WALTHAM, Mass. - The seventh-ranked Washington University
women's basketball team never trailed tonight, scoring the game's
first eight points and never looking back, as the Bears defeated
host Brandeis University, 50-37, in by far the lowest scoring
contest of the season for both squads. Washington improves to 19-2,
9-1 in the University Athletic Association with the win, while
Brandeis sees its four-game winning streak snapped and falls to
13-7, 6-4 in the UAA.
The host Judges could not get anything going offensively outside
of senior star Jessica Chapin (Mendon,
N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima). Chapin led the Judges with 13 points,
hitting 6-of-13 from the field with a free throw. No other Brandeis
player had more than four points, however. Rookie Shannon
Ingram (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park Memorial) led the
Judges with a career-high eight rebounds in 16 minutes off the
bench. The Judges suffered their first loss in 13 games this season
when holding an opponent under 60 points despite a 26-16 edge in
points in the paint.
WashU put three starters in double figures. Senior Janice Evans
(Bolingbrook, Ill./Nequa Valley) led all players with 12 points,
hitting 6-of-10 from the floor. Grad student Jaimie Mcfarlin
(Monroe, N.Y./Burke Catholic) and senior Zoe Unruh (San Francisco,
Calif./St. Ignatius Prep) each had 10. Unruh also led all players
with 10 rebounds for her second double-double of the season.
Sophomore guard Bethany Morrison (Little Rock, Ark./Pulaski Acad.)
had a game-high with six assists. The Bears enjoyed a 36-27
rebounding edge, including 12-7 on the offensive glass, that
translated into a 13-2 advantage in second-chance points.
Evans scored six of the game's first eight points, and Brandeis
was unable to break into the scoring column until Chapin his a
jumper with more than four minutes elapsed off the clock. The Bears
got their first double-digit lead on a lay-up by junior Hannah
Cusworth (St. Charles, Mo./Mary Institute and CDS) made it 17-6
just over 10 minutes into the contest. A late Chapin free throw got
the hosts within nine, 22-13, at halftime. The teams combined to
shoot just 30.8 percent (16-52) in the first half with 19
turnovers.
WashU opened the second half on a 10-2 run, taking a 34-15 lead
with 15:21 left in the contest and never looked back. The closest
the Judges got the rest of the way was 12 points after a
Mia DePalo (Rumson, N.J./Red Bank Catholic)
3-pointers with just under four minutes remaining on the clock.
Brandeis is back in action on Sunday at 2 p.m. when they host
the University of Chicago, while WashU is at NYU at the same time.
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