BOSTON, Mass. -- Junior forward Terrell Hollins
(Springfield, Mass./Longmeadow) recorded his third double-double of
the season today with a career-best 27 points with 14 rebounds to
lead the Brandeis men's basketball team past host Emerson College,
97-70. The 97 points scored by the Judges were their most since
scoring 99 in a game in 2006 and are the fourth-most scored in head
coach Brian Meehan's tenure.
Brandeis, which scored the first 12 points of the game and never
looked back, shot a season-high 62.5% from the field (40-64) in
winning their fourth straight contest. Hollins led the way on
11-of-17 shooting from the field and 5-of-6 from the line for his
career-high 27 points in just 30 minutes. Four of his 14 rebounds
came on the offensive end and he also registered four assists and
two steals.
Three other Brandeis players scored in double figures. Junior
guard Andre Roberson (Springfield, Mass./Wilbraham
& Monson) had a season-high 18 points on 8-of-11 from the field
with two free throws. Roberson also led the Judges with six assists
and tied for game-high honors with three steals. Junior guard
Kenny Small (Stratford, Conn./Stratford) came off
the bench to connect for 14 points, hitting 6-of-8 with a trifecta
and a free throw, while grad student Steve DeLuca
(Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack) had 11 points on 5-of-8 with one from
beyond the arc. Senior guard Kevin Olson
(Rockport, Mass./Rockport) finished with seven rebounds and four
assists.
Emerson was paced by 25 points from junior Brian Rouse (East
Greenwich, R.I./Toll Gate) with 25 points. He hit on 9-of-18 from
the floor and 7-of-8 from the line. Junior guard Jeremy Shannon
(Lowell, Mass./Canterbury School), brother of Brandeis rookie
Jaime Shannon (Lowell, Mass./Lowell), finished
just shy of a triple double with 15 points, 10 rebounds and aseven
assists.
Brandeis, which improves to 4-3 with the win, is next in action
on Tuesday evening when they host coach Brian Meehan's alma mater,
Clark University, at 7:00 p.m. Emerson falls to 4-2 and the Lions
are next up against MIT at the same time in Cambridge.
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