WALTHAM, Mass. – For the second week in a row and third time this season, Brandeis University women's basketball senior guard
Lulu Ohm of
Waltham, Massachusetts, has been named the University Athletic Association Player of the Week. She was also honored by the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) as the Player of the Week for the second time this year.
In the Judges' only game of the week last week,
Ohm led the Judges to a 70-64 win over Bridgewater State University on Dec. 10. She scored 12 of her game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter as the Judges erased a 15-point second-half deficit. The Judges held the Bears without a field goal over a seven-minute period of the third quarter to get back in the game. The win snapped a seven-game winning streak for BSU and gave Brandeis its first back-to-back wins of the season.
In the fourth, Ohm hit two 3-pointers in the final 3:09 to help Brandeis take the lead each time. She hit 7-of-20 overall, 3-of-8 from 3-point range and 7-of-9 from the line for the game, including 4-of-7 from the floor and 2-of-3 from long distance and from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter.
Ohm leads the UAA in scoring (23.0 ppg) and ranks 12th in scoring average and ninth in total points (207) in all of Division III this season. In nine games, Ohm has exceeded her total from 2023-24, when she played in all 25 games. She leads the league with 44 free throws and 68 free throw attempts, while her 83.3% from the line is second in the league and 82
nd in Division III. Ohm is also leading the conference and 54
th in Division III in minutes per game, averaging 36.12.
The 5-4 Judges return to action in the new year, taking on Clark University on January 4
th at 3 p.m. in Worcester, Mass.
Ohm is a 2021 graduate of Waltham High School.
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