WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University men's basketball team scored 18 unanswered points in the first half, then shot a blistering 67% from the field in the second as the Judges put six players in double digits in scoring to defeat visiting Plymouth State University, 83-48, in non-conference play tonight.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis: 3-2.
• Plymouth State: 4-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• PSU got off to a quick start, scoring nine of the game's first 11 points. Two free throws by Giorgi Tsiklauri with 14:31 to go in the period gave the visitors their largest lead at seven points.
• Brandeis's defense took over from there, holding the Panthers scoreless for the next 6:27 as they rattled off 18 in a row to take a 20-9 lead.
• The Judges hit 6-of-9 during the run, including a pair of 3-pointers as three different players scored five points in the streak. PSU was 0-for-6 with five turnovers.
• Brandeis maintained a nine-point advantage at the half, 28-19, as senior Sam Adusei (Worcester, Mass./St. George's School) had seven points and three other Judges had five.
• Plymouth State scored the first seven points of the second half to get within two points at 28-26 on a lay-up by Torran Bosworth.
• Adusei and Bosworth traded buckets on the next two possessions, but Brandeis pulled away from there, starting with a bucket by sophomore Jake Bender (Hope, R.I./St. George's School).
• Senior Aedan Using (Old Lyme, Conn./Old Lyme) followed with a second-chance hoop, then the Judges took advantage of a PSU technical two get two from the line.
• Bender stole the ensuing Panther in-bounds pass and converted the lay-up to push the lead back to 10 at 38-28, and Brandeis cruised from there.
• The Judges hit 21-of-31 from the floor in the second half (67.7%), missing just four shots from inside the arc (16-20, 80%) as they pulled away for their highest scoring total and margin of victory of the season in the 83-48 win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Six different players scored in double figures for the Judges, paced by senior David Perez-Miralles (Miami, Fla./Riviera Prep), who had 14 points in 26 minutes off the bench to establish a new career-high for the second game in a row.
• Perez-Miralles also led the Judges with four assists and three steals.
• Starters Adusei, Bender and junior Gilbert Otoo (Burtonsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) each scored 13 points, while senior Ryan Power (Waltham, Mass./Waltham) and Using both had 10 points. It was a career-high in scoring for both Bender and Using.
• Using also grabbed 12 rebounds to establish another new career-high. He led all players and recorded his first collegiate double-double.
• Bosworth led Plymouth State with 11 points, while Kyler Bosse had 10.
• Christian Barr had five rebounds and a game-high four steals, while Kevin Newton-Delgado had two assists.
• Brandeis outrebounded PSU, 35-25, and ended up shooting a season-high 56.4% from the field (31-55), while limiting the Panthers to 31.9% (15-47).

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• This was the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
• The 35-point margin of victory was tied for the second-largest by the Judges under head coach Jean Bain.

UP NEXT

• The Judges will host a portion of the 2023 UAA Challenge in Red Auerbach Arena on Friday and Saturday, when they play against Bates and Colby at 5 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively. Conference-mates Emory will play the same two teams in the reverse order at 7 and 1.