnovers-- Wash U won that category, 19-4.

Points in the paint-- Wash U won that category, 38-12.

Second chance points-- Wash U won that category, 11-4.

Bench points-- Chicago won that category, 13-12.

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UAA Men's Basketball games for this final weekend--

Tonight (Friday, Feb. 25)-- Tip at 6 PM Eastern

Brandeis at NYU-- (First of a 2 game home and home series this weekend)

Game being played at the Brooklyn Athletic Facility-- first (and hopefully last) time that a UAA Men's Basketball game will have to be played in that building.  (Former home of former Skyline conference team Polytechnic U/NYU Poly Bluejays.)  Former Polytechnic U/NYU Poly campus now known as the campus of NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Capacity limited to 100 spectators in-person:  Only approved NYU students, faculty, staff, adminstrators, and up to 2 family members per NYU basketball player (as shown on a pass list) allowed inside the building.  No outside spectators from Brandeis allowed to attend tonight's game per NYU Spectator Policy specifically designed for this facility and which took effect this week.

On the other hand, it is a decent court to watch on streaming video-- team1sports.com/nyu

Game moved up from Saturday to accomodate the 2 game series.

Saturday, February 26, 2022

Tip at 1 PM Central/2 PM Eastern

1.)  Rochester at Emory
2.)  Carnegie Mellon at Case Western Reserve
3.)  Chicago at Wash U

Sunday, February 27, 2022

NYU at Brandeis-- Tip at 1 PM Eastern-- Make up game of game originally scheduled to be played Saturday January 8, but got postponed due to COVID-19 issues affecting the Brandeis men's basketball team.

Spectators welcome at Auerbach Arena-- All visitors to Brandeis need to fill out a COVID-19 self screening form day of game and wear a mask inside Auerbach Arena at all times.

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The Brandeis at NYU feed started at 5:50 PM Eastern, so that NYU Men's Basketball Senior Day ceremonies could be streamed.

NYU's 5 seniors-- Harrison Whatley, Bobby Hawkinson, Alex Maticiuc, Riley Demps, and Nick Macarchuk, all got honored today.

As per NYU tradition, all 5 seniors are in the NYU starting lineup today.

No changes in the Brandeis starting 5 from Wednesday night's game at Carnegie Mellon.

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Halftime at the Brooklyn Athletic Facility--

Brandeis 29, NYU 28

For Brandeis-- Nolan Haggerty leads with a team high 11 points, followed by Austin Clamage with 8 points, and Toby Harris with 5 points.

Nolan Haggerty leads Brandeis with 6 rebounds, while Collin Sawyer and Aedan Using each have 2 assists a piece for the Judges.

For NYU-- Bobby Hawkinson leads with a game high 16 points, followed by Riley Demps with 4 points, while Nick Macarchuk and Cinque Stephens each have 3 points a piece.

Bobby Hawkinson leads NYU with 6 rebounds, and has 1 assist.  Cinque Stephens also has an assist.

Brandeis shot 12-24 from the field (50%), 3-10 from 3 pt range (30%), and 2-2 from the FT line (100%).

NYU shot 9-26 from the field (34.6%), 1-9 from 3 pt range (11.1%), and 9-11 from the FT line (81.8%).

Brandeis is outrebounding NYU so far, 17-13, but NYU outrebounded Brandeis 4-3 on the offensive glass in the first half.

Brandeis made 8 assists and committed 11 turnovers-- 3 of which were as a result of NYU steals.

NYU made 2 assists and committed 6 turnovers-- 4 of which were as a result of Brandeis steals.

Points off turnovers-- NYU leads, 15-5.

Points in the paint-- Even at 16-16.

Second chance points-- NYU leads, 6-3.

Bench points-- Even at 5-5.

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Final from the Brooklyn Athletic Facility--

Brandeis 76, NYU 72

Brandeis improves to 14-9, 5-7 in the UAA (Brandeis moves to 5th place in the UAA standings.)

NYU drops to 14-10, 4-9 in the UAA (tied for 7th with Carnegie Mellon).

For Brandeis--

Nolan Haggerty led with a double double-- a team high 21 points and 12 rebounds, followed by Austin Clamage with 13 points, and Collin Sawyer with 12 points.

Collin Sawyer, Sam Nassar, and Nolan Haggerty each had 3 assists a piece for the Judges.

For NYU--

Bobby Hawkinson led with a double double as well, but it was a game high 36 points and 17 rebounds.

Nikola Lipovic and Zay Freeney followed with 8 points a piece.

Zay Freeney had 3 assists.

Brandeis shot 21-42 from the field (50%), 8-18 from 3 pt range (44.4%), and 26-36 from the FT line (72.2%).

NYU shot 23-56 from the field (41.1%), 6-23 from 3 pt range (26.1%), and 20-27 from the FT line (74.1%).

Brandeis outrebounded NYU 35-30, but NYU outrebounded Brandeis 10-8 on the offensive glass.

Brandeis made 14 assists and committed 16 turnovers-- 6 of which were as a result of NYU steals.

NYU made 9 assists and committed 9 turnovers-- 6 of which were as a result of Brandeis steals.

Points off turnovers-- NYU won that category, 25-14

Points in the paint-- NYU won that category, 30-24

Second chance points-- NYU won that category, 17-13

Bench points-- NYU won that category, 26-17

The second meeting of the home and home series is on Sunday at 1 PM Eastern at Auerbach Arena in Waltham, MA.  This will be the final UAA men's basketball game of the season.

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Halftime scores today--

1.)  Wash U 31, Chicago 28

2.)  Carnegie Mellon 45, Case Western Reserve 35

3.)  Emory 36, Rochester 34

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Final score from Edwards Fahey Court in St. Louis--

Wash U 70, Chicago 59

Justin Hardy got to play the final minute of the game, and Chicago gave Justin Hardy Wash U's final 2 points of the game to honor his battle with stage 4 stomach cancer.

Justin Hardy obviously not fit to play meaningful minutes right now due to his undergoing treatment.

Praying for you, Justin. I am very touched that you got to take the court today.  Life is short, make the most of it.  #hardystrong

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Rochester lost today. They were #2 ranked team in Region 3. Are they safe?

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They shouldn't be.  They have 8 losses.  You can argue about SOS all you want, 8 losses are 8 losses.  At some point losses have to count for something.